RoboticDreams
JM8CH10
No, I believe it. I just believe it is you who posses it.
^ Irrational, illogical iteration
So far the only 2 arguments i have read are offense and why havent i seen him play.
His offense was well above average for the era. You havent seen him play because you havent tried. There is not a ton of footage but there is footage. Especially of him dunking over a player after taking it coast to coast. He was a world class athlete and he would have been great in any era. You can not give scientific advances to the modern era, had russell been born in the 80s he would have had them too. Ok if you do not want to give him credit for them but then you can not weigh his numbers against the modern era either because the game advanced. There has been no player as dominant as bill russell ever, and it is not close. Add in his intangibles and world class athleticism and he is the goat.
His offense was mediocre at best. Career 45%FG shooter. As a center. That is embarrassing..
Please read the entire post, that I have posted twice because you seem to ignore the important part. Compare his FG% among the players of his time. It is WELL ABOVE AVERAGE!!!
THE GAME EVOLVES!!! You can't really think that we could take people from the Roman Empire and expect them to operate a car with out them learning how?
It is the same in basketball, training improves and rules change.
i would take Ben Wallace in his PRIME over Bill Russel and i'm dead serious.
Wilt Chamberlain is the greatest player the NBA has EVER seen.
I would take the time to explain it, but I do not cast pearls before swine. Research on your own how Russell revolutionized the game. There are several sources.