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

[QUOTE=DaSeba5]You simply can't have a Mt Rushmore of basketball players.[/QUOTE]

You could, but it would have to have an era-specific variation for each decade.

Trying to imagine guys like Mikan, Wilt, Kareem, Jordan, Lebron, Shaq in the same ''playerverse'' is just futile. All speculation & nothing more.

Otoh, it IS possible to have opinions on the matter & Lebron simply gave his own answer, in addition to saying what many MVP-level players in their primes have claimed about themselves as well: That he is confident he'll end his career among the greatest.

Kobe, MJ, Shaq and the condescending old-timers like Russel, Oscar, Kareem - All these guys have sizable egos, and I'm fairly certain they'd all have answered the same as Lebron.

[QUOTE=Im so nba'd out][IMG]http://www.recaption.com/uploads/170474fe838dd1a9ad.jpg[/IMG]


matter fact i call flat out bull shit on this story........[/QUOTE]

These kids these days...even watching box score for an ASG

80 years old and still catching feelings sad

russell doesn't deserve top 4

what did he average again 10 points on 30% shooting?

he'd be camby at best today

Anyone would win in the era Russell played in.

you state that Russel is a better player than mj as a matter of undisputable fact when it clearly is not the case. actually most would disagree with you. Does that make YOU uninformed and ignorant since mj is the consesus greatest? Leave the man and his opinion alone. This is basketball, not physics.

[QUOTE=fos]Russell is butthurt... and doesn't he mean "WE" won, since it's a team game and all. He's not a top 10 player all-time, let alone a top 4.[/QUOTE]
Wouldn't you be butthurt if you had 11 NBA championship rings? Oh wait nvm...

Russell delivered a cold dose of ether, with a smile on his face, plain and simple - bran stans catching feelings :oldlol:

[QUOTE=fos]Russell is butthurt... and doesn't he mean "WE" won, since it's a team game and all. He's not a top 10 player all-time, let alone a top 4.[/QUOTE]

If Russell isnt top 10, bran should not be anywhere close too :oldlol:

yes, I'm sure the guy with the FMVP trophy named after him that Lebron bailed on his home town and took a pay cut just to have a chance at earning is upset :lol

Shut up bill. Just don't drop my finals MVP trophy this coming June.

[QUOTE=PyrrhusX]If Russell isnt top 10, bran should not be anywhere close too :oldlol:[/QUOTE]
then durant will never even rank within the top 50

Wow Russell got mad :lol

Russell is no Mount Rushmore lock. In fact, he doesn't belong on it at all. His offense was useless 13.4 shots per game 15.1 ppg on 44% fg. He was a great rebounder and defender in his era. He played on a team stacked with HOFers in an league with 8 teams.

[QUOTE=plowking]Russell looks like the idiot, not James. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, and Russell just comes off looking old, grumpy and stupid. [B]If you're as secure with your place in history as you claim, you wouldn't have to talk.[/B][/QUOTE]
:oldlol: Funny because Lebron has been talking for weeks.

[QUOTE=fos]Russell is butthurt... and doesn't he mean "WE" won, since it's a team game and all. He's not a top 10 player all-time, let alone a top 4.[/QUOTE]
****ing ****** and moron, grow the **** up.

[QUOTE=Im so nba'd out]80 years old and still catching feelings sad[/QUOTE]

I hope I am in as good as shape when I am 80. Hell, I hope I make it to 80.

In no way is Bill a top 4 player though..

[QUOTE=Im so nba'd out]80 years old and still catching feelings sad[/QUOTE]

Good to see that you moved quickly from stage 1, Denial ("I call bs, where's the link?), to stage 3, Anger ("Hahaha, butthurt old man catching feelings...")

:lol

:facepalm :facepalm :facepalm

SMH at 90% of the posts in this thread.

[QUOTE=CavaliersFTW]Wouldn't you be butthurt if you had 11 NBA championship rings? Oh wait nvm...

Russell delivered a cold dose of ether, with a smile on his face, plain and simple - bran stans catching feelings :oldlol:[/QUOTE]
not 1 lebron stan has even entered this thread yet thats the thing.Russel just too damn old to be acting like this he should be focused on staying alive for another day not someone else's mt rushmore :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[QUOTE=plowking]Russell looks like the idiot, not James. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, and Russell just comes off looking old, grumpy and stupid.[B] If you're as secure with your place in history as you claim, you wouldn't have to talk.[/B][/QUOTE]


the f[COLOR="Black"]uc[/COLOR]king irony :roll: :roll:

[QUOTE=Im so nba'd out][B]not 1 lebron stan has even entered this thread yet[/B] thats the thing.Russel just too damn old to be acting like this he should focused on staying alive for another day not someone else's mt rushmore :rolleyes: :rolleyes:[/QUOTE]
bran stans have reached new levels of delusion :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

[QUOTE=Im so nba'd out][B]not 1 lebron stan has even entered this thread[/B] yet thats the thing.Russel just too damn old to be acting like this he should be focused on staying alive for another day not someone else's mt rushmore :rolleyes: :rolleyes:[/QUOTE]
Are you for real?

why are some of you guys getting mad like you are related to russell?

Bawse.

[QUOTE=CavaliersFTW]bran stans have reached new levels of delusion :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:[/QUOTE]
Dude, your Russell mix is needed more than ever. :bowdown:

The anti-Russell ignorance is as bad as it's ever been on this board.

LeBron is going to stop answering questions soon.

[QUOTE=secund2nun]Wow Russell got mad :lol

Russell is no Mount Rushmore lock. In fact, he doesn't belong on it at all. His offense was useless 13.4 shots per game 15.1 ppg on 44% fg. He was a great rebounder and defender in his era. He played on a team stacked with HOFers in an league with 8 teams.[/QUOTE]
They gon ignore this :lol

[QUOTE=IllegalD]Wouldn't the same apply to Bron with all his "I'll be in the Top 4 Mt Rushmore" talk?

I mean, this is the same guy that was going on ESPN the Magazine trying to frame his Game 7 dagger shot as a "Jordan Moment"?

:roll:[/QUOTE]

Specifically being asked a question is different to writing a soliloquy about how upset about someones opinion you are.

Bron has always given past players their due. This time he can't name every single great ever to play, so people throw a fit when he doesn't name a particular guy. Who cares? Russell isn' in my top 4 or 5 either, and I'm sure many others on here.

This thread confirms Lebron fans have exceeded Kobe fans in f*ckery. Absolute shit for a fan base. Wow

Holy sh*t, did Russell really say that?

[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. Basketball is a team game. Its not for individual honors. I won back-to-back state championships in highschool. Back-to-back NCAA championships in college. I won 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]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/QbUWOiJ.gif[/IMG]

[QUOTE=IllegalD]Good to see that you moved quickly from stage 1, Denial ("I call bs, where's the link?), to stage 3, Anger ("Hahaha, butthurt old man catching feelings...")

:lol[/QUOTE]
i never called him a butthurt old man.......he is just tool old to be going back and for with lebron even kd dont respond to his sht.You dont see no 1 else responding

[QUOTE=215Philly]They gon ignore this :lol[/QUOTE]
:facepalm

says he doesn't care, then continues on showing that he does care. :rolleyes: As Kobe said, it's impossible to make a list, too many people would be left off.

[QUOTE=kuniva_dAMiGhTy]This thread proves Lebron fans have exceeded Kobe fans in f*ckery. Absolute shit for a fan base.[/QUOTE]
let's not act like russell wasn't mad now :no:

Damn.

[IMG]http://jtangovc.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Bill-Russell.jpg[/IMG]

[QUOTE=Im so nba'd out]russel like 80 he too old to be acting like this.Bolded every selfish thing he said though[/QUOTE]


Nah, bragging is an old people move tho. Always talkin bout what they did in their day, how their generation was better, etc.


Reminds me of an old Jim Carrey standup bit where he talks about how "You can always tell how boring someone's life is, by how far back they have to reach for glory." *starts talking like an old man*: "Remember... Remember how fast I used to be... When I was a sperm!"


Russell sounds like hes damn near close to death with this saltiness.

I usually don't get upset on here but it is pretty sad that people are disrespecting Russell.

:facepalm

[QUOTE=Akrazotile]Nah, bragging is an old people move tho. Always talkin bout what they did in their day, how their generation was better, etc.


Reminds me of an old Jim Carrey standup bit where he talks about how "You can always tell how boring someone's life is, by how far back they have to reach for glory." *starts talking like an old man*: "Remember... Remember how fast I used to be... When I was a sperm!"


Russell sounds like hes damn near close to death with this saltiness.[/QUOTE]
:applause:

Of course, if any of us would have picked our own Mt. Rushmore, we all know that everyone here would have agreed with it, right?