The Hall of Fame Portland star had a special connection with his favorite band.
Hall of Fame former Portland Trail Blazers center Bill Walton, who won his lone league MVP award and one of his two NBA championships with the franchise, passed away last week at the age of 71, after a battle with colon cancer that he had largely kept private.
During his 209 regular season contests with Portland, Walton averaged 17.1 points on 51 percent shooting from the field and 67.4 percent shooting from the charity stripe, 13.5 rebounds, 4.4 assists, 2.6 blocks and one steal. He eventually befriended the band, who would take up residence at his San Diego home when they were intown. Walton was one of the few folks invited to band leader Jerry Garcia's private funeral in 1995. His home was littered with Grateful Dead memorabilia. His 2016 memoir "Back From The Dead" was also loaded up with Dead lines. During his tenure on the Boston Celtics as a critical sixth man, he even brought his colleagues to a concert.
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