Defensive Game
One of the greatest defensive centers in NBA history. His shot-blocking, positioning, and help-side instincts were the defensive engine of the 1977 champion Blazers. The 8 blocks in Game 6 of the 1977 Finals remains a Finals record.
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Portland Trail Blazers
1974-1979
Bill Walton, basketbolun efsanelerinden biridir ve Portland Trail Blazers tarihinin en ikonik isimlerinden biridir. UCLA mezunu. Mirası, dünya genelinde nesiller boyu taraftarları ve oyuncuları ilham vermeye devam etmektedir.
Defensive Game
One of the greatest defensive centers in NBA history. His shot-blocking, positioning, and help-side instincts were the defensive engine of the 1977 champion Blazers. The 8 blocks in Game 6 of the 1977 Finals remains a Finals record.
Intangibles
A student of the game under John Wooden's system at UCLA, Walton's basketball intelligence was generational. His understanding of spacing, timing, and team concepts made him the ideal center for Jack Ramsay's system.
Kişisel Yaşam ve Aile
Tüm makaleler
Maurice Lucas averaged 20.3 points and 10.3 rebounds in the 1977 NBA Finals, providing the physical dominance that allowed Bill Walton to be Bill Walton. His #20 honors the enforcer who turned Portland into champions.
Portland Trail Blazers
Portland Trail Blazers
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Los Angeles Clippers
1979-1985
Boston Celtics
1985-1987
Eş / Partner
Lori Walton
Çocuklar (4)
Ebeveynler & Kardeşler
Saha Dışında
The Bill Walton Foundation — youth basketball and education programs
Advocacy for the Grateful Dead and counterculture music community
Tireless advocate for patients suffering from chronic pain conditions, sharing openly about his own decades of suffering
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Walton's 19.0 rebounds per game average in the 1977 NBA Finals remains one of the most extraordinary statistical achievements in Finals history — a record that reflects not just his physical gifts but his positioning, anticipation, and absolute dominance of the paint
He is one of very few players who won a championship at every level: high school, college (twice), and the NBA — and he won all of them with teams that played the kind of unselfish, system-first basketball he dedicated his career to promoting
Walton overcame a severe stutter throughout his life, eventually becoming one of the most beloved and colorful television broadcasters in NBA and college basketball — known for his enthusiastic, idiosyncratic commentary style
His son Luke Walton played in the NBA and became an NBA head coach — making Bill one of the only players in history whose family legacy includes both a championship player and a head coach
Kariyer Ödülleri
NBA Champion (Portland Trail Blazers, 1977)
1977 NBA Finals MVP
1978 NBA MVP
1986 NBA Sixth Man of the Year
NBA 50th Anniversary All-Time Team (1996)
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (1993)
2x NCAA National Champion (UCLA 1972, 1973)
Portland Trail Blazers #32 retired
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Bill Walton's 1977 NBA Finals performance — 19.0 rebounds, 5.2 assists, and 8 blocks per game — remains the most dominant individual championship series in Portland history. Here's why #32 belongs in the rafters forever.
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