Bill Walton, a two-time NBA champion and member of the basketball Hall of Fame, whose brilliant but injury-riddled career led to a second act as a free-spirited broadcaster who waxed philosophical on the air,

Two-time NBA champion Bill Walton, who dominated the hard court during a 13-year pro-basketball career and later, as a broadcaster who both delighted and dismayed sports fans with his sometimes zany color commentary,

Bill Walton, who starred for John Wooden’s UCLA Bruins before becoming a Hall of Famer for his NBA career and one of the biggest stars in basketball broadcasting, died Monday, the league announced on behalf of his family. Walton, who had a prolonged fight with cancer, was 71.