SmoothMM (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

What makes Russell so great is that he was able to win 2 NCAA championships in college, come into the NBA and win 11 championships in 13 seasons with the Celtics (he coached two of those years after Red stepped down). He also won an Olympic medal. Plus, he seems to show so much respect for others and the game. This guy was a beast! Who else has won 11 NBA championships besides his teammates that he played with to when he won them?

nickconnally (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

The greatest winner in all of sports, sure there is the Jordans, the Magics, but back then less teams which means more depth on each team. That is not saying Jordan, and Magic, etc were not greats, but Russell is the winner all winners are judged by.

maxpeezaay (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Yes.

LoveFlair (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

did u watch the video you pathethic little asshole.

watchmyshoes22 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Wheres Russel o.O? LOL xD

keinDeutschsprechen (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

oh wow. You cant back up your argument so you revert to insults. real mature.why do you have oscar robertson on here then?Dr J? Wilt? Kareem? Those were players of the 60s/70s.And did you not watch the video? Were you spacing out during the time it was playing or something? Where do you think people like Olajuwon learned how to block shots from? Russel would dominate Olajuwon if they played in the same era.

keinDeutschsprechen (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Wilt always had talanted teams. He was never able to make the most of it, however, until he got to los angeles with jerry west. And he did not win until the boston celtics coach red auerbach stepped down from coaching and let bill russel coach a year or two.

keinDeutschsprechen (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

offense wasnt his game. it wasnt his plan nor red auerbachs plan during games.defense was his speciality. his incentive was to stop the opponent. if he himself scored thats great. but it wasnt the goal.Wilt was a better basketball player than russel. Wilt usually had higher scores higher stats. But it was just that. Wilt was a stat player. Russell was a winner. Russel was part of a team.

maxpeezaay (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

So? Being the first doesn't make him the greatest, you obviously don't know basketball at all. Think some before you write your bs.

maxpeezaay (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

First of all his name is Hakeem and not Hakeen...And you can't be in the top-10 when you can't play defense, in that case Mutombo should be in the top-10 because he is sickly good on defense...