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Bill Walton reportedly throws down on baseball and football in defense of hoops

Published Nov. 13, 2014 6:20 p.m. ET

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Bill Walton is a basketball Hall of Famer. His opinions are as strong as his basketball game used to be.

And his love for the game is great. So much so that the former UCLA and NBA star would apparently smack down football and baseball — reportedly calling the former "basically a halfway house between the army and prison" and the latter "a bunch of out-of-shape guys, standing around, scratching themselves, taking steroids" — in defense of his beloved hoops.

Check out what Walton said at an event in Toronto Thursday, as reported by CBS Sports' James Herbert:

Bill Walton on why basketball is better than football – "a halfway house between the army and prison" – and baseball: pic.twitter.com/3ND7nyxPvZ
— James Herbert (@outsidethenba) November 13, 2014