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RIP. What a legend, for both basketball and civil rights.
11x Champion
Boston cultural icon
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RIP. What a legend, for both basketball and civil rights.
11x Champion
Boston cultural icon
In the same conversation as JackieBoston cultural icon
Boston fan called him nigger during games while he was winning 11 les. He hated Boston and always said he played for the Celtics, not for Boston.
RIP
Laker Phan trying to steal from Minnesota and ride MVPRefs to come anywhere near to Bill.
Noted and I tend to agree. But doesn't change how he is viewed today. Bostonians in 2022 rank him in their Sports Rushmore.
Boston fan called him nigger during games while he was winning 11 les. He hated Boston and always said he played for the Celtics, not for Boston.
That was there 9 June 1985 when we finally broke thru in the Garden. So was the other Auerbach.
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Greatest champion of them all and the man who outplayed the out world talent of Wilt often when it mattered. Then became a great coach and an activist for social good. A life very well lived Mr. Russell.
This plus they in his bed
Boston fan called him nigger during games while he was winning 11 les. He hated Boston and always said he played for the Celtics, not for Boston.
Legit argument he is true and only candidate as GOAT as winning basketball is not about stats and more importantly was a top tier man in all regards. I played golf in SA with David Robinson in a tournament and he said Russell greatest ever and cannot disagree. Rest In Peace
John Salley claimed that Russell got beat up for marrying a white woman too.
RIP
First all time in defense win shares of course. 2nd is another winner the almost as great Tim Duncan.
Quality human being - RIP.
RIP
oh yeah i heard about him playing in the re -am a while back
how was it?
Glorified Draymond Green. RIP nonetheless.
Careful you don't cut yourself on that edge there bro
RIP
Greatest winner in sports history. Doesn’t mean he was the greatest player, or even one of the greatest ever. A center that could never shoot anywhere close to 50% from the field? Terrible free throw shooter. Stacked team. Weak compe ion. Without the stacked teams that helped him win all those rings in a universally considered weak era, he’d be viewed similarly to guys like Dikembe or Ben Wallace.
The absurd amount of rings offers an argument. But not a very strong one imo.
But less teams = more difficult to get a pro contract = only the best players made it in the NBA back then
Isn't it supposed to be better than a league diluted by expansion?
They were also there when in the forum when the balloons were ready
But the balloons just stayed there, and Russell had the last laugh
True, but he had to enter his house knowing that the Lakers broke thru in Boston, 9 June 1985. Auerbach as well.
The balloons just stayed there.
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