The NBA continues to mourn the loss of basketball legend Bill Walton, with league commissioner Adam Silver sharing a special tribute ahead of the 2024 NBA Finals’ first game.
All of the Boston Celtics and Dallas Mavericks players wore specially themed shirts during warmups that read “WALTON” on them in tie-dye colors, honoring Walton’s regular fashion choices stemming largely from his Grateful Dead fandom.
How perfect is that? This is such a cool gesture for the league to make in honor of Walton, whose family was in attendance at TD Garden in downtown Boston for the game.
Adam Silver says the players will warmup in a Bill Walton shirt in honor of the late Hall of Famer 🙏
Walton's family is in attendance for Game 1 of the NBA Finals. pic.twitter.com/mdgYwCfxr3
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) June 6, 2024
The Celtics come out in the Bill Walton tribute shooting shirts 💚 #NBAFinals pic.twitter.com/eYSekXvIxL
— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) June 7, 2024
The Walton family pic.twitter.com/liXeNaM3Vm
— CJ Fogler account may or may not be notable (@cjzero) June 7, 2024
With the first game of the series being played in Boston, the Celtics gave out special Walton tie-dye pins to fans in attendance and held a moment of silence for the Celtics great.
The Celtics are handing out Bill Walton pins tonight 🙏 pic.twitter.com/ySplYxZcHJ
— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) June 6, 2024
Bill Walton is being honored pregame with a moment of silence and a video package showing highlights and interviews.
“One of the greatest Celtics who ever lived.” pic.twitter.com/Dl1G36DWDB
— Andrew Callahan (@_AndrewCallahan) June 7, 2024
We know Walton would’ve loved seeing all the tie-dye in Boston as his Celtics got ready to contend for another NBA title. It just felt right.
