Walton was a dominant force in college, leading UCLA to two national championships, a two-time NBA champion and a Basketball Hall of Famer. He died Monday after a long battle with cancer, the NBA announced.
Two-time NBA champion and basketball Hall of Famer Bill Walton has passed away following a prolonged battle with cancer, the NBA announced on Monday.Two-time NBA champion and Basketball Hall of Famer Bill Walton has passed away following a prolonged battle with cancer, the NBA announced on Monday.
Walton, who was enshrined in the Hall of Fame in 1993, was larger than life, on the court and off. His NBA career - disrupted by chronic foot injuries - lasted only 468 games with Portland, the San Diego and eventually Los Angeles Clippers and Boston. He averaged 13.3 points and 10.5 rebounds in those games, neither of those numbers exactly record-setting.
FILE - UCLA center Bill Walton shoots for two of his record 44 points against Memphis State in the NCAA cchampionship in St. Louis, March 26, 1973."It's very hard to put into words what he has meant to UCLA's program, as well as his tremendous impact on college basketball," UCLA coach Mick Cronin said Monday.
A two-time All-Star, he led the NBA in rebounding and blocks in 1977 and was the league's Sixth Man of the Year in 1986.
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