Word: hooped
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this 6-ft., 11-in. pony-tailed redhead/Deadhead was no ordinary guy. He had already had a profound effect on the hoop world and it was anticipated that Walton--like another player out of UCLA named Lew Alcindor--would continue this dominance...
Bill Walton comes off the bench now. He doesn't play as many minutes as he used to in order to protect himself from injury. But he still blocks shots, he still grabs rebounds, he still dishes off backdoor passes to guards streaking to the hoop, and despite Boston's inclement weather, he still loves playing basketball...
...until sophomore forward Sharon Hayes drilled a 12-ft. baseline jumper did Harvard get its first hoop, nearly five minutes into the contest...
Still, Charles J. Dibona '86 was enthusiastic. "It's what makes America great, like the hoola-hoop, although a Brie-eater would be the ultimate Yuppie thing...
Dubbed "Cambridge Bill" by the Boston sports media because he is the first local pro athlete in many years to live in Cambridge, the former UCLA and Portland Trail Blazers star is considered by many hoop fans to have been at his peak the best center ever in basketball...