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

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:

Lebron ethered like gorandragon in the other thread:roll: :roll: :roll:

Damm

Russel mad as hell that Bron left him off his Rushmore! :lol

You simply can't have a Mt Rushmore of basketball players.

Russell laying down the truth :applause:

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matter fact i call flat out bull shit on this story........

[QUOTE=ripthekik]Lebron ethered like gorandragon in the other thread:roll: :roll: :roll:[/QUOTE]
Suuure....I got "ethered".:rolleyes:

seems salty

i wouldn't put him on the mountain because his head might erode from his tears

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

But, if you did, Russell would have to be on it...

Ether - The shit that makes your soul burn slow.

Yeah, its revealing how upset Russel is for Lebron sharing his own personal opinion. smh

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Kobe stuck up for Bron though

Cold blooded ether

[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]
They said it when they sang Happy Birthday to Mr. Russell, it happened are you even watching the ASG? :oldlol:

[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]
Watch the All Star games noob.

[QUOTE=LAZERUSS]But, if you did, Russell would have to be on it...[/QUOTE]

Hmm... He'd be on mine, but LeBron and people have their own opinions. It's all subjective.

Pretty bs LeBron is getting ethered for answering a question. For someone who had to put up with a lot of racism and indifference, Russell is very sensitive :biggums:

Ruthless.

Bran opinion still stands

[QUOTE=CavaliersFTW]They said it when they sang Happy Birthday to Mr. Russell, it happened are you even watching the ASG? :oldlol:[/QUOTE]
watching it on mute i was talking to people my bad lol @ russel taking it so personal

If Russell really didn't care, he wouldn't have said anything at all.

[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] [B][SIZE="7"]I won[/SIZE][/B] 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]

:biggums:

[QUOTE=supermechasonic]Yeah, its revealing how upset Russel is for Lebron sharing his own personal opinion. smh[/QUOTE]
It's more amazing how uninformed Lebron's opinion is. We're talking about a guy who stopped wearing #23 'out of respect for MJ' then goes on to wear #6, Bill Russell's number, one of only a small handful of guys who ever played who is arguably as great or GREATER than MJ!?

FAIL.

Lebron is an idiot when it comes to NBA history, I remember him interviewing Dr. J and he was asking him stupid questions that Dr. J kept correcting him on 'how did it feel to be the first to do ____" .... "I wasn't the first, Connie Hawkins and Elgin Baylor were doing that before me" ... (Lebron changes subject). Guy is just plain oblivious to the games history, he deserved to get ethered by Bill Russell :roll:

[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]

No video link yet. Im sure it'll be up on youtube soon enough. It happened when coming back from commercial break just before the start of the 2nd quarter. When all the players were singing Happy B-Day to Russell and shaking his hand (Craig Sager reported the quote, that is. Which happened during a pre-game exchange).

But this should provide suitable confirmation until then:

[URL="http://twitchy.com/2014/02/16/etched-in-stone-basketball-great-bill-russell-schools-lebron-james-over-his-nbas-mount-rushmore-gaffe/"]http://twitchy.com/2014/02/16/etched-in-stone-basketball-great-bill-russell-schools-lebron-james-over-his-nbas-mount-rushmore-gaffe/[/URL]

[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. [B] I[/B][B] won[/B] back-to-back state championships in highschool. Back-to-back NCAA championships in college. [B] I won[/B] an NBA championship [B]my[/B] first year in the league. An NBA championship [B]my [/B]last year. 9 in between. And that, Mr. James, is etched in stone."[/I]

:applause:

:bowdown:[/QUOTE]
russel like 80 he too old to be acting like this.Bolded every selfish thing he said though

It's his opinion who cares I am sick with all these rushmore threads:facepalm

Obviously, there is no universally accepted NBA Mt. Rushmore, or this whole issue would be moot.

Lebron is welcome to HIS Mt. Rushmore just like anyone else is to their's.

Lmfao

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

[QUOTE=CavaliersFTW]It's more amazing how uninformed Lebron's opinion is. We're talking about a guy who stopped wearing #23 'out of respect for MJ' then goes on to wear #6, Bill Russell's number, an arguably GREATER player than MJ!?

FAIL.

Lebron is an idiot when it comes to NBA history, I remember him interviewing Dr. J and he was asking him stupid questions that Dr. J kept correcting him on 'how did it feel to be the first to do ____" .... "I wasn't the first, Connie Hawkins and Elgin Baylor were doing that before me" ... (Lebron changes subject). Guy is just plain oblivious to the games history :roll:[/QUOTE]
Is there such a thing an an uninformed opinion? It's his opinion. He named guys that HE grew up watching, and modeled his game after

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

No one in NBA history has ever won more than Russell, so I can see why he'd be pissed off about this, and how players from his generation are ignored by modern players.

[QUOTE=CavaliersFTW]It's more amazing how uninformed Lebron's opinion is. We're talking about a guy who stopped wearing #23 'out of respect for MJ' then goes on to wear #6, Bill Russell's number, an arguably GREATER player than MJ!?

FAIL.

Lebron is an idiot when it comes to NBA history, I remember him interviewing Dr. J and he was asking him stupid questions that Dr. J kept correcting him on 'how did it feel to be the first to do ____" .... "I wasn't the first, Connie Hawkins and Elgin Baylor were doing that before me" ... (Lebron changes subject). Guy is just plain oblivious to the games history :roll:[/QUOTE]
Then he has the audacity to say he will be on there one day :roll:

[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]


you bolded him saying "my" when he was referencing to his rookie season and tried to pass it as him being selfish

[B]you're [/B]an idiot for that

what was he supposed to say "The first year a man named Bill Russell played in the NBA.." how else does he talk about his rookie season without saying "my"

[QUOTE=JohnFreeman][B]Is there such a thing an an uninformed opinion?[/B] It's his opinion. He named guys that HE grew up watching, and modeled his game after[/QUOTE]
Do you live under a rock? Uninformed opinions are abundant in every day life. Yes they certainly do exist :biggums:

[QUOTE=SpecialQue]:biggums:[/QUOTE]
:roll: :applause:

[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]

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:

He sounds overly sensitive and definitely does care. There's so many great players that someone's bound to get left off when picking top 4 players.