{"id":12454,"date":"2023-01-30T21:43:20","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T21:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/john-mayer-joins-bill-waltons-throw-it-down-nba-telecast-monday-night\/"},"modified":"2023-01-30T21:43:20","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T21:43:20","slug":"john-mayer-joins-bill-waltons-throw-it-down-nba-telecast-monday-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/john-mayer-joins-bill-waltons-throw-it-down-nba-telecast-monday-night\/","title":{"rendered":"John Mayer Joins Bill Walton&#8217;s Throw It Down NBA Telecast Monday Night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"caas-figure\">\n<div class=\"caas-figure-with-pb\" style=\"max-height: 640px\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"caas-img-container\" style=\"padding-bottom:67%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"caas-img has-preview\" alt=\"Bill Walton John Mayer\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/1NgcmK_35qLHU0ydHJF45A--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/people_218\/a14d6a6d4b50b8ec852f2d766eb171aa\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"caption-collapse\">Bill Walton John Mayer<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p><i>Getty(2) <\/i><\/p>\n<p>John Mayer talks NBA legends and basketball when the Toronto Raptors take on the Phoenix Suns on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>The 45-year-old musician joins his longtime friend and NBA Hall of Famer Bill Walton on tonight&#8217;s broadcast. <em>slow it down <\/em>Check out PEOPLE, an alternate stream available exclusively on the NBA app.<\/p>\n<p>The two are also joined by <em>Inside the NBA<\/em> Analyst Charles Barkley helps Walton make the call for the Raptors-Suns matchup, which starts at 9 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p><em>slow it down <\/em>will be hosted by 70-year-old Walton, and the title of the show is famous for being a beloved phrase throughout his career.<\/p>\n<p>Another Walton broadcast will give fans a unique and humorous perspective on the legendary athlete.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED: John Mayer reveals who his song &#8216;Your Body Is a Wonderland&#8217; really is <\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"caas-iframe-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"caas-iframe youtube\" style=\"padding-bottom:56%;\" data-type=\"youtube\">\n<blockquote data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/QWY_ISqQ9DE?rel=0\"><p><noscript><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/QWY_ISqQ9DE?rel=0\"><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>slow it down<\/em> It premiered on January 23 during a matchup between the Portland Trail Blazers and the San Antonio Spurs.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Never Miss a Story\u2014Sign Up <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>PEOPLE&#8217;S FREE DAILY NEWSLETTER<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>    From juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories, stay up to date on the best PEOPLE has to offer.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mayer and Walton have been friends for years since their passion for music\u2014the Grateful Dead\u2014bonded.<\/p>\n<p>A longtime &#8220;Deadhead&#8221;, Walton says he&#8217;s been in over 1000 Dead or Dead-related shows, including Mayer&#8217;s touring group, Dead &#038; Company.<\/p>\n<p>Mayer first joined Dead &#038; Company in 2015, comprising Grateful Dead members Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Bob Weir, Oteil Burbridge and Jeff Chimenti.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s really interesting to be a fan of a particular band at the moment that you&#8217;re most passionate about, and to provide that passion to the band itself,&#8221; he told PEOPLE at the time.  I didn&#8217;t say, &#8216;I really want to join the band.  \u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/__i\/rss\/rd\/articles\/CBMiTGh0dHBzOi8vdWsuc3BvcnRzLnlhaG9vLmNvbS9uZXdzL2pvaG4tbWF5ZXItam9pbi1iaWxsLXdhbHRvbnMtMjE0MzIwMzEwLmh0bWzSAVRodHRwczovL3VrLnNwb3J0cy55YWhvby5jb20vYW1waHRtbC9uZXdzL2pvaG4tbWF5ZXItam9pbi1iaWxsLXdhbHRvbnMtMjE0MzIwMzEwLmh0bWw?oc=5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Bill Walton John Mayer Getty(2) John Mayer talks NBA legends and basketball when the Toronto Raptors take on the Phoenix Suns on Monday night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12455,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","two-columns"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/a14d6a6d4b50b8ec852f2d766eb171aa.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12454\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}