Attention... Bill Russell, NBA legend, the Goat , dead at 88... comments 🤔 🏀
Hmmmmmm. I know he was of age. Yes I understand this. But the Boson Celtics were just in the NBA Finals. Although they did not win, perhaps this was an offer. Who knows. Bill Russell is said to be the greatest of all time. He is an awesome character. He won an inconceivable amount of championships 🏆 during his career. That would be 11 NBA championships combined! That's almost twice as many as Michael Jordan!. Unbelievable right. Hahahaha! But one on one I think Jordan was much better. Just saying now. But anyway he wore the number 6. And 2022 equals just that...the number 6. Hmmmmmm. Coincidence. You tell me. Louisiana born is gone now. Bill Russell dead at age 88. Duality number again. Yeah. Comments. 🤔🙂
No way to compare Russell and Jordan. Russell played when they still played basketball -- no travelling, no palming the ball, no rules against defense -- and he still dominated, doing incredible things that others could not do and not just because of his height. In fact, single-handedly responsible for the first rules against goal-tending that led to the demise of defense in basketball. Sky Jordan, OTOH, was allowed to take running leads.
Russell came from a legendary sports high school in Oakland that also produced several baseball Hall of Famers. Led a USF basketball team under Coach Phil Woolpert that dominated college basketball, including a 57-1 season and a 66-game win streak that stood as the NCAA record until broken by UCLA.
I was still in high school when Russell was at USF. But I remember my freshman year at college, we had a member of our basketball team come by to speak to us. He was pretty good; second team All American if I recall correctly. Although baseball was his better sport and he wound up playing briefly for the Orioles and made a career in MLB player development.
Anyway, he was asked what it was like to play against Russell. He recounted how he had stolen the ball, had crossed the half court line, knew he had a full-half court between him and any opponents, was about to go up for the easy lay-up when he heard two big feet clomp and a big gruff voice say "I gotcha, man". He said the ball went into the rafters somewhere and he wound up in the courtside seats and he looked back and Russell had just crossed the half-court line. But he was that intimidating.
The greatest winner in the history of team sports. Not only the championships with the Celtics, but two NCAA titles with the University of San Francisco and an Olympic gold medal. I believe the USF team only lost one game over two seasons.
