Yardbarker: Luke Walton

Luke Walton to Miss Six Weeks

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:00:35 -0500

The pinched nerve in Luke’s back could actually end up sidelining him for longer than 6 weeks: “Luke Walton was diagnosed Monday with a pinched nerve in his back and is expected to miss a minimum of six weeks. The revelation marred the Lakers’ day of good news for All-Stars Kobe Bryant (groin) and Pau Gasol (hamstring). Walton was examined Monday by back specialist Robert Watkins, and the news continues a career filled with injuries for Walton.”

Los Angeles Lakers' Luke Walton out 6 weeks with pinched nerve

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:42:32 -0500

Lakers forward Luke Walton is expected to miss at least six weeks with a pinched nerve in his back.

Lakers' Walton out at least six weeks with pinched nerve

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:39:00 -0500

Los Angeles Lakers forward Luke Walton has been diagnosed with a pinched nerve.

Lakers' Walton diagnosed with pinched nerve

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:29:14 -0500

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) -Los Angeles Lakers forward Luke Walton has been diagnosed with a pinched nerve.

Luke Walton out 6+ weeks w/ pinched nerve

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:25:03 -0500

Lakers forward Luke Walton has a pinched nerve in his back and will be out at least six weeks.

Luke Walton: Trust Me, (Odom) Will Be A Laker

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:15:05 -0500

Lamar Odom’s fake holdout was all fun and games until Odom’s incompetent agent, Jeff Schwartz, decided to overplay his cards. With his several lame attempts to squeeze a few more shekels out of O.D.B. (Ol’ Doc Buss), Schwartz has succeeded in alienating Odom from the Owner and the fans. (Sorry Kareem Rush, Luke Wasn’t Talking About [...]

'Stabilizer' Luke Walton seizes his opportunity

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:22:18 -0500

He helps Lakers build a second-period lead with timely scoring and energetic defense. Twice, Luke Walton has lost in the NBA Finals.

The Luke Walton Stalker Game

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:51:48 -0500

Which one of these 6 people is Luke Walton's stalker.....

El Segundo woman stalks Lakers' Luke Walton

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:28:59 -0500

Been really busy with work so I haven't really had a chance to post anything over the course of almost two months (has it really been that long??)

Anyway, the 2008-2009 NBA season is upon us and despite not blogging, I've kept abreast with recent player and team developments--a necessity for annual NBA Yahoo! Fantasy players such as myself. (Speaking about that, any of you guys interested in forming a head-to-head league?)

One news report that caught my eye other than the ones watching everything and anything that Gilbert Arenas, Jr. does or the latest on the Dwyane Tyrone Wade, Jr. divorce and having Bad Boys II star Gabrielle Union ever present at Heat games or if Steven John Nash turning 35 will make him even less of awesome player that he is, etc.

News of Los Angeles Lakers forward Luke Walton brings me out of my hiatusa?"well at least for the next fifteen minutes, before I have to get ready for work.

Here is the story, ocregister.com's Kevin Ding writes in his Lakers Blog about a chat he had recently with Walton about an El Segundo woman following him around wherever he goes. From real amateur tailing techniques to irrationally throwing unsigned basketballs to very real shooting gun hand gestures, Luke has every reason to be worried.

Ding quotes Walton below:

* "She seemed nice enough (when she first began appearing regularly outside the Lakers' El Segundo practice facility for autographs), and there are a lot of people who are out there all the time. I would sign stuff for them most of the time, but every once in a while you're in a rush trying to get somwhere after practice. So one time I waved and said I had to be somewhere. And I saw her reach her pen out, and I didn't think anything of it, and when I got to my house, I saw I had a big blue mark all down the side of my car from her Sharpie pen. So then I was like, 'That's messed up. I sign stuff for her all the time. Now she does that; I'm not going to sign anything for her anymore.' That's before I knew she was stalking me."

* "A couple of days later, I was signing stuff, and she came up. And I just rolled up my window and drove off. And as I was driving off, she threw her basketball at my car. It didn't hit the car, but I saw it was bouncing down Nash Street. And I was kind of laughing like, 'She's kind of lost it.' But at the same time, it was like, she's really starting to pick up what she's doing."

* "Once I moved out of the gated community, that's when I started noticing. I'd come home, and the same car with tinted windows would be parked across the street all the time. One time, I was like, 'I swear I see someone there.' So I walked up and saw her, and she had a hat on, and I said, 'I can't believe this is the same chick from the practice site.' And then for a while, everywhere I went, I'd see her park like a street down. As soon as I took off, she'd start following me."

* "I'll be going somewhere, and she'll be following me everywhere I go. I'll start really driving nuts, and she's right behind me, staying with me. It sucks, because you figure you just go out and play basketball and you have your personal life, but then you have to start worrying about stuff like, 'I don't want to drive to my teammates' houses if she's following me, because I don't want her to know where my teammates live.'"

* "It was more an annoyance than anything else until recently when she did that gun thing (gesturing at him with her hand as if shooting at him). And then I was like, 'All right. Now she's crossed the line.' "

* "I'm hoping she's done. I hope the police finally scared her enough so that she'll leave me alone."

In a world where people simple just have an obscene amount of time to talk about other people's lives or simply make it point to focus on what their obsession is doing...rather than focusing on themselves.

This is serious!

But sadly, they may not be thinking rationally at this point.

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Walton hospitalized following overdose on psychedelic albums

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:09:59 -0500

LOS ANGELES, CA ? Hall of Fame basketball player and current NBA analyst Bill Walton was hospitalized late Monday night in what early reports are calling a psychedelic overdose. Walton's son, Luke,? Read more

Walton And Britney Are Not An Item

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:41:01 -0500

According to the LA Times, Luke Walton and Britney Spears are not, in fact, dating. Our thoughts...