Those of you that have ever heard him provide color commentary for an NBA game on ESPN know that Bill Walton is one of the most unintentionally funny figures in television sports. Anyway, this week he is the guest on ESPN.com writer Bill Simmons' podcast. In addition to some fun anecdotes, he provides some rather hilarious moments, such as this brilliant exchange:
Simmons: You have to admit the basketball that was played from Magic and Bird on versus the basketball that was played during the Russell era... I don't think you can really compare the eras, can you?
Walton: Absolutely yes.
Simmons: But the game was much more athletic in the '80s.
Walton: Yes, but...
Simmons: I just feel like you could put the '85 Lakers in 1962 and they would have blown everybody away.
Walton: How could you say that? In 1962 those guys were all eight years old. Playing against Russell and Chamberlain and Jerry West?
Simmons: No, I mean, like, use a time machine.
Which can only be surpassed by my new favorite Bill Walton Cultural Confusion:
"That was like the rock of Gibraltar on which you can build a church on."
(referring to Larry Bird, Robert Parish and Kevin McHale)
My previous favorite instance of this phenomenon was, as he was calling a game in which one of the teams was in danger of giving up a big lead:
"They can't afford to be like Beethoven and leave a symphony unfinished."
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