Bill Walton was a giant of a figure, but his depth, not his height, was his greatest asset. This was readily apparent when it came to loving his sons.

Bill Walton, one of basketball’s most eccentric characters, dies at 71 As a broadcaster, he had that same ride, teaming up with fellow NBC analyst Steve Jones and Tom Hammond on top crews.

UCLA's Bill Walton (32) fights Notre Dame's Adrian Dantley (44) for a rebound during an NCAA college basketball game in South Bend, Ind., Jan. 19, 1974.

Walton, who had a prolonged fight with cancer, was 71. He was the NBA’s MVP in the 1977-78 season, a two-time champion and a member of the league’s 50th anniversary and 75th anniversary teams.

"Could do almost anything and everything by himself" - Bill Walton says Larry Bird sacrificed his stats to make the Celtics a ...

New documentaries explore the star-crossed careers and delicate spirits of Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Walton, two of basketball’s greatest. By Mike Hale Pity the poor 7-footer. That’s the ...

Bill Walton, my frequent pen pal the past 15 years, was far more inclined to blame or credit kismet — fate, the cosmos — than coincidence.

College Basketball Bill Walton, brilliant on the court, became basketball’s bard Walton, who died Monday at 71, was an artist on the basketball court and a poet behind a microphone.

Walton would advise young broadcasters not to try this trick at home — or on the road, Then, he would remind them what the Free World already knew. There is only one Bill Walton.

Not yet. He wanted to see if he would feel better as the week wore on. Bill Walton, left, shakes hands with his son, Luke, after an Arizona game in 2002. (Robert Hanashiro / USA Today) ...

Bill Walton died on Monday at the age of 71 after a lengthy battle with cancer, leaving a massive hole in the basketball world that cannot truly be filled. Walton was as genuinely unique a figure ...