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Yeah and the point guard can just dribble down the floor and throw up a "three".
Anyone that come to patsfans.com and claim basketball is as complex as football is just simply, painfully clueless.
Realizing this does not belittle Bill Russell's accomplishments....what it does note is the accomplishments need to be viewed in a context.
Russell played both Defense AND Offense.
He was 1 of 5 players on the court.
Brady is the greatest QB of all time. And the QB is the most important component of a football team.
But Russell controlled 100% of ballgames. Brady can only control about 40% (don't forget ST's)
Add in the number of championships, the 3 different levels of championships and and the environment of the 1950's and 1960's and I can't imagine anyone else but 6'9" center Bill Russell.
But to many, what happens yesterday is what is freshest in the mind.