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Where else but the NBA could people like Bill Russell, Spencer Haywood, Ricky Barry, Dennis Rodman, and Allen Iverson come in and be allowed to be who they are?

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Bill Walton
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: November 5
Basketball Player
La Mesa
California
William Theodore Walton
William Theodore Walton III
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