Bill Walker Is Giving Back (Again And Again)

How much did Walker make last season? He bought food for 400 kids with $$ out of his own pocket. That’s very nice. I think the Celtics, as an organization, ought to chip in at least dollar-for-dollar.

Bill Walker had a life similar to Leon’s, at one point he was homeless and living in an abandoned house filed with roaches and rats. The number on his neck is the address of that house.

Glad to hear his heart is in the right place. This reminds me of something a guy at a seminar said. This guy had his family with our riding one sunny day and came across this beautiful corn farm. The guy stopped and commented to his family how pretty the corn was. His wife said look there is the farmer. They both decided to tell the farmer how good a job he was doing and much God had blessed him. And the farmer said thank you and that God had indeed blessed him but you should have seen this farm before when God had this farm all to his self.

“God gives us all gifts but how do we use them once we get off our knees.”

Rasheed may have his expletive control problems on court but by all reports he’s a good man off court.

Even if Marbury’s affordable shoe line was an agent’s image polishing move, it still shows an energy toward the “right way” to be. Even if contrived, someone sat him down and explained why this would be a good thing to do.

I’m glad you did this piece on Walker. Leon was a top man in this regard and I like to see the Celts doing some careful talent picking or social coaching with these guys.

I think Perk would be super on the hospital ward , school gym trail if he would get some elocution lessons. You can see he has a heart to but is pretty inarticulate.

And we shouldn’t forget about the things these guys do in the community that we never hear about. As divisive as Antoine was as a player, he was always extremely generous outside of basketball.

The Celtic’s have a solid reputation, for many years. of giving back…good to see Bill continues that tradition..

with no utilities, or lying in a hospital bed after having a knee operation, with your once bright basketball future up in the air, you learn a little about hard times.

Some guys turn to money, women, toys, and partying when they make it in the NBA. Others remember their tough upbringing and want to use their status (and money) to brighten up those that are in the position that they were once in.

It’s admirable that a minimum salaried guy barely hanging on to a roster spot has made a concerted effort to do community outreach. This makes me like Bill Walker (almost) as much as if he stopped a Lebron dunk with a hard foul, or threw a dunk in Howard’s face.

Keep up the good work. You’re creating a lot of friends of Bill W, in a good way.