Saturday, October 11, 2008

Welcome to the Bill Walker Era

Welcome to the next generation of Boston Celtics basketball hero/crazyman: rookie Bill Walker, monster dunker, uninhibited urinater. He was rumored to have been a good pick, if not a steal, in the NBA draft when the Celtics picked him up after several teams passed on him, presumably because of his recent knee surgery. He looked pretty good in his first NBA preseason game, throwing down back-to-back, athletic, monster dunks. Here is the second one, which sent the crowd and the Celtics bench into a tizzy:



Then the other day I read an article about him and his dunks which sent me to youtube to check out some more of his jams. I was clicking through the related videos on the right margin when I noticed one that was titled "Bill Walker pees on a towel" or something. Not being interested in the watersports, I passed and clicked on another dunk highlight video. Then I saw another similar title. And another. The images all looked like they were on the court, so I had to check it out. There's no way he pissed himself in a game and I missed it. Could it be? All of the videos were shot from the stands without zoom or commentary so you couldn't really tell what was going on. So I googled "Bill Walker pees" and checked out the deadspin link (they're all over this sort of weird sports news) Amazingly, it appears that with seconds left in a close college game, Bill Walker decided that he couldn't hold it, shoved some towels down his shorts, in front of 15,000 people, and drained the weasel. No stagefright there. Wow. How did I miss this story?

And now today, youtube is buzzing with this video about him in their most recent preseason game against the Houston Rockets. Not as outlandish as pissing on some towels in front of a packed house, but some pretty punchy play against the new team of Ron Artest. (keep in mind that this is a Rockets' broadcast)



There's not going to be any shortage of intensity in the Celtics' quest to repeat.

2 comments:

Dewy24 said...

I watched a lot of the game against the Cavs last night. (You get one guess why I watched a pre-season basketball game and it is not because I like Verejao's hair, although I do). I was disappointed that Walker didn't play, at least while I was watching. I love the reaction of the Celtic bench after that dunk. There's a riot goin' on!

Dan Nolan said...

hmmm... I was thinking you were on a Jetblue flight, but I don't think they'd have the local network broadcast. Could it be because your dad's from Cleveland and it was a father-son bonding session?