Bill Walton, a two-time NBA champion and a Basketball Hall of Famer, died this past Monday following a battle with cancer. He was 71. NBA commissioner Adam Silver announced Walton's passing with a touching tribute, sharing, "What I will remember most about him was his zest for life." For those unfamiliar with Walton's basketball accolades and his unbridled joy, the best way to understand him is to turn back to a moment in 1974. Not just because the UCLA standout won Naismith College Player of the Year honors for the third consecutive year or because he was chosen No. 1 overall in the NBA draft by the Portland Trailblazers. But because in 1974, Bill Walton finally met his favorite band in the world, the Grateful Dead. "Then things started to change, and did they ever change when I met the Grateful Dead," Walton told Relix in 2016. "They've never been the same since. I'm the luckiest guy in the world." |
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