R.I.P. bill walton. there is no team like ucla back in the day. under the guidance of john wooden, that team was unstoppable. whether it is with walton or lew alcindor (kareen abdul-jabbar), that team was the standard of college basketball.
Grew up in Oregon just hating UCLA and Walton because they were so damn good. They had the best coach and the best players in the 70s. UCLA basketball had the best run ever. Great footage to watch.
I still have the sports illustrated cover with them losing to n.c. state, " the end of an era", I was devastated.the only time I ever felt down under the influence of acid.
No Bob Knight team ever were as great as those Walton teams. That can also be said of the other title teams with Alcindor, Wicks, Johnson, Goodrich, etc... Wooden's teams were the greatest. 💪
I remember the sports illustrated covers - "ucla's slaughterhouse five", "ucla's red-hot redhead", "the walton gang", "is there a giant-killer in the house?"....
I still mourn the semi-final double overtime loss to NC State, it still stings. David Thompson, Monte Towe, Tom Burleson are all names that still ring in my ears. David Thompson was an incredible leaper, but UCLA was up by about 5 in the second OT, but gave it all away. The final against Marquette was a given for NC State, as it would have been for my beloved Bruins.
David Berke 103-100 NC State over Maryland in the ACC final, when only the tournament champion went to the NCAA tournament, was a heartbreaker for me. Incredible year for hoops.
UCLA was up 11 in regulation and 7 in OT ... But NC State knew UCLA's achilles heel ... they pressed Greg Lee in the backcourt as he turned the ball over 4 times in the second half ... that was the ball game ...
As an NC State guy I really appreciate this and the passion Walton had. But State was just better! Across the board, up and down. Pressed Lee and UCLA fell apart. They had only seen one great team all year and that was State very early on. State had beaten Maryland and UNC SIX TIMES by March. They were top 10 to top 5. So State just had more grit. And got it done. The better team won. Takes nothing away form these guys.
@@tedmcgavran5737 Yup, the Hollywood Kid - pretty boy Greg Lee was their achilles heel ... Mo Rivers put the clamps on him 4 times and he couldn't get it across the timeline ... But I must take issue with you declaring NC State as being "better across the board" ... Don't forget, you guys got an incredible break by playing the finals in Greensboro ... Home court is always worth 10pts ...
Would have to agree. Walton may have been the greatest had he not been injured. Incredible moves, tremendous passing, a rebound machine, a great shooting machine, a defensive wizard. Had he stayed healthy whp knows what he would have accomplished.
One wonders how much healthier he might have been had he not gone vegan, and had consumed proper protein appropriate to his size and skeletal structure.
Walton was the greatest college player of all time. Completely dominated the game at both ends of the floor and UCLA was essentially unbeatable when he was on the court and healthy.
+Randy Bailin: Walton was not only the greatest collegiate player ever. When Big Bill was healthy, he was the greatest basketball player ever, period, which includes the professional ranks.
Hard to say that Big Bill was better than Alcindor but I would hate to live off the difference.. I doubt if David Thompson (NC State ) could have ever blocked a shot by Lew as he did in the 1973 NCAA Finals against Walton.
Bill grew up with a horrible stuttering problem. He didn't talk much. His hard work on his speech paid off. Some would say he talks too much now. Not me.
Basketball reigns supreme. F'ball is too brutal. Still, they try to pretend it's harmless. Baseball ... what to say? Tennis? Very, very cool ... 2nd to hoops. I was a swimmer introduced to basketball. What a delight for as long as I could go. Still, love watching the game. It's James Naismith's accidental gift to history, invented to keep football players running after their season ended. Nope ... became the leading game in the world and puttin' the others to shame.
All time UCLA starting 5 Lew Alcindor- Center Bill Walton- Power Forward Marques Johnson- Small Forward Point Guard- Mike Warren Shooting Guard- Keith Wilkes
@@southbeachtalent With KL you know you're going to get a premier rebounder that can outlet pass those rebounds with the best of em. He's an excellent shooter too. If you combined Walton and Love on the same front line you'd have the greatest rebounding/outlet pass duo ever. So another great starting five would be: Walton (C), Love (PF), KiKi Vandewehe (SF), Gail Goodrich (G), Zach Levine (G).
I was playing Division 2 in New Haven, CT when "The Walton Gang" was going on. I was more interested in what THEY were doing - than the annual slayings we took while having a no-scholarship-program. We ended four seasons at like 4-18 each year. Plus I'd won big in HS, so this kind of losing took its toll off the court. What Bill gave the world, which is pointed out in this great piece? A joy, a love of the game - so infectious - plus all of Bill's known skills, moves around the basket, a Bill Russell like presence when on D. Unreal era, unreal player, unreal memory. The Walton Gang wasn't just U.S., around the World everyone's jaw literally dropped. Lotta fun event thinking about Bill.
Actually you are close, but not quite correct. Most teams would list a player an inch taller (UCLA never did) and when he got to the Pro's, they wanted to list him as 7 ft for pr reasons, but Walton wouldn't do it.
I believe Walton was 7'1". In the Celtics Team photo, he was standing next to Robert Parish who is 7' 0-1/2". Walton was taller than Parish by about 1/2". In a photo when Walton stood next to Jabber who is 7'2", Walton was almost as tall as Jabbar. When Walton stood next to Kevin McHale who is 6'10", he towered over McHale by about 3".
I watched bill since i was 7 yrs old my brother played on the san diego County allstar team with bill 1969 70 , you know bill was even hurt in high school, but he played hard all the time, i hope the doubters got to see what i seen, at 80 % bill was better than most, and was a complete player, RIP BILL WALTON , HELIX HIGH CHAMPS, UCLA CHAMPS, PORTLAND TRAILBLAZERS CHAMPS , BOSTON CELTICS CHAMPS, BUT MOST OF ALL A LIFE CHAMP
Indiana lost to Kentucky in 75 regional finals. 92-90. Scott May broke his forearm and was only able to play 6 7 minutes. They were 26-0. Knight never made excuse of mays injury. He told them that they lost cause they gave up 92 points. Next year they onky gave up 70 points 2 times? They had a winning margian of 23 pts. Only 1 team lost by 6 other was 9. They punished the big 10 teams. I think that that 76 Indiana could have played any UCLA teams and it would have been a toss-up.
Jokic is about 25% as athletic as young Bill. For those who dare to compare. But then only Wilt and Hakeem were, who can possibly match his overall skill and size.
In the United States we have now truly arrived at a real intersection of good versus evil. If there was ever a time in the existence of mankind to consider Jesus Christ's Gospel of Salvation, it is NOW.
R.I.P. bill walton. there is no team like ucla back in the day. under the guidance of john wooden, that team was unstoppable. whether it is with walton or lew alcindor (kareen abdul-jabbar), that team was the standard of college basketball.
If possible, can you post this documentary in it's entirety?
RIP big red!
If Bill had two good feet he would have been known as the best ever!
Maybe. Certainly one of the best ever with good health.
if hadn't been for the weakness of their joints everyone would be talking about the best center ever
If my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle.
@@johnylopez The best center ever was Bill Russell.
@@mja91352 he was arguably the best defender.
I think Walton may very well be the single best outlet passer off the rebound the game has ever seen. Constant fast break catalyst.
Let's not forget Wes Unseld
Grew up in Oregon just hating UCLA and Walton because they were so damn good. They had the best coach and the best players in the 70s. UCLA basketball had the best run ever. Great footage to watch.
John Montgomery I grew up in Oregon loving Walton. He brought Portland their only ring and I was there.
I still have the sports illustrated cover with them losing to n.c. state, " the end of an era", I was devastated.the only time I ever felt down under the influence of acid.
No Bob Knight team ever were as great as those Walton teams. That can also be said of the other title teams with Alcindor, Wicks, Johnson, Goodrich, etc... Wooden's teams were the greatest. 💪
Knights 1976 team beat all the ucla teams . That Indiana team was the best ever
72 ucla was better. Stats wise and everything. Won each game by an average of 30.3 points
@@christianmillar140 I wish they could have played one another. Almost in 1975
The players you mention were all part of Sam Gilbert's payroll. Maybe not Gail Goodrich, I've heard his family were ok finance wise
Walton would have destroyed Kent Benson.
BIG RED HEAD WAS AMAZING ❤
I remember the sports illustrated covers - "ucla's slaughterhouse five", "ucla's red-hot redhead", "the walton gang", "is there a giant-killer in the house?"....
the alcindor-led team is great but the walton-led team were more better and dominating record-wise and stats-wise...
Except for Mike Warren the incredibly gifted point guard Alcindor's supporting cast wasn't as good as
Walton's.
@@jerrybrownell3633 Alcindor's teams had better guards. Allen and Warren were 2 of the best in the country.
88 game streak.....nuff said.
Wait....is that the Grateful Dead in the background...hey Saturday night!
I still mourn the semi-final double overtime loss to NC State, it still stings. David Thompson, Monte Towe, Tom Burleson are all names that still ring in my ears. David Thompson was an incredible leaper, but UCLA was up by about 5 in the second OT, but gave it all away. The final against Marquette was a given for NC State, as it would have been for my beloved Bruins.
David Berke 103-100 NC State over Maryland in the ACC final, when only the tournament champion went to the NCAA tournament, was a heartbreaker for me. Incredible year for hoops.
@@oldline90 I feel 'ya. Some things just don't go away. UCLA's incredible run got snapped.
UCLA was up 11 in regulation and 7 in OT ...
But NC State knew UCLA's achilles heel ... they pressed Greg Lee in the backcourt as he turned the ball over 4 times in the second half ... that was the ball game ...
As an NC State guy I really appreciate this and the passion Walton had. But State was just better! Across the board, up and down. Pressed Lee and UCLA fell apart. They had only seen one great team all year and that was State very early on. State had beaten Maryland and UNC SIX TIMES by March. They were top 10 to top 5. So State just had more grit. And got it done. The better team won. Takes nothing away form these guys.
@@tedmcgavran5737 Yup, the Hollywood Kid - pretty boy Greg Lee was their achilles heel ...
Mo Rivers put the clamps on him 4 times and he couldn't get it across the timeline ...
But I must take issue with you declaring NC State as being "better across the board" ...
Don't forget, you guys got an incredible break by playing the finals in Greensboro ...
Home court is always worth 10pts ...
Would have to agree. Walton may have been the greatest had he not been injured. Incredible moves, tremendous passing, a rebound machine, a great shooting machine, a defensive wizard. Had he stayed healthy whp knows what he would have accomplished.
T Hyslop he was the greatest college player of all time. He only lost one game.
One wonders how much healthier he might have been had he not gone vegan, and had consumed proper protein appropriate to his size and skeletal structure.
Bill Walton could defender, rebounder, outlet rebounder, passer, scorer
Interesting to see all the rim shots without a dunk
There used to be a rule against dunks.
The NCAA put it in as a bad attempt to stop Kareem from dominating. But with the sky hook, he dominated, anyway.
Walton was the greatest college player of all time. Completely dominated the game at both ends of the floor and UCLA was essentially unbeatable when he was on the court and healthy.
+Randy Bailin: Walton was not only the greatest collegiate player ever. When Big Bill was healthy, he was the greatest basketball player ever, period, which includes the professional ranks.
In an age when dunking was not allowed.
Absolutely. Most opponents were already beaten before the game even started. Walton was primary reason.
Hard to say that Big Bill was better than Alcindor but I would hate to live off the difference.. I doubt if
David Thompson (NC State ) could have ever blocked a shot by Lew as he did in the 1973 NCAA
Finals against Walton.
Loved watching Walton play, but greatest college player ever? Bill Russell would have something to say about that.@@jerrybrownell3633
harmonic convergence of the highest order
A great player whose career was shortened by injuries
Bill grew up with a horrible stuttering problem. He didn't talk much. His hard work on his speech paid off. Some would say he talks too much now. Not me.
Basketball reigns supreme. F'ball is too brutal. Still, they try to pretend it's harmless. Baseball ... what to say? Tennis? Very, very cool ... 2nd to hoops. I was a swimmer introduced to basketball. What a delight for as long as I could go. Still, love watching the game. It's James Naismith's accidental gift to history, invented to keep football players running after their season ended. Nope ... became the leading game in the world and puttin' the others to shame.
Agree, brother! In basketball, the very best have to either Excel or at least be pretty competent in all areas, to be truly great.
All time UCLA starting 5
Lew Alcindor- Center
Bill Walton- Power Forward
Marques Johnson- Small Forward
Point Guard- Mike Warren
Shooting Guard- Keith Wilkes
Aside from placing players out of position, I'd go with Walt Hazzard or Gail Goodrich over Warren.
How many of those 5 players were paid by Sam Gilbert and how many had girlfriends who got abortionss paaid for by Sam Gilbert?
I'd take Walt Hazard or Gail Goodrich over Mike Warren. Sidney Wicks was awesome in college and you couldn't go wrong with him PW.
Walton is a pure center. Go Kevin Love. At least he's a 4 in the league
@@southbeachtalent With KL you know you're going to get a premier rebounder that can outlet pass those rebounds with the best of em. He's an excellent shooter too. If you combined Walton and Love on the same front line you'd have the greatest rebounding/outlet pass duo ever. So another great starting five would be: Walton (C), Love (PF), KiKi Vandewehe (SF), Gail Goodrich (G), Zach Levine (G).
Tournament was once called " UCLA Invitational ".
I was playing Division 2 in New Haven, CT when "The Walton Gang" was going on. I was more interested in what THEY
were doing - than the annual slayings we took while having a no-scholarship-program. We ended four seasons at like
4-18 each year. Plus I'd won big in HS, so this kind of losing took its toll off the court. What Bill gave the world, which
is pointed out in this great piece? A joy, a love of the game - so infectious - plus all of Bill's known skills, moves around
the basket, a Bill Russell like presence when on D. Unreal era, unreal player, unreal memory. The Walton Gang wasn't
just U.S., around the World everyone's jaw literally dropped. Lotta fun event thinking about Bill.
Bill Walton was 7', not 6'11", he didn't want to be known as a 7 foot freak, so he had them list him at 6'11".
Actually you are close, but not quite correct. Most teams would list a player an inch taller (UCLA never did) and when he got to the Pro's, they wanted to list him as 7 ft for pr reasons, but Walton wouldn't do it.
I believe Walton was 7'1". In the Celtics Team photo, he was standing next to Robert Parish who is
7' 0-1/2". Walton was taller than Parish by about 1/2". In a photo when Walton stood next to Jabber who is 7'2", Walton was almost as tall as Jabbar. When Walton stood next to Kevin McHale who is 6'10", he towered over McHale by about 3".
@@robertjohnson4401 I believe you are right👍✌️
@@robertjohnson4401 I agree-I saw some of the same photos and agree that Walton was 7 feet.
Yep like 7'2"
I watched bill since i was 7 yrs old my brother played on the san diego County allstar team with bill 1969 70 , you know bill was even hurt in high school, but he played hard all the time, i hope the doubters got to see what i seen, at 80 % bill was better than most, and was a complete player, RIP BILL WALTON , HELIX HIGH CHAMPS, UCLA CHAMPS, PORTLAND TRAILBLAZERS CHAMPS , BOSTON CELTICS CHAMPS, BUT MOST OF ALL A LIFE CHAMP
RIP Greg Lee
Left out Tommy Curtis, the other starting guard
Indiana lost to Kentucky in 75 regional finals. 92-90. Scott May broke his forearm and was only able to play 6 7 minutes. They were 26-0. Knight never made excuse of mays injury. He told them that they lost cause they gave up 92 points. Next year they onky gave up 70 points 2 times? They had a winning margian of 23 pts. Only 1 team lost by 6 other was 9. They punished the big 10 teams. I think that that 76 Indiana could have played any UCLA teams and it would have been a toss-up.
Jokic is about 25% as athletic as young Bill. For those who dare to compare. But then only Wilt and Hakeem were, who can possibly match his overall skill and size.
Bill controlling the back board… RIP 🪦 BIG RED - The Biggest Dead Head
In the United States we have now truly arrived at a real intersection of good versus evil. If there was ever a time in the existence of mankind to consider Jesus Christ's Gospel of Salvation, it is NOW.
WES UNSELD THEN BIG RED BEST OUTLET PASSERS
Great stuff
o yes, i remember it well
you can get the dvd
Bill was not allowed to dunk.
He often just dropped, dumped it in softly. That rule was made because of Kareem. And they certainly weren't going to change it for Walton, either.
Where is the rest of this film? I'm guessing it's a clip of a full documentary.
Your work is great.
Do you have the whole hbo segment?
yes it was
What is the name of this film? I'd like to see the whole thing.
The UCLA Dynasty - it was made by HBO.
Thanks!