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THE BATTALION
TUESDAY. JUNE 6. 1978
sports
Walton revelations in book
United Press International
PORTLAND, Ore. — Bill Wal
ton was as innocent as a Boy Scout
in his early days in the NBA, accord
ing to one of his former coaches, and
the rumors about the Portland Trail
Blazers center quitting in his rookie
year were true.
The revelations are contained in
excerpts from a hook by Jack Scott
published in four parts in The
Oregonian last week under an ex
clusive arrangement with Scott and
the newspaper.
Scott’s book, entitled “Bill Wal
ton, on the Road with the Portland
Trail Blazers,” is scheduled for pub
lication June 14. Scott and his wife
Micki shared a home with Walton
his first three years in Portland.
In the first excerpt, Scott said the
toughest task Walton ever faced was
changing his children’s diapers. In
subsequent excerpts, it was re
vealed that Tom Meschery, assistant
to then Portland Coach Lenny Wil-
kens and a veteran of NBA play and
professional coaching, became a fast
friend of Walton as a rookie and
second-year player.
Meschery, says Scott, was the
man the Blazers management
turned to when it wanted to know
what Walton was thinking.
“Tom never ceased to marvel at
Bill’s innocence,” wrote Scott. Mes
chery told Scott “compared to most
NBA players. Bill lives like a Boy
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Scout. The harder we work him in
practice, the more he loves it! I’ve
never met anyone quite like him.
We’d be in great shape if everybody
on the team had his attitude.”
Scott said Meschery’s main con
cern about Walton was not his bas
ketball intelligence, but whether
“he’s mean enough to play in the
NBA.” Meschery found out in prac
tice one day when he took on Bill in
practice and was working him over.
Bill, wrote Scott, realigned Tom’s
nose. But, with blood dripping over
him, Tom was grinning because he
knew Walton could play rough
when he had to.
Scott says Walton has matured,
but his lifestyle basically is the same
as when he came out of UCLA, and
so are his social values. He also
noted that Trail Blazer teammates
who were critical of Bill’s attitude on
social issues in his first two years no
longer are with the team.
Scott said Bill made suggestions
to Blazer General Manager Harry
Glickman and to new coach Jack
Ramsay for team-oriented basket
ball, and changes were made which
produced a championship in Port
land in Walton’s third year.
Scott said Bill’s social and political
values presented minimal problems
to his playing in the NBA, and
added that one problem that almost
drove him to quit the Blazers in his
first year was having to play with a
number of teammates who cared lit
tle about teamwork.
Scott revealed that Walton played
with pain later in the season and
during the playoffs last year. Scott
said Walton kept playing because he
felt a sense of loyalty to the fans, his
coach and teammates, and because
socializing regularly with team
physician Dr. Bob Cook had made
him more receptive to many tra
ditional sports medicine practices
that he shunned when he first
joined the league.
Walton made a similar effort in
the playoffs this season, taking a
shot to soften the pain in an ailing
left foot, then breaking that foot
near the ankle in game two of the
quarterfinals against Seattle. He has
not said a word for public consump
tion since.
Scott revealed that Walton was
ready to quit Portland in his first
year in frustration over a string of
injuries that plagued him. He
wanted to form an independent
team of politically progressive
players to travel the country, play
ing games on college campuses, In
dian reservations, and in commu
nity centers and prisons. In addi
tion, players would get together
with spectators after games for dis
cussions of social and political is
sues, such as drug usage, the causes
of crime, racism, nutrition and other
matters.
Gary Walker, a Phoenix busi
nessman and advisor to Blazer guard
Lionel Hollins along with New York
Yankee star Reggie Jackson, were
interested in the project. After Wal
ton got into a dispute with Sam Gil
bert, the Los Angeles businessman
who helped negotiate Walton’s orig
inal contract with Portland, and
turned elsewhere for advice, Wal
ton s new lawyer, Charles Garry of
San Francisco, disuaded Walton
from quitting the NBA.
Scott wrote that Garry never
mentioned the money Bill would
lose should he quit the NBA, but
instead made Walton realize his
unique position as a potential star of
the NBA and how all the positive
contributions he could make from
that position woidd evaporate.
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