Lol Russell and Wes Unseld played in the NBA at the same time for one season. One. Season. The times Russell faced the Knicks when Reed was there, Reed was playing PF. But let's not let facts get in the way of a good story. Nate Thurmond would be ing Hassan Whiteside in today's league. Wtf are some fans so nostalgically moronic? Wth does Russell's compe ion have to do with him shooting at a 44.0% clip for his career from the field? Isnt he in the discussion for goat? That's a percentage any other guy in the same goat discussion would get bashed for. Imagine other top 10 guys like Kareem, Wilt, Michael, LeBron, Hakeem, Duncan, Shaq shooting 44% from the field for their CAREERS, and noone criticizing it. Unbelievable.
It's not points off Russell for being team and defense first. It's points off for being an inefficient scorer. How the do you ignore that? You can be team and defense first and still not suck at the offensive end, especially when you're taking almost all your shots at or near the rim. It's just plain willing and voluntary stupidity on your part that you won't acknowledge it, even more so that you're trying to defend and justify it.
You predict that Russell would have improved on offense. Based on what? He played 13 seasons. Never improved from the field. Never improved at the free throw line. What the is your prediction that he'd improve based on? Your erection over the fact Bill Russell "liked" Tim Duncan? You can't assume either way. So you have to base it on what type of player he was when he played. He never improved offensively. So your argument makes even less sense than your inaccurate, nonfactual examples of his compe ion back then.
Holy , you make some stupid ing arguments.