Luke Walton

Basketball Coach

Luke Walton was born in San Diego, California, United States on March 28th, 1980 and is the Basketball Coach. At the age of 44, Luke Walton biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Date of Birth
March 28, 1980
Nationality
United States
Place of Birth
San Diego, California, United States
Age
44 years old
Zodiac Sign
Aries
Networth
$30 Million
Profession
Basketball Coach, Basketball Player
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Weight
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Luke Walton Life

Luke Theodore Walton (born March 28, 1980) is an American basketball coach and former player who is the head coach of the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association. (NBA).

He spent ten seasons in the NBA as a forward, winning two NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers.

He also served as an assistant coach with the Golden State Warriors and was the head coach for the Lakers from 2016 to 2019. Walton played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats.

He was a second-team All-American and a two-time first-team all-conference pick in the Pac-10.

The Lakers selected him in the second round of the 2003 NBA draft.

Walton and his brother, Hall of Famer Bill Walton, became the first father and son to win multiple NBA titles in 1976 and 1988, respectively, in 2009 and 2010.

His best season, according to him, was 2006-07, with over 11 points, 5 rebounds, and over 4 assists per game. In 2015-16, the Warriors' interim head coach led the team to the longest winning streak in league history at 16 games.

Early life

Luke Walton, the son of Susie and former UCLA basketball player and NBA Hall-of-Famer Bill Walton, was born in San Diego, California. Maurice Lucas, his father's close friend and former Portland Trail Blazers teammate, was named after him. He has three brothers: Adam, Nathan, and Chris. Walton attended the University of San Diego High School in San Diego, California, graduating in 1998.

Personal life

Stacy Elizabeth Beshear, a woman accused of stalking Walton in December 2008, pleaded no contest. "She came to Walton's car and "pretended to fire bullets at him with her hand." She was sentenced to three years of probation, ordered to remain away from Walton's home and from the Lakers' games and practices for a year.

Following the Guokases (Matt Sr. and Matt Jr.) and the Barrys, Walton and his father became the third father-son team to win NBA championships as athletes in 2009 (Rick and Brent). The Waltons were the first father-son team to win multiple NBA titles together.

In 2013, Walton married Bre Laddd, a long-time girlfriend. Both the two met at the University of Arizona in 2002, where she competed on their varsity team, and then began dating in 2005. They have two children.

Kelli Tennant, a former Spectrum SportsNet analyst, filed a civil lawsuit against Walton on April 22, 2019, alleging sexual harassment. During Walton's brief stint on television, they were on the network together. In 2014, she published a book that shows him as the author of the foreword, which she later denied writing. When she dropped off a copy of the book to Walton in a hotel in Santa Monica, California, while he was an assistant with Golden State, she alleged that it occurred later. Tennant said he welcomed her to his bedroom, where he pinned her on the bed. He kissed her face, neck, and chest, as well as groping her breasts and groin region. She said he later rubbed his leg against her leg. Walton denied the allegations; he acknowledged their meeting at the hotel but wrote in court reports that "their encounter was very short, completely pleasant, and consensual." A joint investigation into Walton's allegations was launched by the Kings and the NBA. The investigators found "not a strong reason to back" the allegations in August. Tennant declined to cooperate in the probe. The case was dismissed at her request on December 5, with reports indicating that it was dismissed "with prejudice," implying she would not re-file. It was not clear if a deal had been reached.

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Luke Walton Career

College career

Under former Coach Lute Olson, Walton played basketball at the University of Arizona. A two-time All-Pac-10 pick, his best year financially, was as a youth, with 15.7 points, 7.3 rebounds, 6.3 assists, 1.6 steals, and 0.6 blocks per game. He averaged 10.8 points, 5.6 rebounds, 5.1 assists, and 0.9 steals per game during his senior years.

Walton graduated from Arizona in the spring of 2003 after completing studies in family studies and human growth.

Professional career

Walton was the second pick of the second round of the second round by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2003 NBA draft (32nd overall). During Walton's nine-year tenure as a selfless, hard-working reserve player, he was a favorite of Lakers fans. During All-Star Weekend in 2005, he was selected to represent Team Los Angeles in the Shooting Stars Competition.

Walton had his best year in the NBA from 2006–07. On December 8, 2006, he scored a career-high 25 points against the Atlanta Hawks. As the Lakers' starting small forward, he had career-high per-game averages in minutes, field goal percentage, robbes, blocks, rebounds, assists, and points. Walton was signed by the Lakers to a 6-year, $30 million contract following the 2007 season. The Lakers then advanced to the NBA Finals for three straight years, losing to the Celtics in 2008 and 2010 but winning back-to-back championships. Walton gained two championships as a player, the same amount his father won.

Walton was traded with Jason Kapono and a 2012 first-round draft pick to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Ramon Sessions and Christian Eyenga on March 15, 2012.

Walton's last days as an NBA player will come a year later, in a 97 91 victory over the Boston Celtics on April 5th, 2013. Walton had 2 assists in 3 minutes of playing time in his last game.

Coaching career

Walton's first coaching experience was with the University of Memphis, which hired Walton as an assistant coach during the 2011 NBA lockout. He was an assistant at Memphis until the lockout was over.

Walton was hired as a player growth coach by the Los Angeles D-Fenders of the NBA Development League in November 2013, making the team debut in November 2013 for the 2013–14 season.

Walton became an assistant coach for the Golden State Warriors during the 2014-2015 season. "We're gonna run parts of the triangle offense," Said Walton said, "I know it front and back." The Warriors won the 2015 NBA Finals after defeating the Cleveland Cavaliers in six games to give Walton his third NBA championship and first as a coach.

Walton was named as the Warriors interim head coach during the 2015-16 training camp to rehabilitate his back that had been bugging him after the NBA Finals. Walton made his coaching debut in the season opener against the New Orleans Pelicans on October 27. When the Warriors defeated the Memphis Grizzlies 119–69, the third-largest margin of victory in franchise history, which was also the highest margin in the league since 1991. By winning their first four games by a score of 100 points, the Warriors tied a new NBA record. He led the Warriors to their 16th straight victory to start the season on November 24, beating the Los Angeles Lakers on November 24, a new NBA record.

After guiding Golden State to a 19–0 start, Walton was named NBA Western Conference Coach of the Month for games played in October and November. Despite being winless, Kerr received the award, despite being winless. NBA regulations mandated that the team's performance under the direction of an interim coach be traced to the head coach, although the league considered changing the rule given Walton's situation. However, the NBA does not recognize an interim or acting head coach for coaching awards. The Warriors extended their undefeated run to 24–0. They were 39–4, the second best start in league history, when Kerr returned to coaching full-time on January 22, 2016. Golden State posted an NBA-record 73-9, and Kerr was named the NBA Coach of the Year. On the podium at the award press conference, Walton, who coached more games during the season than Kerr (443–39), stood next to him. Walton came in ninth in the country's ninth position, with one second-place and two third-place votes.

Walton was hired by the Warriors to be their next head coach after the Warriors' season came to an end in the 2016 NBA Finals on April 29, 2016. He swapped Byron Scott for Byron Scott.

The team improved on their franchise poor 17–65 record from last year by finishing 26–56 in their first season with the Lakers. Magic Johnson and Rob Pelinka replaced Mitch Kupchak and Jim Buss during the season. Johnson and Pelinka were both highly praised by Walton, who said he would remain the team's head coach. The Lakers won five of their last six games of the season, giving them some energy going into the off-season.

Walton's second season with the Lakers saw only marginal improvement, with the team finishing 35–47, the team's highest record since the 2012–13 season.

The Lakers had high hopes going into 2019, when LeBron James was signed to a four-year, $153.3 million contract. The front office assembled the roster with veterans on one-year contracts, a group that was rich in ball handlers but short of shooters, along with James and a core group of young prospects. During the preseason, Johnson pleading for patience. Johnson reprimanded Walton and demanded immediate action after the team started the season 2–5. After a Christmas victory over Golden State, the Lakers were 20–14, but James and Rajon Rondo were hospitalized during the game, which began a downturn from which the team never recovered, ending the season 37–45. The combination of James, Ball, and Ingram played together for just 23 games when they were 15–8. As a team, the Lakers players missed more than 210 games due to injuries, and Walton used more than 25 different starting lineups throughout the season. Johnson resigned prior to the season finale, citing among his reasons that he wanted to avoid clash with owner Jeanie Buss, who favored Walton, while Johnson ordered to dismiss him. Walton and the Lakers decided to mutually part ways on April 12, 2019. In all three seasons, the Lakers went 98-148 under Walton and missed the playoffs.

Walton was hired by the Sacramento Kings as their head coach on April 14, 2019. Vlade Divac, the Lakers' general manager, had been teammates in 2004–05, which was Divac's last NBA season after spending six months with Sacramento. After losing forward Marvin Bagley III for weeks and suffering a broken thumb in the closing minutes of a 29-point, season-opening loss to the Phoenix Suns, the Kings started the 2019–20 season 0–5. Sacramento won six of their next eight after starting off slow, and winning six of them. They finished the season 31–41, with Divac resigned after the season. In 2020–21, the Kings defeated the Texans 31–41, extending the franchise's playoff drought to 15 seasons, the longest active streak in the league. After a 6–11 start to the 2021–22 season, the Kings fired Walton on November 21, 2021. In his two-plus seasons with the team, he was 68-93.

Walton was hired as an assistant coach on J.B. Bickerstaff's staff on May 31, 2022.

Broadcasting career

Walton was recruited by Spectrum SportsNet (now Time Warner Cable SportsNet) in 2013 to join their Lakers on-air broadcast team.

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