I must be your Dad's age. Bill Walton was my favorite player in the 1977-1978 era. He really did it all, in the era before centers were allowed to leave the paint. His was the first "beautiful game" player I encountered (my other favorite was Maravich but he was a solo artist at heart). Breaks of the Game was a terrific recounting of that season I'd like to read again someday (but probably won't as I have about 200 books I bought and haven't gotten to yet).

It's rare to read such an outpouring of genuine love for a man and it's cause he seemed to have love and attention for everyone he encountered. I'm going to try to remember that as best I can, incorporate a little of that in my own interactions.

I very much appreciate your posts about every playoff game. You can't find that in newspapers anymore and the stuff on most sites is AP level dry.