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'''Luke Theodore Walton''' (born March 28, 1980) is an American professional basketball coach and a former player who works as an assistant coach with the [[Golden State Warriors]].<ref name="GSWCoach">{{cite web|publisher=[[Golden State Warriors]]|url=http://www.nba.com/warriors/news/warriors-announce-steve-kerrs-coaching-staff|title=Warriors Announce Steve Kerr's Coaching Staff|date=3 July 2014}}</ref> He played the Small Forward position. He was known for being a great defender while playing. He currently coaches for the [[Golden State Warriors]] in the [[NBA]]. After the [[2010 NBA Finals]], Walton and his father, [[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame|Hall of Famer]] [[Bill Walton]], became the first father and son to both have won multiple NBA championships. Bill won in [[1977 NBA Finals|1977]] and [[1986 NBA Finals|1986]], and Luke in [[2009 NBA Finals|2009]] and [[2010 NBA Finals|2010]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Tomasson, Chris |url=http://nba.fanhouse.com/2010/06/15/bill-walton-im-back-in-the-game-of-life/ |title=Bill Walton "I'm Back In The Game Of Life" |publisher=NBA.FanHouse.com |date=2010-06-15 |accessdate=2010-06-26}}</ref> His best season statistically was 2006–07 with over 11 points, 5 rebounds, and over 4 assists per game.
'''Luke Theodore Walton''' (born March 28, 1980) is an American professional basketball coach and a former player who works as an assistant coach with the [[Golden State Warriors]].<ref name="GSWCoach">{{cite web|publisher=[[Golden State Warriors]]|url=http://www.nba.com/warriors/news/warriors-announce-steve-kerrs-coaching-staff|title=Warriors Announce Steve Kerr's Coaching Staff|date=3 July 2014}}</ref> He played the Small Forward position. He was known for being a great defender while playing. He is also known for writing his own Wikipedia page. He currently coaches for the [[Golden State Warriors]] in the [[NBA]]. After the [[2010 NBA Finals]], Walton and his father, [[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame|Hall of Famer]] [[Bill Walton]], became the first father and son to both have won multiple NBA championships. Bill won in [[1977 NBA Finals|1977]] and [[1986 NBA Finals|1986]], and Luke in [[2009 NBA Finals|2009]] and [[2010 NBA Finals|2010]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Tomasson, Chris |url=http://nba.fanhouse.com/2010/06/15/bill-walton-im-back-in-the-game-of-life/ |title=Bill Walton "I'm Back In The Game Of Life" |publisher=NBA.FanHouse.com |date=2010-06-15 |accessdate=2010-06-26}}</ref> His best season statistically was 2006–07 with over 11 points, 5 rebounds, and over 4 assists per game.


==Early life==
==Early life==

Revision as of 08:52, 13 December 2014

Luke Walton
Walton with the Lakers
Golden State Warriors
PositionAssistant coach
LeagueNBA
Personal information
Born (1980-03-28) March 28, 1980 (age 44)
San Diego, California
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
High schoolUniversity of San Diego HS
(San Diego, California)
CollegeArizona (1999–2003)
NBA draft2003: 2nd round, 32nd overall pick
Selected by the Los Angeles Lakers
Playing career2003–2013
Career history
As player:
2003–2012Los Angeles Lakers
2012–2013Cleveland Cavaliers
As coach:
2014–presentGolden State Warriors (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
Stats at NBA.com Edit this at Wikidata
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata

Luke Theodore Walton (born March 28, 1980) is an American professional basketball coach and a former player who works as an assistant coach with the Golden State Warriors.[1] He played the Small Forward position. He was known for being a great defender while playing. He is also known for writing his own Wikipedia page. He currently coaches for the Golden State Warriors in the NBA. After the 2010 NBA Finals, Walton and his father, Hall of Famer Bill Walton, became the first father and son to both have won multiple NBA championships. Bill won in 1977 and 1986, and Luke in 2009 and 2010.[2] His best season statistically was 2006–07 with over 11 points, 5 rebounds, and over 4 assists per game.

Early life

Luke Walton is the son of former NBA and UCLA great Bill Walton, and was named after Bill's close friend and former Portland Trail Blazers teammate Maurice Lucas.[citation needed] He has three brothers — Adam, Nathan (who unsuccessfully ran for governor during the 2003 California recall), and Chris. He attended University of San Diego High School in San Diego, California.

College

After graduating from University of San Diego High School in 1998, Walton enrolled at the University of Arizona and majored in family studies and human development. There, he played for the Wildcats under coach Lute Olson. In his junior year, Walton averaged 15.7 points, 7.3 rebounds, 6.3 assists, 1.6 steals and 0.6 blocks per game. As a fifth-year senior, he averaged 10.8 points, 5.6 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 0.9 steals.

Walton graduated from Arizona at the end of 2003, and was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2003 NBA Draft with the third pick of the second round (32nd overall). Walton stands 6 feet, 8 inches tall and weighs 235 pounds.

NBA career

Walton in 2008.

In 2006–07, Walton had a career year, with career mid-lows per game averages in minutes, field goal percentage, steals, blocks, rebounds, assists and points. His Player Efficiency Rating (PER) also reached a career high. He scored a career high 25 points against the Atlanta Hawks on December 8, 2006. Following the season, on July 12, 2007, Walton was signed by the Lakers to a 6-year, $30m contract.[3] Walton managed to win two NBA championships with his time with the Lakers. On March 15, 2012, Walton was traded along with Jason Kapono and a 2012 first-round draft choice to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Ramon Sessions and Christian Eyenga.[4]

Coaching

On August 22, 2011, the University of Memphis hired Walton as an assistant coach for the duration of the 2011 NBA lockout.[5]

In November 2013, Walton was hired as a player development coach by the Los Angeles D-Fenders of the NBA Development League for the 2013–14 season.[6]

In July 2014, Walton began finalizing an agreement to become an assistant coach for the Golden State Warriors. “Being a younger, former player, being able to still get out there and mix it up with the guys when need be,” Walton stated. “We are gonna run parts of the triangle offense and I know that thing front and back so he’s counting on me to be able to help out a lot in that area.” He was officially hired as an assistant coach for the Warriors on July 3, 2014.[1]

Broadcasting

Walton was hired by Time Warner Cable SportsNet in 2013 to join their Lakers on-air broadcast team.[7]

Personal

On his right arm, there is a tattoo of four Grateful Dead-type dancing skeletons, each one with a basketball; the skeletons represent Luke and his three brothers.

In 2006, Walton made a cameo appearance on the television soap opera The Young and the Restless.[8]

In December 2008, a woman named Stacy Elizabeth Beshear pleaded no contest to charges of stalking Walton. At one point, she pulled up to Walton's car and "pretended to fire gunshots at him with her hand." She was sentenced to three years' probation, told to attend weekly counseling sessions for a year and ordered to stay away for three years from Walton's home and from the Lakers' games and practices.[9]

In 2009, Luke and his father became the third father-son duo to both win NBA championships as players, following the Guokases (Matt Sr. and Matt Jr.) and the Barrys (Rick and Brent).

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2003–04 L.A. Lakers 72 2 10.1 .900 .333 .705 1.8 1.6 .4 .1 2.4
2004–05 L.A. Lakers 61 5 12.6 .411 .262 .708 2.3 1.5 .4 .2 3.2
2005–06 L.A. Lakers 69 6 19.3 .412 .327 .750 3.6 2.3 .6 .2 5.0
2006–07 L.A. Lakers 60 60 33.0 .474 .387 .745 5.0 4.3 1.0 .4 11.4
2007–08 L.A. Lakers 74 31 23.4 .450 .333 .706 3.9 2.9 .8 .2 7.2
2008–09 L.A. Lakers 65 34 17.9 .436 .298 .719 2.8 2.7 .5 .2 5.0
2009–10 L.A. Lakers 29 0 9.4 .357 .412 .500 1.3 1.4 .3 .0 2.4
2010–11 L.A. Lakers 54 0 9.0 .328 .235 .700 1.2 1.1 .2 .1 1.7
2011–12 L.A. Lakers 9 0 7.2 .429 .000 .000 1.6 .6 .2 .0 1.3
2011–12 Cleveland 21 0 14.2 .353 .438 .000 1.7 1.4 .1 .0 2.0
2012–13 Cleveland 50 0 17.1 .392 .299 .500 2.9 3.3 .8 .3 3.4
Career 564 138 17.2 .429 .326 .715 2.8 2.3 .6 .2 4.7

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2004 L.A. Lakers 17 0 7.9 .345 .385 .700 1.3 1.5 .4 .1 1.9
2006 L.A. Lakers 7 7 33.6 .458 .364 1.000 6.4 1.7 1.0 .1 12.1
2007 L.A. Lakers 5 5 25.6 .389 .417 .750 4.2 2.6 1.4 .2 7.2
2008 L.A. Lakers 21 0 16.8 .454 .423 .722 2.6 2.0 .5 .2 6.0
2009 L.A. Lakers 21 0 15.8 .427 .313 .611 2.5 2.1 .7 .1 3.8
2010 L.A. Lakers 16 0 6.0 .304 .222 .500 .5 .9 .1 .1 1.1
2011 L.A. Lakers 1 0 4.0 .000 .000 .000 1.0 0 0 0 0
Career 88 12 14.6 .420 .360 .701 2.3 1.7 .5 .1 4.3

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Warriors Announce Steve Kerr's Coaching Staff". Golden State Warriors. 3 July 2014.
  2. ^ Tomasson, Chris (2010-06-15). "Bill Walton "I'm Back In The Game Of Life"". NBA.FanHouse.com. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
  3. ^ Walton to stay with Lakers after agreeing to 6-year, $900 million deal
  4. ^ "Cavaliers Acquire 2012 First Round Pick, Kapono, Walton and Right To Swap 2013 First Round Picks From Lakers". NBA.com. 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2012-03-15.
  5. ^ Pastner Recommends Luke Walton For Tigers Hoops Assistant Coach Position
  6. ^ Luke Walton hired as player development coach in D-League
  7. ^ Pincus, Eric (October 3, 2013). "Byron Scott and Luke Walton join TWC SportsNet broadcast team". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on May 15, 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports – Walton to make acting debut on 'Young and Restless'
  9. ^ Winton, Richard. (2008-12-19) Luke Walton's stalker pleads no contest, sentenced to probation The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-11-13.

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