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Old 08-03-2022, 06:48 AM
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Wilt Chamberlain was the greatest, most dominant, athlete of all time. Bill Russell was the greatest team player and leader of all time. It was an incredible experience to witness many of their matchups. Russell was a fabulous human being who was not treated with the respect he deserved in New England in the sixties and seventies.
Ed I must disagree. Wilt may have been the greatest athlete of his time no disagreement there. Yet Russ was clearly by himself on the court. Russell could and did run the court one end to the other like no center before or after him. The game always seemed more important to Russell than it did to Wilt. Thus no matter who the Celtics supporting cast was they continued to thrive and win. True loved the match ups between those two players yet I’m not a fan of NBA’s game today with individual play and selfishness.