{"id":1491305,"date":"2022-03-12T11:56:19","date_gmt":"2022-03-12T16:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1491305"},"modified":"2022-03-12T11:56:20","modified_gmt":"2022-03-12T16:56:20","slug":"bill-walton-in-the-booth-espns-dave-pasch-details-calling-a-game-with-the-affable-hall-of-famer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/bill-walton-in-the-booth-espns-dave-pasch-details-calling-a-game-with-the-affable-hall-of-famer\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Walton in the Booth: ESPN's Dave Pasch Details Calling a Game With the Affable Hall of Famer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer Bill Walton<\/a> tells it like it is. Sometimes, he goes on and on telling it like it is, but he's a straight shooter nonetheless. Walton is a high-energy guy and takes that with him to the broadcast booth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Walton calls college basketball games<\/a> for the Pac-12, and you never know what you're going to get with him behind the microphone. While TV viewers are treated to two hours of Walton chiming in on the game and many other things, ESPN's Dave Pasch<\/a> gave an inside look at what he faces when working with the big guy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bill Walton loves to talk and talk and talk<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Sportscaster and former NBA player Bill Walton (L) and sportscaster Dave Pasch talk before a game between the Kentucky Wildcats and the Utah Utes in the annual Neon Hoops Showcase benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer at T-Mobile Arena on December 18, 2019, | Ethan Miller\/Getty Images.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Walton is a lot of fun when he's calling games. He's a refreshing courtside voice that entertains the audience well beyond what's happening on the court. When Walton gets going, he gets going.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It doesn't just happen behind a microphone. Walton's long-winded talks are natural. He has a zest for life, and sometimes his passion for whatever the heck he's talking about takes over. Take, for instance, his recent comments on Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic.<\/a> Jokic is a player Walton loves and certainly loves to talk about. Walton recently caught up with the NBA's reigning MVP during the All-Star break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was thrilled to be able to say hello to him because I\u2019m a huge fan, and I\u2019m so grateful for the way he plays because it represents the best of the human spirit in terms of inclusion, in terms of opportunity, team, sacrifice, discipline,\u201d Walton said, per Mike Singer of\u00a0The Denver Post<\/a>. \u201cHe\u2019s just really, really great. He is brilliant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe imagination, he is a creative genius, and he sees things that other people don\u2019t see. His sense of timing and skill and position and balance and all the things that I love in life, he just represents it. It\u2019s a privilege for me to watch him play basketball. He is Colorado. He\u2019s a pioneer. He\u2019s an innovator. He is a creator of a new and better path to tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just ask Walton one question, and he'll take it from there. He did the same when reminiscing about his 1986 championship with the Boston Celtics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe had a great team, and we loved each other,” Walton told former Celtics forward Brian Scalabrine<\/a> on a 2020 podcast. “We loved the way we played and we knew we could get the job done. We\u2019ll take our chances. We\u2019ll take our chances anywhere against anybody, anytime. We had it all. We had size, strength, power, finesse, skill, discipline, talent.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ESPN's Dave Pasch gave some insight on what Bill Walton is like before and during a broadcast<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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