NBA Off Topic Thread

[Jeffx]

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Bill Walton passed... That sucks. I just playing with him on that Celtics team

R.I.P. Big Red...one of the top 5 greatest college players ever. If not for injuries, he be in my top 15 NBA Immortals list. Dude played the center position as well as anyone I've seen. He did it all...defense, rebounding. blocked shots, scoring and an incredible passer. Had that incredible playoff run in 1977, leading Portland to their only NBA title. What's scary is the Blazers were better the year after they won it all, but injuries ruined their chance to repeat.

Of course, I loved listening to Bill doing broadcasts with Steve "Snapper" Jones, saying all kinds of off-the-wall s***, lol.

[DamnYanks2]

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Bill was so out there. But he had such a good soul to him. I didn't even know he had cancer. One thing can be said for him. He lived life to the absolute fullest.

[J_Posse]

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RIP to the great Bill Walton.

Never had the privilege to see him play, but I always enjoyed him on color commentary back in the NBC days. May he rest in peace and be remembered for his offbeat personality, activism, being a great athlete, and lastly an ever better human being.

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[jeebs9]

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RIP to the great Bill Walton.

Never had the privilege to see him play, but I always enjoyed him on color commentary back in the NBC days. May he rest in peace and be remembered for his offbeat personality, activism and lastly being a great athlete.

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"Throw it down big man. Throw it down!!"

[Jeffx]

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RIP to the great Bill Walton.

Never had the privilege to see him play, but I always enjoyed him on color commentary back in the NBC days. May he rest in peace and be remembered for his offbeat personality, activism, being a great athlete, and lastly an ever better human being.

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He had one of the greatest playoff runs I've ever seen with the 1977 Blazers. You talk about laser-focused...it was like Clyde in '70, Moses in '83, Magic in '85, Bird in '86, Hakeem in '95, etc. And they were 50-5 the following season before disaster struck.

[jeebs9]

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"Throw it down big man. Throw it down!!"

Also I want to add his most recent stop in college. He was hilarious!!

https://x.com/espn/status/1795157301952729229?t=hWFHViUOLnbLTrLzO_bnGg&s=19

We probably will never have someone like him again.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Ya’ll gonna watch that Donald Sterling “Clipped” show on FX?

Imma check it out just for the comedy that will ensue from it lol

[MrDubya]

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I think I will pass on that show. Speaking of LA teams, I did watch all of Winning Time, before that got dropped. Had fun watching that.

[DieHardYankee26]

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Already know I’m in there.

[zello144]

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Ya’ll gonna watch that Donald Sterling “Clipped” show on FX?

Imma check it out just for the comedy that will ensue from it lol

I just wanna see how they cover this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZX93C18MRM

[ProfessaPackMan]

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24 years ago today…

https://youtu.be/mUZjfThbmY8?si=_8aN9eeRP-MGNwGb

[jeebs9]

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24 years ago today…

https://youtu.be/mUZjfThbmY8?si=_8aN9eeRP-MGNwGb

I feeling old

[Master Live 013]

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I remember watching that live and thinking for some reason: "What is Kobe doing? He's throwing the ball away!"

[Master Live 013]

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Those Blazers/Lakers series at the end of the 90's / early 2000's were just incredible. Then came Lakers vs. Kings.

[J_Posse]

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Those Blazers/Lakers series at the end of the 90's / early 2000's were just incredible. Then came Lakers vs. Kings.

Not if you're a Blazers fan. [emoji1][emoji1][emoji1]

They were probably the deepest NBA team ever assembled, but couldn't win Jack **** cause the Spurs and Lakers were in their way.

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