Bob Cousy: Hassan Whiteside is the first player to remind me of Bill Russel

[PJR]

Cousy lives in Worcester during the summer, but he winters in Florida so he watches his share of Heat games on television and he was impressed when Whiteside came off the bench to record a triple-double on Jan. 25 against the Bulls with 14 points, 13 rebounds and a franchise-record 12 blocks. "I have never said this in the 40 years since I retired," Cousy said in a recent telephone interview, "but he is the first big guy, not (Patrick) Ewing, (Hakeem) Olajuwon, Shaq (O'Neal), who reminds me defensively and on the boards of Russell. He runs the floor well, he has excellent timing, he blocks shots and keeps them in play the way Russell did."

http://www.telegram.com/article/20150325/NEWS/303269899/1009/sports


Oh.

[theaussieguy]

dementia is clearly setting in.

[Real14]

http://coacheshotseat.com/coacheshotseatblog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BillRussell5.jpg

[keep-itreal]

is he serious? What makes him different from Javale Mcgee, Anthony Davis and Deandre Jordan?

:roll: :roll:

[navy]

Wiltside already being compared to his contemporary Russell by the all time greats.

I would like to see a stat on the benefits of keeping the ball in play vs swatting it out of bounds.

[MP.Trey]

Imagine if he could actually pass the ball half as well as Russell could. :eek:

[dunksby]

Shit we all been doing it wrong...All hail White Russell :bowdown:




Did I do it right?

[FreezingTsmoove]

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[rhowen4]

Wiltside already being compared to his contemporary Russell by the all time greats.

I would like to see a stat on the benefits of keeping the ball in play vs swatting it out of bounds.
I have the formula. Count those blocks as steals.

[oarabbus]

Gobert also blocks and keeps it in play

[Dragic4Life]

These idiots from the 60s man I swear...:facepalm

[ArbitraryWater]

Gobert's offensive game so far isn't as polished as Whiteside's... Whiteside is already top 20 :eek: :bowdown:

[L.Kizzle]

Who TF is that?

[Relinquish]

I have the formula. Count those blocks as steals.

I fking love your avatar. :rockon:

[dubeta]

Thread is disrespectful to Whiteside.