Bill Walton is as uncontainable over the phone as he was on the hardwood of UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion.
In a recent interview ostensibly arranged to discuss Walton’s involvement with Meals on Wheels — and perhaps a few Boston-centric topics — the basketball legend somehow ties in all the prepared subjects within the first question.
Despite growing up in San Diego, where he now lives, Walton says he grew up a Celtics fan. So it was a dream come true when former coach-turned-team president Red Auerbach orchestrated a trade to bring the former UCLA star and 1977 NBA Finals MVP to Boston in 1985.