Back in the 70s, I was coaching a Pop Warner football team. It was during Walton's second year with the Blazers, he didn't live very far away from where we practiced every late afternoon. So I invited him to come to a practice spend a few minutes with the boys some afternoon. He showed up the next day driving his modified B210 Datsun. Datsun was the name before Nissan and all the cars were small. The 210 was a 2 door just right for Walton. He had the front seat removed and sat in the back set to drive. Well anyway he show up driving this thing right onto the field, stop and unfolded from this 210 while the boys stood stark still, watching this happening. Walton was great with the kids, it was a hit. He often had difficulty speaking in those days but not this time, I guess he was in his element.
I worked for Adidas up until recently and back in '97 when Jermaine signed with Adidas he came in to get fitted with some basketball shoes. the guy seemed annoyed the entire time he was there..almost standoffish.. never liked him much after that.
