Overheard@E3: The wisdom of Bill Walton
by Mike Schramm 
{ Jul 15th 2008 at 7:30AM }
At their conference yesterday, EA invited NBA hall-of-famer Bill Walton onstage to help them show off NBA Live '09 and its Dynamic Player DNA, and ended up stealing the show. Peter Moore, who also hammed it up with Natalie Gulbis, kept saying that Walton had gone off script, and that must be true -- anyone who wrote a script like this would never want for a job in Hollywood.
(Walton gets frustrated when the game devs explain the game rather than actually play it)
"Throw him the ball, Paul!"
(The AI defense nabs the ball)
"That's the best defense the Lakers played this entire season."
(A famous Laker puts the ball in play after a score)
"First time Kobe Bryant has ever taken the ball out of bounds."
Moore: "And here's the game's "Hot Zone" feature. Did you ever have a hot zone when you played, Bill?"
Walton: "Yeah, on the bench."
"But the best part is when it pays off, and you win. Our coach would light up that cigar -- and I'm opposed to smoking. Of all kinds. Believe me."
(Interrupting Moore to talk about the feeling of winning)
"When that ball is in your hand, and you're letting it go, oh goodness gracious!"
Oh goodness gracious! Walton should probably be at pretty much all the game demos from now on. We're not sure how much EA shelled out to have the UCLA All-Star on stage, but it was money well spent.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
FOXHOUND @ Jul 15th 2008 8:14AM
LoL He's become the new Milton Berle. Sort of.
phobic99 @ Jul 15th 2008 8:32AM
Why did they even bother with this guy? Can't they see he's annoying enough when he's actually doing a real NBA game? *shrug*
juju187 @ Jul 15th 2008 8:42AM
listening to bill walton for long periods of time causes intense frontal lobe damage and creates internal bleeding of the ears
mj @ Jul 15th 2008 8:47AM
I'm opposed to bland press conferences. Of all kinds. Believe me.
jhay @ Jul 15th 2008 9:56AM
Bill Walton is good and all...
But where's Bill Laimbeer hocking the new edition of "Combat Basketball?"
mr mobius @ Jul 15th 2008 10:53AM
Sounds like a Carry On film.
Karn Eggie @ Jul 15th 2008 1:23PM
Walton: That has to be a foul.
Snapper: Against who?
Walton: Against the game of basketball.
after Kobe dunked on somebody last year:
Bill:"Kobe will not be denied,on or off the court"
HAHAHAHHAHAHA, how can you hate this man!!!
Imadogg @ Jul 15th 2008 5:04PM
I love Bill Walton. I had a feeling about 7 out of all the people who visit this site would even know who Walton is.
"First time Kobe Bryant has ever taken the ball out of bounds."
Hahaha true that.
"That's the best defense the Lakers played this entire season."
Still hurts Bill :(