Bill Walton TELLS a Larry Bird STORY

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@almatsas351 2 ай бұрын

Bill Waltons enthusiasm for basketball and life was unmatched!!!!!

@billydurham4143 Ай бұрын

Walton is old school when it comes to telling a story. You want to listen all the way to the punch line. RIP Mr. Walton.

@googoo-gjoob 11 ай бұрын

oh.... how i love Bill Waltons heart, dedication, loyalty.

@csnide6702 11 ай бұрын

if he only would have brought that to the gym and WORKED at being a Pro.

@googoo-gjoob 11 ай бұрын

@@csnide6702, you have displayed your complete absence of _clue_

@csnide6702 11 ай бұрын

@@googoo-gjoob 468 games over 10 years...? Yeah... REAL DEDICATION there.

@googoo-gjoob 11 ай бұрын

@@csnide6702, he played every minute e could. he played when he shouldnt have.... *THAT* is dedication. Celtics Drs failed him on his physical. Red asked him... " Walton, can you play?" Bill replied, "I think I can, Red. I think I can." Red INFORMED the Drs, "He's fine." Bill went out & won the 6th MOY award..... and his 2nd Championship ring. no teammate or coach e v e r called him anything but dedicated.

@csnide6702 11 ай бұрын

@@googoo-gjoob first off --- he was a BENCH WARMER on Celtics .... HE didn't "win" squat for them . He was BACKUP to Parrish on a team that had McHale , Bird, Ainge , Johnson plus Carr, Schisting, Ford Kite and more. he was a ROLE player. Walton played 468 games over 10 years.... THATS FOUR YEARS OFF....

@zeppelinmexicano 11 ай бұрын

The 86 Celtics had to be the funniest bunch of guys ever. Larry, Bill, Kevin and even Chief and Danny were hard to control.

@user-ly1xt4zi4x Ай бұрын

ML Carr, Greg Kite, Jerry Schisting (I 'think' it's how his last name is spelled) were all great on that team.

@jamesreed2475 Ай бұрын

Bill Walton was a gem. What a great person and character.

@marleymagic1 2 ай бұрын

In honor of Bill. Thank you for sharing your game with the world, and thank you even more for being a humble and understanding human. You left a legacy that will honor your character, hope you and Garcia are jamming out enjoying your eternal peace. Carry on my friend.

@Dillingham- Ай бұрын

When Bill Walton shot 21 of 22 to win the 1973 NCAA championship game, it was his 80th win in a row for UCLA (including his 20-0 year on the freshman team). EIGHTY.

@barryrichman2874 10 ай бұрын

Bill is the best story teller period !

@christian19701 11 ай бұрын

Never was a big Walton fan until I saw him check his ego and go all in on the back up role he embraced in Boston. He changed his game to reflect his diminished skill set and played with heart. Respect

@BAKER22-l4u 10 ай бұрын

He's never had a big ego..He played as he had to with each team..Don't be ridiculous

@tugginalong 8 ай бұрын

I agree with you. He was a prick prior to his amended role at Boston. Humility can change us all.

@Tim_the_Enchanter 11 ай бұрын

There are not sufficient superlatives to describe Larry Bird. You can argue there were better individual players, but if we're building all-time teams and I get the first pick, I'm taking Larry.

@pavlovshouse77 11 ай бұрын

Every time.

@johndim11 11 ай бұрын

And you’ll win!

@Chris-ov1et 10 ай бұрын

Bill Walton was a great college player and a very good NBA player . Bill was a great passer and rebounder. Bird could do it all.

@user-ts1mw1xh4i 11 ай бұрын

Larry Bird played the game better than anyone wasn't selfish always a team player that's why to me he's by far the G.O.A.T.

@jkrasney1 11 ай бұрын

Yep - The Best - G.O.A.T. - Although Michael Jordan might raise his hand 🖐!

@user-ts1mw1xh4i 11 ай бұрын

Yeah Mike, Dr J were flamboyant Dunk master's Larry was the ultimate Team Player Rarely had a bad game in many years most always had the play of the Game all good those were the Days

@bobwhite2 11 ай бұрын

Can’t disagree.

@genehornung3295 11 ай бұрын

@user-ts1mw1xh4i Bill Russell played the game better than anyone. If Bird was a master, Russell was a grandmaster.

@MarkGentile-qj2ru 11 ай бұрын

How can anyone say LePussy James is the goat made 11 straight shots when was the last time LePussy James made 11 straight 10 supplements- HGH = Lebrick James

@cjg8604 11 ай бұрын

Great story! Those hawks teams were no pushover. To comeback against them at home was something

@Julius_Paul 11 ай бұрын

My first three draft picks are Bird, Russell, and Duncan. They all had mature leadership from day one and proved it throughout their remaining early years. Players like MJ, Lebron, Kobe, Melo, Westbrook, Durant, Garnett, can only dream about having that skill in their early years

@Zimmy68 2 ай бұрын

R.I.P. big man!

@jeffreyjacobs390 Ай бұрын

You gotta hand it to Bill Walton - God rest his soul - HE WAS A GOOD PLAYER, GOOD TEAMMATE & A GREAT FRIEND !!! jj

@pavlovshouse77 11 ай бұрын

Todays players are worried about “their brand” how they can maximize their earning potential, personal stats, and social media likes. Bird just worried about winning, and making his team mates better. That’s why he’s the best player ever. Jordan is a close second, old school guys where winning brought everting else.

@ek2156 11 ай бұрын

Its funny to see Larry Bird get bashful, and uncomfortable hearing people talk about him. You can see what kind of person he is just by his actions. He never talks about himself, he never has to come to his own defense, or argue about his position in the GOAT discussion..... Because he don't have to.... He played 13 years in the NBA and left his mark on the game that very few have came close to. Great video.

@parmanduke 11 ай бұрын

Bird's pass to DJ one of the GOAT passes 1984 Lakers vs Celtics Finals

@user-ly1xt4zi4x Ай бұрын

Bird's steal of Isiah's pass to Laimbeer in Game 5 of The 1987 Eastern Conference Finals...and pass to DJ for the winning layup....surpasses that 84 pass to DJ (even though The Celtics won in 84 and ended up losing in 6 in 87 to The Fakers, due to injuries/having to navigate a HELLA TOUGH Eastern Conference, while The Fakers had a cake walk to The Finals with the cream puffs they demolished). Still, Len Bias dying, Kevin McHale playing on a broken ankle for 3 months, Danny Ainge getting injured at the end of Game 7 against Detroit on a dirty foul by Isiah Thomas....which hurt his ability to contribute in The Finals against The Fakers. Even Parrish was beat up...both his ankles were terrorized by Laimbeer finding ways to come down on Parrish's ankles....finding ways to force Parrish to 'roll over on his ankle/ankles'. Regardless of all of that...The Celtics gave The Fakers a tough 6 game series (an inch to the middle of the basket on that last shot by Bird at the end of Game 4 of The 87 Finals...it would have went 7 games...and anything can happen in a 7th game. The Fakers have never beat The Celtics in a 7th game. Larry Bird was the king of 7th games! I just wish that Len Bias hadnt been freebasing coke. Dude was so gifted...he had Jordan-like talent. People forget the skills Bias had! Dude had hops, a soft touch from both inside the paint and a soft jumper that flowed into the basket. He could run the court like a deer....and finish with authority with his dunks! He was an underrated passer and rebounder too. However we'll never got to know how well his game would have transferred to The NBA.

@bucklaughlin906 5 ай бұрын

Never a bad time for a Larry Bird story. The 1978-79 Celtics had 29 wins. The 1979-80 Celtics got rid of Bob McAdoo and started rookie Larry Bird and won 61 games, a +32 win improvement due to one rookie. The other four starters (Cowens, Ford, Acrhibald, Maxwell) were the same in both seasons. Bird led the team in scoring, rebounding, and was second in assists. More importantly, he hated to lose and made everyone on the court better.

@tbm3fan913 11 ай бұрын

I only saw Bill Walton play once and that was at Helix High School. Ironically, years later, his kids went to my high school which, was Uni back in 1971, but now Cathedral.

@ORagnar 11 ай бұрын

We know who Bill Walton is. He was a great player! 4

@makgeoff 10 ай бұрын

Don't take it from me. Take it from Pat Riley. When he was asked who'd you want to take the last shot? He said: "To win the game, Jordan. For my life and death? Bird."

@kcender3771 10 ай бұрын

Maybe, just maybe, the best Larry Bird story ever told.

@njnature Ай бұрын

You might be right. Have you watched Bill Walton talks Jerry Garcia part 2?

@jfk64kennedy95 11 ай бұрын

Larry Legend...

@ILLSmak 2 ай бұрын

When they flash to larry i laugh every time. It’s like anime sweat drop near the end. Great story and great how larry and bill, who are so different, can be on the same level on a bball court. Sports!

@jingqi9106 11 ай бұрын

Larry Bird could get HOT and did. 🔥

@user-ly1xt4zi4x Ай бұрын

I wish I had an opportunity to meet Bill Walton. I loved listening to him talk. His take on the Pistons-Pacers Malice at The Palace was on spot.

@patrickreilly2739 Ай бұрын

I often enjoyed seeing Bill Walton... Mostly at a Grateful Dead concert on crutches ❤. Fare thee well.

@patricktully1874 11 ай бұрын

2 of the greatest ever a young healthy bill Walton and Larry bird 2 of the greatest passers in NBA history and shooters I was fortunate to grow up in the Boston area during the larry bird years he was definitely the G.O.A.T I remember being stationed at camp pendleton California marine corp 1984 and me and 6 Boston area Boys were cheering on the celtics snd another table of 7 marines were cheering on the Lakers well it didn't end well for them that day Celtics won it all and a fight almost broke out in the TV area between us Boston fans thank God the colonel was on deck to intercede or the laker boys would have lost a second time

@chiefbrody75 Ай бұрын

LeBron? MJ? Lol. Give me Larry Legend any day of the year. Best all around player ever, and the true GOAT

@user-nx5kk5ho7j 8 күн бұрын

😊 yep 🍀

@user-cu6gp8wz7y 10 ай бұрын

There's Larry Bird !!!!! then you you start with everyone else not even close

@warrenbaldwin6366 11 ай бұрын

Great clip

@user-mp1gg7qj4e 11 ай бұрын

True GOAT

@billmalec 11 ай бұрын

I'll take BIRD over about anyone for a first pick.

@res3382 11 ай бұрын

I high-fived Bill Walton at the Santana concert at the 2005 Jazz-fest.

@Curly34584 11 ай бұрын

BIRD WAS AND IS THE BEST!!

@doovie101 11 ай бұрын

"Bill Walton was a former basketball player"? He IS a former basketball player.

@SciTrekMan 11 ай бұрын

I was just going to post that! So many people don’t understand basic grammar.

@Au60schild 10 ай бұрын

@@SciTrekManLike when two planes nearly collide and they call a "near miss". WTF?

@zakobrien8764 27 күн бұрын

PUT IT DOWN, BIG MAN, PUT IT DOWN

@Black_Caucus Ай бұрын

RIP A LEGEND

@danielneece6404 9 ай бұрын

Great story tks

@roguecheddar 29 күн бұрын

Bird is the word!

@jimmyfaherty8588 Ай бұрын

RIP Bill

@jasonjackson5696 11 ай бұрын

Bill Walton, never short on words but most times he should be 😂😂😂

@Julius_Paul 11 ай бұрын

In most cases where people 'don't get it', I say "Was he too fast for you?" but in your case I must say, "Was he too slow for you?" If you don't know the art of storytelling, then stick to watching MTV fast paced senseless pointless editing without a story and without art.

@jasonjackson5696 11 ай бұрын

@@Julius_Paul very cute and I see that English is not your native language😂 Rather than correct your sentence structure, pointing out the missing punctuations & your nonsensical rant, I will leave it to you to ponder. BTW, is MTV still on the air?

@nicolepaletta3760 Ай бұрын

6 years of your life on the Clippers - the joke is Evergreen

@Amick44 4 ай бұрын

As far as Larry taking the ball out of bounds, I remember that. It was almost he that did.

@marke219 11 ай бұрын

Tell me how Lebron is better than Larry....no way

@bartmix8994 11 ай бұрын

Lebron James has done it twice as long, and unlike Bird, Lebron didn’t play most of his years with 3 other hall of famers. Bird even played one year with 4 othe hall of famers.

@marke219 11 ай бұрын

His longevity is amazing.....it's almost like he's on PEDs. Championships are a team award.....nobody that knows basketball would take lebron over larry.....

@bartmix8994 11 ай бұрын

@@marke219 Lebron James has won more championships than Larry Bird. You have no proof of PED use so please stop.

@capt.obvious9315 11 ай бұрын

@@bartmix8994LeBron fans cry more than LeBron does.

@bartmix8994 11 ай бұрын

@@capt.obvious9315 Sorry to inform you that I am not a “LeBron fan”. If basketball was just offense then I would take Larry Bird over LeBron James. On defense Lebron could guard any player in the league, and can block shot, and rebound all better than Bird.

@jackwhite6030 11 ай бұрын

THAT was a good one....

@MrNaturalSez 9 ай бұрын

♬ Roll away... the dew ♪

@paulj.5542 11 ай бұрын

Can anyone verify Walton's tale of a successful 25-point Celtics comeback in Atlanta during the mid to late-80s?

@paulj.5542 11 ай бұрын

Okay, the story is true but Walton embellished a bit about Larry Bird's performance. That game was played on January 18th, 1986. The Hawks had actually built up a lead of 27 points before settling for a 70-48 lead at halftime. Walton said in this video that Bird hit eleven straight shots in the 3rd quarter including 7 three-pointers, but that part was exaggerated. Bird finished with 15 shots made in 27 attempts as the Celtics won the game in overtime, 125-122.

@paulj.5542 11 ай бұрын

I'm sure I watched that game on a Saturday night in January of 1986 as a devoted 14-year old Celtics fan growing up in Framingham, Massachusetts but I'd forgotten all about it.

@billygoatbaa3350 11 ай бұрын

Stil,l he didn't lie, sometimes you forget some details over time, but he wasn't far from the truth😊 besides Bill tells such damn good stories😂

@leightonbrady9055 9 ай бұрын

@@billygoatbaa3350we'd have to know what he truly thinks to know if it was a "lie" but its easy to check that doesn't align with what actually happened. With the "back in my day" folks, "forgetting" details tends to go in one direction- the direction that makes them better and tougher.

@bradhynds138 6 күн бұрын

SAW HIM PLAY MANY TIMES. COULD HAVE BEEN THE BEST EVER. BOD

@bukamiller 2 ай бұрын

If Larry Bird was a wrestler, he’d be “Harley Race” 👍!

@hafajc 11 ай бұрын

Larry Bird. GOAT, at least to me.

@charleswinokoor6023 2 ай бұрын

I was a big Celtics fan back then. But when it comes to online comments I’m sick to death of the sports acronym GOAT. And the same goes for typing in “respect” as a single word sentence, which always makes me think of Da Ali G Show.

@rachelginter3616 11 ай бұрын

❤

@jk-kr8jt 11 ай бұрын

Walton drank that bottle of whiskey.

@bartmix8994 11 ай бұрын

Bill Walton is not a dumb man.

@jk-kr8jt 11 ай бұрын

@@bartmix8994 no, but you obviously are. In your feeble mind is anybody who drinks whiskey dumb? You are rather foolish.

@SIXPACFISH 11 ай бұрын

I hated the Celtics. I was a Lakers fan. The only time I ever rooted for the Celtics was when they played the Detroit Pissedons.

@mikeholt1248 11 ай бұрын

If you want to watch some hotshot show off then then take your pick, but if you want to win the game get Larry Bird. Period!

@Deepsouthlaker 11 ай бұрын

6702 your crazy bill walton when healty was one of best centers ever. Guarantee you he was in great shape just had bad knees and back but hatered to see him go to celtics. GO LAKERS

@user-ts1mw1xh4i 11 ай бұрын

All good they were both special players ✅

@michaeln.2383 9 ай бұрын

The Celtics had to fight hard for every win in Atlanta, and they didn't always win.

@charlesbromberick4247 4 ай бұрын

AI is so screwed.

@jgrantsf 11 ай бұрын

Bill Walton exaggerates all his stories

@bartmix8994 11 ай бұрын

It made for a better story. Did the accuracy of that story really matter? Basketball isn’t politics.

@jgrantsf 11 ай бұрын

@@bartmix8994 Bill is like the boy who cried wolf. You really never which, if any, of his stories are true.

@barryeck4183 11 ай бұрын

Why did Walton with his foot problems keep wearing those crappy Adidas and not try some other shoes?

@rudymontana4515 11 ай бұрын

Because he tried crappy Nike's once and realized shoes weren't the problem.

@andrewyarosh1809 10 ай бұрын

This robotic voice is awful. And the introduction that acts like, we’ve all been dropped in from space and need to “introduced” to Bill Walton.

@kenichitamagusuku3194 11 ай бұрын

Billy Walton was not a good player, he always acted like he was hurt when he was just lucky playing on all those great teams. That bench warm should have retired after his U.C.L.A. Days.

@jamesrichardson1 Ай бұрын

Hate your AI commentary

@csnide6702 11 ай бұрын

Bill Walton was a dog who didn't work hard on staying in shape.

@adamr6794 11 ай бұрын

You have no clue what you are talking about

@steverenom.299 11 ай бұрын

You with the Clippers? Lmao!!!!!

@bartmix8994 11 ай бұрын

So what I read is you projecting and that you are an out of shape dog.

@JakeStine 11 ай бұрын

Walton was a physical specimen from '83 to '86. If anything he worked too hard when he maybe should have rested. That was his fatal flaw.

@csnide6702 11 ай бұрын

@@JakeStine still ... averaged 46 games a year for whole career.... last i saw the season is 82

@robertrissearbeobie5612 11 ай бұрын

Jocks have the best sense of humor!

@user-ts1mw1xh4i 11 ай бұрын

Champion Jock's

@bartmix8994 11 ай бұрын

Maxwell and McHale always took the tougher defensive assignment. Bird spent his career playing with 3 other Hall of Fame players, and in 1985-86 he played with 4 other Hall of Famers, giving him a huge advantage.