Russell to LeBron: "Thank you for leaving me off your Mt. Rushmore."

No need for Bill to get salty, there are many legendary basketball players, and everyone has their own top four. He shouldn't be so offended about one guy's opinion of a fictitious individual accolade when he claims he only cares about the team

[QUOTE=IllegalD]Bill Russell to LeBron James during the pre-game (per Craig Sager):

[I]"Thank you for leaving me off your Mount Rushmore. Im glad you did. [B]Basketball is a team game. Its not for individual honors.[/B] [SIZE="5"][COLOR="Red"]I won[/COLOR][/SIZE] back-to-back state championships in highschool. Back-to-back NCAA championships in college. [SIZE="5"][COLOR="red"]I won[/COLOR][/SIZE] an NBA championship my first year in the league. An NBA championship my last year. 9 in between. And that, Mr. James, is etched in stone."[/I]

:applause:

:bowdown:[/QUOTE]
Right.

[QUOTE=Magic 32][IMG]http://i2.cdn.turner.com/nba/nba/dam/assets/121105072738-1104-jj-barea-1200x672.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://www.highsnobiety.com/files/2013/06/jason-kidd-retires-00-960x480.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]


:roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

[QUOTE=Magic 32][IMG]http://i2.cdn.turner.com/nba/nba/dam/assets/121105072738-1104-jj-barea-1200x672.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://www.highsnobiety.com/files/2013/06/jason-kidd-retires-00-960x480.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
:oldlol:

Kidd is 6-5:facepalm

[QUOTE=RoseCity07]Kidd is 6-5:facepalm[/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Jason-Kidd-3144/[/url]

6-3

Reason why anyone strive to win as much and as often as Russell is because of their sensitivity towards their legacy. The same thing can be said about many of the all time greats in fact it is the reason for their greatness. Russell did all you can basically do to have a flawless legacy as a winner and yet people 45 years later are attempting to tear him down.

[QUOTE=RoseCity07]Kidd is 6-5:facepalm[/QUOTE]

Yes, he was almost 65 when he shut down Lebron , almost. :applause:

[QUOTE=NumberSix]Right.[/QUOTE]
He is talking about team awards won with different teams...he cant say "we" or "us" or any plurals cause no one else was involved in all of those awards, "I" is basically all he could use. Notice he didnt mention his MVPs....nice try though.

[QUOTE=CavaliersFTW]? And why would he waste his time on that sh*t when he's winning every single season?

There's NOTHING bad 'on him' about how he played the game given how much success he had winning at every stage, absolutely nothing. Maybe all the people who focus on skill should take a page out of his book for wasting their time polishing skills and not focusing enough on figuring out the absolute basic raw intangibles necessary that go into winning you know? I'm actually more inclined to think that than to take your stance on the matter. The way Russell played the game just might be the [I]perfect[/I] way to play.[/QUOTE]

That is just so disrespectful to the game. So basketball is the only sport where you don't need skill to be the best? One of the few things on the planet you don't need skill to excel in. You are only insulting the game when you say something like that. It says that anybody can come along and be the best in the game. You work on your craft you become better at it. The distance between two players usually isn't great at all as any ten different fans will usually have ten different top tens. But if one player is very skilled, and the other isn't, is there every really a conversation.

Whatever you take for granted you pay for it. And Russell rested on his laurels. MJ worked at his game tirelessly. And for every natural advantage you name me that Russell has I will most definitely name you two that Jordan has. Lets say Jordan didn't have to do develop skills. Did it make him better or worse? Every player could use it in every sport or endeavor in life.

[QUOTE=RoseCity07]Dude is so mad Lebron doesn't respect him. Guy won his titles against 5-5 white guys. 1 Lebron titles is like 8 from the 60's.[/QUOTE]


[QUOTE] When Wilt Chamberlain entered the NBA in 1960, there were only four players in the league that were taller than 6-8 (including Wilt at 7-1 and Russell at 6-9).[/QUOTE]

Coincidence that they all dominated the league full of financial consultants back then? Nope. Kwame Brown probably would have averaged 50-30 back then. Joakim Noah would have averaged 35-35-15 back then and would have been etched on the NBA Mount Rushmore. Crazy how the date when you were born can affect your NBA legacy so much.

Btw the 100 meter record was 10.00 seconds in 1960. Now it's 9.58...imagine Bolt racing the record holder from back then :roll:

Shaq/Duncan
MJ
KAJ
Bird
Hakeem
Lebron
Kobe
Magic
Wilt

Russell not in my top ten.

[QUOTE=SHAQisGOAT]:biggums:

:facepalm[/QUOTE]
So what are you saying.

Russell was very skilled? That he practiced hard? We know the answers to those two. What exactly are you saying?

[QUOTE=secund2nun]Coincidence that they all dominated the league full of financial consultants back then? Nope. Kwame Brown probably would have averaged 50-30 back then. Joakim Noah would have averaged 35-35-15 back then and would have been etched on the NBA Mount Rushmore. Crazy how the date when you were born can affect your NBA legacy so much.

Btw the 100 meter record was 10.00 seconds in 1960. Now it's 9.58...imagine Bolt racing the record holder from back then :roll:[/QUOTE]

Using eras to demean a player will ultimately come back to bite you in the butt.

Kids in 2050 will be rolling their eyes when you mention Lebron.

[QUOTE=IGOTGAME]Jordan
Magic
Bird
Duncan
[B]Hakeem[/B]
Kareem
Wilt
Shaq
Kobe
Russell[/QUOTE]

:kobe:

On what ******* planet is Hakeem better than Oscar Robertson?