Fathers and Sons....Iiiiinteresting...

     Ask almost anyone and they'd remember when Mother's Day is.  Father's Day, though, is a whole different story.  In honor of the oft-forgotten special day to honor dads, here's my special post, featuring the most interesting father-son relationships in sports.










Bill and Luke Walton (NBA Basketball)












     NBA players with famous NBA fathers are growing in number nowadays, but few have the special relationship these two have.  Bill was the anchor of the 1976-77 Portland Trail BLazers team that won an NBA Championship.  Then, he went on to the Boston Celtics and also earned a championship there.  Although injuries would shorten his career, BIll would continue his affair with the NBA, by being a TV analyst.  Meanwhile, Luke was drafted into the NBA to, in the irony of ironies, hated Celtics rival LA Lakers.  As of this week, Luke has tied his dad, winning two championships with the Lakers.  As if a father and son playing for the Celtics and Lakers, respectively, isn't interesting enough, there were games about at least six times, where Bill did the coverage of the Luke's games.  BIll tried his hardest to sound objective, but his being silent during Luke's exploits is quite indicative that he had a difficult time analyzing his son's game to the public.

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