What's it like working with Bill Walton? We asked the three play-by-play announcers who know him best.
Jon Wilner The San Jose Mercury News LAS VEGAS — The Pac-12 tournament should provide an impressive amount of entertainment this week at T-Mobile Arena.With Bill Walton on the call for several Pac-12 Networks broadcasts, mirth and mayhem — or is it nonsense and lunacy? — are sure to rule the airwaves.
We asked the three play-by-play announcers who know Walton best: Dave Pasch, who serves as Walton’s foil — err, sidekick on ESPN broadcasts; Ted Robinson, who works with Walton on the Pac-12 Networks; and Roxy Bernstein, who pairs with Walton on both networks. Pasch: “The first time I did a game with Bill was the NBA Finals in 2006. He claims it never happened.”
Pasch: “The thing that’s hilarious and heartwarming is that when Bill does a game, it’s like he’s getting ready for Game 7 of the NBA Finals. He starts 90 minutes before tipoff and has a stretching routine. He’s inhaling energy chews and protein shakes and bars. It feels like he’s ready to play a game and even though I’m his teammate on the broadcast, in some ways I’m like Kareem — I’m Bill’s adversary. That gives you a glimpse into how important it is to him.
Robinson: “There’s only one analyst I’ve ever worked with who did it like this, and I’ve worked with guys like Clark Kellogg and Bill Raftery. And that was Al McGuire. I did one game with Al. It was Ohio State against Michigan with the Fab Five. And we went to the Michigan shootaround and Al was in the stands with the manager and the equipment guy and he’d say, ‘Tell me about the kids.’ Bill’s in that pattern. He goes to the people around the team to get to know the players.
Bernstein: “He definitely has a plan going into the games about the points he wants to get across. Some games, we have to keep him in focus. There was a UCLA-Oregon game in 2017 when Lonzo Ball was with the Bruins and Oregon had that really good team, and I’m like, ‘Hey Bill, it’s a four-point game.’ And then his insight about basketball was off the charts. He laid everything out. He could be a nuts-and-bolts analyst, but he doesn’t want that.
Pasch: “He jokes around about me growing up on an ostrich farm in Arizona. A few years ago, Arizona had a player named Stone Gettings. Bill brought me a gift. It was a huge stone, and then he asked me if I’ve ever been stoned.” Robinson: “He doesn’t get caught up in preparing for the tactical part of the game. After the first four minutes, he’ll say, ‘They have to keep this guy from doing that.’ Maybe it’s the John Wooden influence, because he doesn’t overthink it.”
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