Bill Walton brings earnest enthusiasm to ESPN

Bill Walton is now in his 35th season being part of the NBA, his 19th as a broadcaster. He is 56 years old and suffered in (self-imposed) silence while healing from a bad back during last year's playoffs that led to Boston beating Los Angeles in the Finals. He's back on the air at ESPN now, not for all the network's "NBA Shootaround" shows, but enough. He debuted on Christmas Day and he'll be back again Feb. 6 when ESPN has a doubleheader of Denver at Washington and Golden State at Phoenix. Walton's earnest enthusiasm for the league is...read full article