Luke Walton Already Planning His Retirement

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Posted on: Thu, 08/25/2011 - 1:41am #32800

McDunkin
Luke Walton’s new assistant coach gig at Memphis isn’t just some lockout stunt. The Lakers’ forward knows that his playing days are numbered, and coaching may be something he seriously pursues once his NBA career ends. From the OC Register: “Even though he’s just 31 – the same age as Pau Gasol – Walton is being proactive in pursuing his post-playing life. Walton will start a new full-time job Saturday as an assistant coach at the University of Memphis for as long as the NBA lockout lasts. ‘Unfortunately, for every player there comes the end of his career,’ Walton said, ‘and it’s just something I’ve been thinking about.’ Josh Pastner, Walton’s former teammate at the University of Arizona and the hotshot head coach at Memphis co-authoring the new chapter in Walton’s life, puts it more definitively. ‘He does want to coach when he’s done playing,’ Pastner said of Walton. Even though Walton has always cringed at comparisons to his oft-injured father Bill and good-naturedly blamed me one time for reporting Phil Jackson’s description of him as a ‘toilet-tissue player,’ there is no doubt now that Walton’s body has undermined his playing career. He has had a variety of injuries throughout and now is dealing with a back so bad that it was a major victory for him just to be available at the end of last season – even though he didn’t play a minute in the Lakers’ postseason until four minutes of truly malodorous garbage time in that fourth and final game in Dallas.”
http://www.slamonline.com/online/nba/2011/08/luke-walton-already-planning-his-retirement/comment-page-1/#comment-1739973
I was always a Luke fan but its been obvious for a season or two that a cut or trade was coming for him but im happy he has something to fall on..besides his dads stack of wee…money.Hey Sun Yue there might be a seat available on the bench!
http://www.nbadraft.net/forum/cockblocked-luke-walton
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Posted on: Thu, 08/25/2011 - 2:37am #594200

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Players will come to respect the Jew fro — nay, they shall fear the Jew fro!
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Posted on: Thu, 08/25/2011 - 2:37am #594225

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Players will come to respect the Jew fro — nay, they shall fear the Jew fro!
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Posted on: Thu, 08/25/2011 - 2:37am #593756

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Players will come to respect the Jew fro — nay, they shall fear the Jew fro!
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Posted on: Thu, 08/25/2011 - 10:18am #593929

JordanC20
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good he has no business being in the NBA any way.
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Posted on: Thu, 08/25/2011 - 10:18am #594374

JordanC20
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good he has no business being in the NBA any way.
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Posted on: Thu, 08/25/2011 - 10:18am #594399

JordanC20
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good he has no business being in the NBA any way.
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Posted on: Thu, 08/25/2011 - 11:03am #593948

esperanzafleet69
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in the words of bill walton.. maybe one day he will make his way back to the mystical magical league that is the nba..
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Posted on: Thu, 08/25/2011 - 11:03am #594392

esperanzafleet69
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in the words of bill walton.. maybe one day he will make his way back to the mystical magical league that is the nba..
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Posted on: Thu, 08/25/2011 - 11:03am #594417

esperanzafleet69
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in the words of bill walton.. maybe one day he will make his way back to the mystical magical league that is the nba..
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Posted on: Thu, 08/25/2011 - 11:08am #593950

jeff416
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He’s not leaving the NBA, he will only be a assistant coach at Memphis until the lockout is over, after that he will be back in LA.
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Posted on: Thu, 08/25/2011 - 11:08am #594395

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He’s not leaving the NBA, he will only be a assistant coach at Memphis until the lockout is over, after that he will be back in LA.
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Posted on: Thu, 08/25/2011 - 11:08am #594420

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He’s not leaving the NBA, he will only be a assistant coach at Memphis until the lockout is over, after that he will be back in LA.
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Posted on: Thu, 08/25/2011 - 11:16am #593959

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Speaking of Luke Walton, has he ever played for any other NBA team?
I dont remember seeing him in any other jersey…
..Then again, I dont remember ever seeing him in a Lakers jersey
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Posted on: Thu, 08/25/2011 - 11:16am #594404

MagikKnick
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Speaking of Luke Walton, has he ever played for any other NBA team?
I dont remember seeing him in any other jersey…
..Then again, I dont remember ever seeing him in a Lakers jersey
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Posted on: Thu, 08/25/2011 - 11:16am #594428

MagikKnick
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Speaking of Luke Walton, has he ever played for any other NBA team?
I dont remember seeing him in any other jersey…
..Then again, I dont remember ever seeing him in a Lakers jersey
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Posted on: Thu, 08/25/2011 - 7:18pm #594557

llperez
speaking of luke, he has had a solid career for a second round pick with limited athletic ability. We throw around the basketball IQ praise a lot, but it really is deserved with luke. He is one of the better passers in the nba regardless of position. He started for the lakers for a year or two and while he was nothing special, he didnt suck either. The one year he started for the lakers and played 30+ minutes a night, he averaged 11ppg…5rpg…4apg…47fg%…38%3pt
He is currently the worst contract on the lakers and it will be a good day for the team when his contract is up. But its hard to hate on the man. He did his pops proud.
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Posted on: Thu, 08/25/2011 - 7:18pm #594582

llperez
speaking of luke, he has had a solid career for a second round pick with limited athletic ability. We throw around the basketball IQ praise a lot, but it really is deserved with luke. He is one of the better passers in the nba regardless of position. He started for the lakers for a year or two and while he was nothing special, he didnt suck either. The one year he started for the lakers and played 30+ minutes a night, he averaged 11ppg…5rpg…4apg…47fg%…38%3pt
He is currently the worst contract on the lakers and it will be a good day for the team when his contract is up. But its hard to hate on the man. He did his pops proud.
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Posted on: Thu, 08/25/2011 - 7:18pm #594113

llperez
speaking of luke, he has had a solid career for a second round pick with limited athletic ability. We throw around the basketball IQ praise a lot, but it really is deserved with luke. He is one of the better passers in the nba regardless of position. He started for the lakers for a year or two and while he was nothing special, he didnt suck either. The one year he started for the lakers and played 30+ minutes a night, he averaged 11ppg…5rpg…4apg…47fg%…38%3pt
He is currently the worst contract on the lakers and it will be a good day for the team when his contract is up. But its hard to hate on the man. He did his pops proud.
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