Luke Walton Has A Stalker?

My first response to reading the following headline on ESPN.com was … why???

Woman charged with stalking Lakers forward Walton

Walton said Beshear has been harassing him since late last year. He told the Orange County Register she waited outside his Manhattan Beach home numerous times and wrote on his car with a marker after he refused to sign an autograph.

Why on earth would anyone want to stalk Luke Walton? Michael Jordan in his heyday, sure. Dwaye Wade, definitely. Kobe Bryant, makes much more sense. But Luke Walton?

I never understood his appeal. I still don’t get it. And I’m a firm believer that he only made it into the NBA on the reputation of his last name.

But I have to say that it’s probably better that the woman got arrested. Granted, Walton is no John Lennon but we don’t want another tragedy on our hands.

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