RIP Grateful Red

YellowSnow

YellowSnow

https://twitter.com/UW_Rowing/status/1795153435454517636/mediaViewer?currentTweet=1795153435454517636&currentTweetUser=UW_Rowing

BleachedAnusDawg

I hated his guts during peak 90's Sonics years as he was a total hater when announcing games on NBC. He got much better later on in his announcing career.

haie

https://twitter.com/DMAC_LA/status/1795157994067374418?t=JDDdC1UrL4YiMbcT8mku1Q&s=19

El_K

Hated his guts too. To me he was a bust. Had one decent year in 77-78 then he was basically Swen Nater

Fishpo31

https://hardcorehusky.com/discussion/comment/1967899#Comment_1967899

Found this looking for Swen Nater highlights…

https://youtu.be/7NIknHo4ApU?si=aYDPmpw3-s-Gn0Dd

YellowSnow

https://x.com/BobWeir/status/1795280870745711075?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

YellowSnow

https://twitter.com/BobWeir/status/1795280870745711075?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

DerekJohnson

https://hardcorehusky.com/discussion/comment/1967913#Comment_1967913

Maybe @JoeEDangerously , @WoolleyDoog and I will go down the Swen Nater rabbit hole on our next pod

chuck

https://hardcorehusky.com/discussion/comment/1967899#Comment_1967899

He won a Natty in Boston. He was just part of a team full of all time greats but he made that team a lot better than it was without him IIRC.

I had to convert from a Blazers fan to a Sonics fan during the peak Kemp/Payton/sleepy Sam Perkins years. I seem to remember Walton being reluctant to get on the bandwagon and that it annoyed me too.

RaceBannon

The Blazers were an awesome team and Walton played an incredible style of ball. They were on their way to a repeat when he got hurt in 78

Was the missing link to the 86 Celtics

I was mad at him for losing focus his senior year at Ucla. Should have had a 3 peat

Getting hurt doesn't make you a bust. It stopped him from dominating the league