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If a magic genie gave me came out of a lamp and granted me three wishes, they would unequivocally be the following: 1.) a seat on the Smash Mouth tour bus 2.) $1 million or one bitcoin 3.) For Bill Walton to follow me around for the rest of my days color commenting my every move.
Last night the hippy Hall of Famer gifted NBA fans with his presence during the Warriors-Blazers game. Walton, typically a Pac 12 broadcaster, was sent up to the majors with David Pasch as ESPN sent NBA broadcasters Mark Jackson and Hubie Brown to Duke. A fun lil swap.
The game itself was incredible, with Damian Lillard dropping 44 in a victorious effort and Kevin Durant tallying up 50. But the real star of the night was Bill Walton. He’s so unpolished and whimsical, yet so goddamn entertaining. A true one man wrecking crew. Check out some of the highlights of the game Bill Walton commenting on the game.
Walton gets deep with Doris.
Doris Burke: “any thoughts about this game”
Bill Walton: pic.twitter.com/3fhYGfcYfn— DOFLANEGRO (@LeBandz_James) February 15, 2018
His incessant fanboying of Steph Curry:
https://twitter.com/BackAftaThis/status/963990057840467968
https://twitter.com/Jesse__Foster/status/964002137956024320
Swaggy who?
https://twitter.com/Jesse__Foster/status/964003858904158208
Kevin Durant = Steve Jobs. Simple math.
https://twitter.com/World_Wide_Wob/status/963996789157322754
Bill skipping his homework.
“Jusuf Nurkic, that’s a big dude out there! This is the best I’ve ever seen him play.” — Bill Walton
“This is the first time you’ve seen him play.”
“Both of those statements are correct.” — Bill Walton— Zach Harper (@talkhoops) February 15, 2018
Bill on losing faith.
“I’ve never lost more faith in humanity than that moment.” — Bill Walton talking about losing the ESPN Celebrity Game as a coach.
— Zach Harper (@talkhoops) February 15, 2018
Bill makes a poignant point about science.
https://twitter.com/freedarko/status/963990753847345153
This dude is a national treasure.
[h/t Uproxx]