Oso planning to go pro
Huge loss to basketball. The bottom line is Mr. Russell was the best player on 11 title teams. Obviously he played with other Hall of Famers but the object of the game is to win and there was no one better. In any team sport. For those that saw him play would it be hyperbole to say he's the greatest overall defender in history?
I will take it another step and say he was The Greatest Player in history. Look at his performance head to head against Wilt Chamberlin . Look at his rebounds . Look at his blocked shots . Look at his assists. Consistent scoring .
Statistically Chamberlain has better numbers head to head. Except wins of course.
Favorite Bill Russell story was He was doing a commercial for AT&T long distance — back in the days when you paid for it.He was sitting at a desk and was to flip a basketball over his head and toward a basketball hoop. When he missed an absolutely ridiculous shot, flipped over his head, Mr. Russell’s line was supposed to be, “I can miss, but you can’t wit AT&T.Mr. Russell flipped the ball over his head and Lo and behold, the ball swished through te cylinder. As the crew filmed and broke up laughing so hard, Mr. Russell looked at the camera, smiled and said, I can’t miss and neither can you with AT&T. Even the background laughing made the commercial.
15 total titles Brother dgies. That's kind of untouchable wouldn't you say? He seemed to erase the paint opportunities in an era where guys scored in the paint.
He won 11 championships in his 13 year career, including 8 championships in a row. Will never happen again in any sport.
More due to the nature of sport and not Bill Russell.
Easier to win with a bunch of HoFers. But that is meaningless. He was a top 10 all- timer - maybe top 5. He was courageous and a man of principle. One of the most influential athletes for good ever. He deserves ALL of the accolades he will receive this week. Boston was still is an extremely difficult place for black athletes.
Cut the bcrap Fluffy. I don't give a rat's ass about the "nature of the sport". This is a legend who won 11 NBA titles (as the best player and leader), along with two NCAA titles, and two high school championships. He's the greatest winner in the history of team sports and yet you find a way to disparage him. That's not to say I or the so called experts would slot him as the best player in NBA history, but your comment is ridiculous and quite frankly stupid.
Absolutely. But according to Fluffy it's not particularly impressive. Smh.
There were dominant teams in a major sports in that era. The way the game was set up back then made it much easier for dominant teams to stay together. Which means more championships. I’m hardly disparaging him by stating that.
Irrelevant comment, period. It doesn't change the fact that he won 11/13 and another four before the NBA. You can only play in the era you're a player. Yes, you did disparage him by insinuating that winning titles was no big whoop. Was he the best player on 11 NBA title teams? There have been dominant teams, in all team sports, in every decade.
Do you always lie to make your points? Chicos did that too. Must be a short person thing.