During coverage of the 2024 Western conference finals, Shaquille O’Neal delivered a very moving tribute to the late Bill Walton by honoring him as a league legend.
Walton died on Monday after a prolonged battle with cancer, and the basketball world has poured out tributes to the legend on the court and on the mic.
Outside of Mike Breen’s incredibly touching tribute to Walton, Shaq’s tribute to the fellow NBA big man resonated pretty hard on Tuesday.
After all, Walton helped pave the way for big men like Shaq to dominate in the NBA. The NBA great honored Walton by saying that “we definitely lost one of the Four Fathers of The Big Man Alliance.”
That’s pretty awesome for Shaq to recognize Walton like this, as a great recognized a great in such a meaningful way.
"We definitely lost one of the Four Fathers of The Big Man Alliance."
Shaq pays his respects to Bill Walton pic.twitter.com/SxuPuZuKkz
— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) May 29, 2024
