great article/interview about Bill Walton. Lots of people here don't like him, but I love him. Wilner interviewed 3 people who broadcast with him ... some excepts:
Pasch: "One thing that's unfair to Bill is that a lot of people think he doesn't prepare and just talks about whatever he wants. He actually has pages and pages of notes. He goes to the shootaround, and even if it's a team we've done many times, he still talks to the coaches and the sports information directors."
Bernstein: "He definitely has a plan going into the games about the points he wants to get across. Some games, we have to keep him in focus. There was a UCLA-Oregon game in 2017 when Lonzo Ball was with the Bruins and Oregon had that really good team, and I'm like, 'Hey Bill, it's a four-point game.' And then his insight about basketball was off the charts. He laid everything out. He could be a nuts-and-bolts analyst, but he doesn't want that."
https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/03/09/working-with-walton-what-its-like-to-broadcast-a-game-alongside-the-popular-polarizing-pac-12-tv-analyst/?utm_email=4441C516F471C589E4B10523B0&g2i_eui=wwv3%2ba39%2b0QP73BsfC%2b%2fvg%3d%3d&g2i_source=newsletter&lctg=4441C516F471C589E4B10523B0&active=yesD&utm_source=listrak&utm_medium=email&utm_term=https%3a%2f%2fwww.mercurynews.com%2f2022%2f03%2f09%2fworking-with-walton-what-its-like-to-broadcast-a-game-alongside-the-popular-polarizing-pac-12-tv-analyst%2f&utm_campaign=bang-mult-nl-pac-12-hotline-nl&utm_content=manual
Pasch: "One thing that's unfair to Bill is that a lot of people think he doesn't prepare and just talks about whatever he wants. He actually has pages and pages of notes. He goes to the shootaround, and even if it's a team we've done many times, he still talks to the coaches and the sports information directors."
Bernstein: "He definitely has a plan going into the games about the points he wants to get across. Some games, we have to keep him in focus. There was a UCLA-Oregon game in 2017 when Lonzo Ball was with the Bruins and Oregon had that really good team, and I'm like, 'Hey Bill, it's a four-point game.' And then his insight about basketball was off the charts. He laid everything out. He could be a nuts-and-bolts analyst, but he doesn't want that."
https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/03/09/working-with-walton-what-its-like-to-broadcast-a-game-alongside-the-popular-polarizing-pac-12-tv-analyst/?utm_email=4441C516F471C589E4B10523B0&g2i_eui=wwv3%2ba39%2b0QP73BsfC%2b%2fvg%3d%3d&g2i_source=newsletter&lctg=4441C516F471C589E4B10523B0&active=yesD&utm_source=listrak&utm_medium=email&utm_term=https%3a%2f%2fwww.mercurynews.com%2f2022%2f03%2f09%2fworking-with-walton-what-its-like-to-broadcast-a-game-alongside-the-popular-polarizing-pac-12-tv-analyst%2f&utm_campaign=bang-mult-nl-pac-12-hotline-nl&utm_content=manual
