1. Walter Frederick Walker was born on July 18,1954 and is an American former professional basketball player.
13 Facts About Wally Walker
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Wally Walker was the No 5 overall pick of the 1976 NBA draft: selected one pick ahead of Adrian Dantley, and three before Robert Parish.
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Wally Walker was a part of all three NBA Western Conference Championships for the Seattle SuperSonics: as a player in the 1978 NBA playoffs and 1979 NBA playoffs, and as President and General Manager of the SuperSonics in the 1996 NBA playoffs.
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Wally Walker was the only Cavalier to receive the Everett Case Award as the ACC Tournament's Most Valuable Player following Virginia's championship run, until Joe Harris in 2014.
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Wally Walker was a first-team Academic All American in 1976.
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Wally Walker's playing career averages were 7.0 points and 3.1 rebounds during eight years with Portland, Seattle and Houston.
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Wally Walker won two championship rings in his first and third seasons.
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Wally Walker worked for seven years at Goldman Sachs and started his own money management business, Walker Capital, before returning to the NBA in the early 90s as a part-time television announcer and consultant for his former team, the Seattle SuperSonics, owned by Barry Ackerley.
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Wally Walker signed free agents including Terry Cummings, Aaron Williams, Ruben Patterson, Reggie Evans, Antonio Daniels, Damien Wilkins and Jim McIlvaine, who despite fan derision helped the Sonics win its division in each of his first two years.
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Wally Walker supervised the drafting of Rashard Lewis, who became an All-Star in 2005.
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Wally Walker served as President of the WNBA Seattle Storm, who won the WNBA championship in 2004.
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Wally Walker was part of five of the Sonics' six division-winning teams: one as a player ; four as team president.
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Wally Walker is one of five 1970s Seattle SuperSonics players whose names are featured on characters in "The Exterminator," the third episode of Season 1 of iZombie.