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[QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 1633063, member: 405"]
Walton, for about 5 years, was arguably the best center ever.  His UCLA teams were tremendous.  He personally shot 21 of 22 in the NCAA title game. He was a great shot blocker. He threw probably the best outlet passes ever, I would put only Wes Unseld close. Walton was a great passer in the high post.  He had great ups and threw down some of the greatest alley-oop dunks you've ever seen before his knees went on  him (which, admittedly, was early in his career).

His first year up in Portland, he went into a depression over all the rain, after having grown up on the beach in sunny SoCal. But once they put together the right parts around him, the Blazers had a near-2 season stretch where they won something like 85% of their games and an NBA title with "talent" like Dave Twardzik as the starting shooting guard.

Later on, when he joined the Celtics, he had another excellent year or two in a part-time role on an ultimate high-IQ team, and played an important role on their '85 championship team, I believe it was, which was also one of the best of all time.
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