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Bill Walton once declared Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the true GOAT: "Better than Magic, better than Larry, better than Michael"

In the playoffs, Bill drew first blood and beat Kareem in the conference finals in 1977 before leading the Portland Trail ...
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Bill Walton was glad to be Bird's servant in Boston: "Be sure that his shoes were fine and his uniform was folded neatly"

Kidding aside, Walton was no joke several years prior to becoming a role player for the Celtics. Taking a quick trip down memory lane, Bill was arguably the most dominant and skilled center in the NBA ...
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"He had everything except for the long-term health" - Bill Walton on Arvydas Sabonis' unrealized NBA dominance

That being said, Walton understood he wasn't alone in enduring such a brutal turn of fortune. Arvydas Sabonis walked a nearly identical road, as the 1977 Most Valuable Player once reflected. "Sabonis, ...
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How Larry Bird welcomed Bill Walton to the Boston Celtics: "You wanna stay on this team, you throw the ball to me"

Guiding an NBA team often means helping new players adjust as quickly as possible. One of many occasions Larry Bird faced that task was when the late Bill Walton joined the Boston Celtics ahead of the ...