Adrian Walton is an American basketball player. Initially a streetball player known as "Hollywood", he was considered to be one of the last great

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players. Walton attended Graphic Arts High School and later

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. He played ball at

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and declined an offer to play basketball at the

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. He played one year at

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under

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. Walton went on to play at

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. Walton had stops with the

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and the

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. He later played professionally with the

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. In 2016, he lost a 1–on–1 game to Jesse Sapp.

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