INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Pacers coach Rick Carlisle poured out his heart Monday night when he started reflecting on the impact of Bill Walton. He recalled how Walton’s arrival helped turn the ...

Rick Carlisle credits Bill Walton for adding many things to his life. ... Yes, Bill Walton, who died Monday at age 71, was a character — one Carlisle thinks will always stand alone.

Indiana Pacers coach Rick Carlisle talked about his friendship with the late Bill Walton before Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals. Walton helped Carlisle see a Grateful Dead show on a first ...

Basketball Hall of Famer Bill Walton died Monday. 'To me,' Pacers coach Rick Carlisle said, 'he was a living, breathing event in history.' ...

Before Rick Carlisle became an NBA head coach, he had a five-year career as a player including three years with the Boston Celtics. Alongside NBA legend Bill Walton in 1986, Carlisle and the ...

Indiana Pacers coach Rick Carlisle was teammates with the late Bill Walton for two seasons during his NBA playing career.. Carlisle and Walton overlapped on the Boston Celtics from 1985 to '87 and ...

One such memory was how Walton played a big part in his date with his then-future wife Donna. Before the Pacers’ game 4 against the Cs, Carlisle revealed the story to the press.

Indiana Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle shared a heartwarming and amusing story about how NBA legend Bill Walton played a pivotal role in his first date with his future wife, Donna.

Indiana Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle on Monday recounted one of his best memories of the late Bill Walton. The NBA announced via press release that Walton died on Sunday after a lengthy battle ...

And Rick Carlisle played with Walton on the NBA champion 1986 Boston Celtics. ... “I have him to thank probably,” Carlisle says of Bill Walton, “for me being married to my wife, Donna." ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle remembers meeting NBA legend Bill Walton for the first time. Carlisle was entering his second season with the Boston Celtics as a player ...

And Rick says, because I had told Rick to go to that backdoor and ask for Ramrod, so Rick says to the guy, “My name is Rick Carlisle, and Bill Walton told me to come and ask for Ramrod.” ...