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To: sandintoes who wrote (8225)12/16/2004 12:46:04 AM
From: Glenn Petersen  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 89565
 
...he certainly was a big disappointment in the pros.

You obviously have not spent enough time in front of the television. Walton ed the Trail Blazers to a championship in 77-78, got himself elected to the NBA Hall of Fame and was chosen as one of the 50 greatest NBA players of all time.

The injuries were real.

aol.nba.com

But dozens of injuries, most infamously a chronically broken bone in his left foot, robbed Walton of the storybook career that seemed sure to be his. During his 13 years in the league, he played in only 44 percent of regular-season contests and left the game with a modest 13.3 scoring average.