Bill Walton: “I used to be a SportsCenter guy till I found First Take”

Bill Walton has been bringing it strong and plausibly deniable this March. A couple days ago he referenced Bill Simmons and Ray Lewis. Last night, he affirmed to partner Dave Pasch that he has become a First Take fan. “Those guys, they bring it.”

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16 Responses to “Bill Walton: “I used to be a SportsCenter guy till I found First Take””

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Monster is Meth Says:
March 16th, 2013 at 5:42 PM
Last night, he affirmed to partner Dave Pasch that he has become a First Take fan. “Those guys, they bring it. The bullshit that is.”
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Dawgfather Says:
March 16th, 2013 at 5:52 PM
This isn’t surprising. Walton is so annoyingly positive about everything. He is like an older, out of touch, less knowledgable version of Gruden with a speech impediment. Can’t stand listening to him.
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TNCOWBOY7 Says:
March 16th, 2013 at 5:59 PM
I say he had tongue planted firmly in cheek.
Its worth noting that Simmons has not tweeted (other than retweets of Grantland related) and never did post a column Friday. Now, I read somewhere that he was traveling so maybe he took the week off. But do you really think he would pass up the chance to write about the Heat win streak or the Tourney?
I have no clue on these media things but I have a feeling this is going to be a pretty big story sometime next week.
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DeusExMachina Says:
March 16th, 2013 at 6:00 PM
This isn’t surprising. Walton is so annoyingly positive about everything. He is like an older, out of touch, less knowledgable version of Gruden with a speech impediment. Can’t stand listening to him.
Do you really not hear the sarcasm from that entire exchange?
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TNCOWBOY7 Says:
March 16th, 2013 at 6:04 PM
Exactly, Deus.
Also, arent Walton and Simmons pretty tight?
TBL writers, people here seem to think you guys have 3 or 4 dozen ESPN people on speed dial. Get us some gossip and speculation more informed than mine.
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KC Resident Says:
March 16th, 2013 at 6:09 PM
He is clearly shitting on First Take. I bet that show is a bad joke among ESPN employees that have pride and Walton was making an inside joke with them.
I have no clue on these media things but I have a feeling this is going to be a pretty big story sometime next week.
Deadspin said he got twitter suspended for three days.
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TNCOWBOY7 Says:
March 16th, 2013 at 6:13 PM
But that is what I am saying. The three days are up and he’s staying largely silent. I proposed Friday when his column didnt go up that it could be out of spite. No one seemed to want to go there and it may be total BS but Simmons has got his nose out of shape several other times when they have tried to muzzle him.
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KC Resident Says:
March 16th, 2013 at 6:18 PM
1. Maybe you are right. Simmons has a history of this.
2. Deadspin got the length of suspension wrong.
3. It is Spring Break and he has two kids that are in school and he is probably on vacation. The masses at this time of year are NCAA hoops interested and not as much NBA interested and this is a perfect time for him to take vacation time.
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Monster is Meth Says:
March 16th, 2013 at 6:18 PM
Deadspin said he got twitter suspended for three days.
With some people these days you take twitter away from them for 3 days they might start offing themselves.
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Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez has the highest WAR evah! Says:
March 16th, 2013 at 6:19 PM
“Someone needs to inform the Running Utes that BJ Singler is right handed, and he will be using that right hand for the remainder of the game”
Bill Walton
Funny guy
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Dawgfather Says:
March 16th, 2013 at 6:32 PM
Do you really not hear the sarcasm from that entire exchange?
I didn’t listen to the video. See my above comment. I cannot stomach a single word spoken by that bumbling moron. I have lived in PAC10 country my whole life so maybe I have just had more exposure than most and my hatred has festered.
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KC Resident Says:
March 16th, 2013 at 6:51 PM
I didn’t listen to the video.
I didn’t either until I saw disagreement in the comments. I understand where you are coming from, but Walton was dissing on First Take. I don’t have much exposure to Walton so I don’t have any hatred of him.
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Shining Base Path Says:
March 16th, 2013 at 7:50 PM
Agree with dawgfather but also wonder how an American citizen can be banned from twitter by an employer. Seems like it’d be crossing a privacy boundary
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TNCOWBOY7 Says:
March 16th, 2013 at 8:04 PM
Agree with dawgfather but also wonder how an American citizen can be banned from twitter by an employer. Seems like it’d be crossing a privacy boundary
My last two jobs (healthcare marketing) we had voluminous sections in our Policy and Procedures Manual that spelled out what we could and could not do on social media. I always thought it strange too.
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HPN Says:
March 16th, 2013 at 8:05 PM
Can they fire skip and just have bill Walton debate people?
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DeusExMachina Says:
March 16th, 2013 at 8:39 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wnz95vZn7ig
This clip shows why Walton is so great. While the homer play by play guy is desperately trying to keep attention on the home team, Walton is ignoring him and laughing at how great the dunk was. He doesn’t give a fuck.