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If Russell weren't on those teams, how many of the 8 would have been hall of famers. Russell was the best defensive player to EVER play the game and player who made hall of famers out of the rest of his team.
People talk as if Russell was simply lucky to play with such greatness. The reality is that Russell was the difference maker.
People talk as if Russell was simply lucky to play with such greatness. The reality is that Russell was the difference maker.
Ok, that's a reasonable opinion. But my original Chamberlain comment was in reference to someone saying that essentially it's a no-brainer that Russell was the greatest center of all time. That *may* be the case, and you make a good one, but it very easily could *not* be the case. Those Celtics teams were SO loaded that it had to take another loaded team to beat them. Eight hall of famers on one roster? Are you kidding me?
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