Luke was a top HS player at University of San Diego, winning four straight CIF section titles, capturing the 1998 CIF Division III State Championship, and earned San Diego CIF Section Player of the Year honors. The 6-8 Walton went to the University of Arizona over UCLA. He had a strong college career going to the NCAA Tournament each year and twice being Pac-10 All-Conference and All-American while averaging 15 points and 8 rebounds per game. He was a rare college player with 1000 points, 500 rebounds and 500 assists. He went onto an 11-year professional career as the second-round pick of the Los Angeles Lakers. He played 9 years for the Lakers, winning two NBA titles, before finishing his career in Cleveland. He then went into NBA coaching, as an assistant for a Golden State NBA title, then head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers and Sacramento Kings. He is currently an assistant coach with Cleveland. He was a 2014 Pac-10 Hall of Honor selection. He is the second father-son (father is the late Bill Walton) to be inducted into the SCBBHOF after Marques & Kris Johnson.