Bill Russell
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In 1996, the NBA celebrated it’s 50th anniversary by unveiling the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History.
Eighteen of those 50 — were players from two franchises — the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Cetlics.
That’s 36%.
Bob Cousy, Dave Cowens, Bill Russell, Bill Sharman, John Havlicek, Bill Walton, Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, Nate Archibald, Sam Jones, Robert Parish, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Elgin Baylor, Shaquille O’Neal, Wilt Chamberlain, George Mikan, James Worthy, and Magic Johnson.
As we approach the 2008 NBA Finals, I’ll profile (nba.com, youtube, basketball-reference.com) one of those Lakers-Celtics legends ...
Bill Russell
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In 1996, the NBA celebrated it’s 50th anniversary by unveiling the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History.
Eighteen of those 50 — were players from two franchises — the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Cetlics.
That’s 36%.
Bob Cousy, Dave Cowens, Bill Russell, Bill
Sharman, John Havlicek, Bill Walton, Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, Nate
Archibald, Sam Jones, Robert Parish, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Elgin Baylor,
Shaquille O’Neal, Wilt Chamberlain, George Mikan, James Worthy, and
Magic Johnson.
As we approach the 2008 NBA Finals, I’ll
profile (nba.com, youtube, basketball-reference.com) one of those
Lakers-Celtics ...
Baller of the Day: Bill Russell
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Bill Russell
Career Statistics
15.1 PPG, 4.3 APG, 22.5 RPG, 44 FG%, 56 FT%
“William Felton Russell was born on February 12, 1934, in Monroe, Louisiana. His family moved cross-country to the San Francisco Bay Area, where Bill attended McClymonds High School in Oakland. He was an awkward, unremarkable center on McClymonds’s basketball team, but his size earned him a scholarship to play at the University of San Francisco, where he blossomed.
Russell grew to be a shade over 6-9, and he teamed with guard K. C. Jones to lead the Dons to 56 consecutive victories and NCAA Championships in 1955 ...
Highlight reel of the day - Friday
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Watch these Bill Russell highlights. I've always heard about how he blocked balls and kept them in play so his teammates would catch the ball, but watching it for real is amazing. He doesn't block a single ball out of bounds. ...
