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Bill Walton, Apparently Done For the Year

May 25, 2008 – 11:20 AM
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Tom Ziller

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By way of Sports Media Watch, Los Angeles Times columnist Bill Plaschke has an update on Bill Walton's tricky back: it's in awful shape, and it's keeping Walton off TV for the entire postseason. Plaschke quotes Bill's son Laker Luke Walton on the diagnosis:
"There was a period where he would get up at 5 in the morning, roll over on the floor, and stay there the rest of the day," Walton says. "He couldn't do anything. I felt so bad for him."
How unfortunately fitting, that a man whose on-court awesomeness was derailed by injuries sees his broadcasting career (however debated in terms of quality) interrupted by injury. Whether you love or hate Walton's on-air presence, there's no question his absence has made the postseason seem odd, if not a bit empty. (His input on Shaq-vs-Duncan in the first round would have been magick.)

In the interest of best wishes to Big Red, enjoy this timeless, brilliant Walton solliloquy on Boris Diaw and Beethoven.

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