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SAN DIEGO — After a playing career that included individual and team accolades at the high school, college, and professional level, Bill Walton went on to a second act that achieved almost as much acclaim as a broadcaster. Yet, as told by his close friend and longtime broadcast partner Ralph Lawler, this second career began almost by pure chance.
The two had met during Walton's playing days. Lawler was the play-by-play voice of the San Diego Clippers and Walton was traded to his hometown team. They had not seen each other for several years, when they happened to bump into each other in 1989. Lawler, by then having moved to Los Angeles with the team, was back in San Diego visiting. He and his wife were in Pacific Beach when they decided to pop into a convenience store for a drink.
“I go to the Clippers and say 'Hey, Bill Walton’s available. He’d be a tremendous fit to have this Hall of Fame guy be my right-hand man," Lawler said.
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