It's 1963, but Russell looks like a modern player. Not only he protects the boards and the rim, but switches onto guards easily, has excellent footwork on defence and can catch a board and run the break like a point guard. His instincts are perfect, his movement spot on. Put 1963 Russell in a time machine, give him two months to train and get every perk that players of today get and he would be All-NBA. Impressive player.
He doesn't take away from his teammates. He was a role player and a star at the same time and didn't overpower the other players on his team. Basketball is very psychological
Notice, Russell is out on the perimeter swatting perimeter shots too. Also, the announcers were talking about him as if he was the key factor in the game.
I love the pace of the game... these 60s Celtics are unreal with the conditions of that era flat converse shoes no technology some players even had other jobs
Eric Escibedi I understand in general there's alot of niave people out there judging the old school when they really don't have an idea on how the game should be played.
The only people that don't respect this era are those that grew up drinking Gatorade and standing in line at 3am to spend their rent money on the latest 'J's'. NIKE's marketing development brainwashed several generations that have no idea how the game is actually supposed to be played. Russell has done something that will NEVER be exceeded in my lifetime. He was the anchor of a dynasty that won 11 titles in his 13 years. Boston NEVER won before he got there. They didn't win again until he was retired 5 years. Folk can make all the excuses they want... that's the fact.
I like to watch old vintage basketball games before i make an opinion on who the greatest players are in history. Im not sure many people take the time to do that. Thats why i subscribed to this great channel. Keep em coming 👍
I've seen the West, Baylor and now Russell perspective of the 63 game 6 NBA final. Cousy's last game 18pts 7a should be next. Thank you, WCA for the beautiful restoration of this classic matchup.
That is absolutely amazing. Thanks a lot for this hard work! It's just unbelievable to see one of the greatest players and best team player in action. He's probably one of the few people who may have got a quadruple double during the time when blocks weren't counted.
It's almost certain that he and Wilt both did. Hell, Russell damn near did it in this game. Russell was a fine passer and had two triple doubles in the finals. You know he was probably in double figures in blocks too, so there you have it. Wilt was in a class by himself though. Blocked shots were recorded unofficially in only 112 of his 1205 lifetime games, but we still have documentation of three quadruple doubles. 24 points, 32 rebounds, 13 assists, and 12 blocks in the playoffs in 1967 against the Celtics. 10 points, 38 rebounds, 10 assists, and 10 blocks in the playoffs against the San Francisco Warriors, also in the 67 playoffs. And 12 points, 26 rebounds, 11 assists, and 12 blocks in the 1970 playoffs against the Suns. There were probably quite a few more than that.
@@pebutts 1968 finals series Bill Russell averages 17.3 PPG 21.8 RPG 5.7 APG 10 BPG yes Russell averaged a triple double for the ENTIRE 1968 finals series I can send you the link to the website and if you have footage of the 1968 finals you can count them yourself I don’t think wilt ever did this in a finals he won.
@@casualfandestroyer2503 Why can't you give Chamberlain credit for his achievements? Seriously. It's tiresome. You're artificially narrowing the category to make the player you like look good, while making the player you don't look bad. It's completely dishonest.
Celtics back then were the ultimate team. Each player had a role to fill and they all worked together without their own egos getting in the way of winning. They had a certain amount of freedom as long as what they did was within the framework of their roles and they won. Bill Russell filled his role excellently and he did everything to help them win. Whatever they needed from him he gave and for that he was rewarded with the most championships of anyone. A tremendous player and leader. And a human being who demanded respect and got it for the most part. And someone who didn't put up with any disrespect. An honest, forthright caring human being. A legend. Someone to admire and look up to both on and off the court.
Willie Gordon Dwight Howard isn't a top tier NBA center anymore. His game hasn't really translated to the modern era, and injuries have slowed him down. Gobert, Cousins, Drummond, Horford, Porzingis, and Embiid are the leading NBA centers.
Here's how Howard's numbers stack up to the other players you mentioned (and a few others I added). Howard 16.2 ppg (56%), 12.1 rpg, 1.7 bpg, 2.6 topg Gobert 13.7 ppg (61%), 10.6 rpg, 2.3 bpg, 2.7 topg Horford 12.9 ppg (50%), 7.5 rpg, 1.1 bpg, 2.0 topg Drummond 14.9 ppg (53%), 15.7 rpg, 1.6 bpg, 2.6 topg Porzingis 22.7 ppg (44%), 6.6 rpg, 2.4 bpg, 1.9 topg Embiid 23.5 ppg (53%), 11 rpg, 1.8 bpg, 3.9 topg Cousins 25.2 ppg (47%), 12.0 rpg, 1.6 bpg, 5 topg Anthony-Towns 20.7 ppg (55%), 12.2 rpg, 1.4 bpg, 1.9 topg Jordan 12.2 ppg (65%), 15.3 rpg, 1 bpg, 1.7 topg Whiteside 14.3 ppg (55%), 11.8 rpg, 1.7 bpg, 1.8 topg Jorkic 17.1 ppg (50%), 10.4 rpg, 0.7 bpg, 2.8 topg Porzingis is a power forward (and can't rebound worth a damn) so I'm not sure why you mentioned him, but other than that looking at the stat lines Howard stacks up pretty well with those other guys. Cousins, KAT, and Embiid are the only ones that are clearly better (though Cousins and Embiid turn the ball over way too much). Horford is tough to quantify. He's can hit the open shot consistently and is a terrific passer, but he's nowhere near Howard's production individually and gets a lot of credit because the Celtics are an elite team. I've never been a fan of Howard's. He sulks and pouts, thinks he's a much better offensive player than he actually is, and has never worked particularly hard to improve his major weaknesses (his free throw shooting, his lack of reliable post moves, his decision making out of the post, and his inability to hit a midrange jumper). But I'll give him credit this year. He's played well and certainly hasn't been the reason Charlotte isn't in the playoffs.
Peter Li Are you saying today’s “25 out of 30 crap teams” is a better era than this? Why can’t basketball fans just appreciate the origins of the sport, better yet even take the time to learn it?
Peter Li Those players worked second jobs, fixed their own injuries, etc. Just to keep playing the game they loved. They played because they had H-E-A-R-T. Today’s players don’t have the tiniest iota of love for the game that these players did. They do it for another reason that also happens to be a five letter word, but is very different: M-O-N-E-Y. Today’s players focus more on being athletic than having fundamentals. More teams = more diluted league, period. Imagine basketball today if there were still 10 teams and every player had to prove year after year that they were too good to take off of the roster. That’s what it was like for the players in the 60’s and prior. Appreciate that!
Peter Li None of the teams were bad. Their competition was insane. They had to play every stacked team against them more times per year than the modern NBA. Imagine having to play against an 8-11 HoF Celtic team (excluding Red Auerbach), or the ‘67 76ers for example. Before you say that the teams back then had bad records, remember that these were the kinds of teams that they had to play against so often. Imagine how other team’s records would’ve looked in the 80’s if they had to play the Lakers, or Celtics 13 times each season before playoffs.
Sir William Felton Russell - King Of Basketball & Greatest Of All-Time, is smiling down from the skies and saying "My Green Knights ☘have done it again for the Celtic World Kingdom!". 🏀🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 ... The NBA World Championship ALWAYS belongs to the Mighty Celtics! .... they just let other teams borrow it once in awhile!
Heavy Gratitude Ps Peace to Elgin Baylor (best player to not win a ring) and Bill Russell (greatest champion, ever). Pps Peace to Bill's older brother Charlie Russell (amazing writer)
I loved Pro Basketball before the onslaught of the 3 point shot. EVERY offense now is the same-4 guys on the perimeter with one guy inside the arc. No imagination. Watching this video the Celtics use a split the post offense to great success. Fastbreak and good shooting made the game exciting along with ingenuity. Today's game is boring IMO.
Russell was literally a 60s version of what draymond is today. Amazing talent he was. Criminally criticised by people who only go off of what they assume. They dont even look at the talent and just say he had no comp, as tp discredit him as an indivisual.
Vingthor13 actually bill was leaner so he didn’t have to bend his knees all the way down to block shots like wilt did. Players learned how to time shots over wilt for example Sam Jones would always say “too late “ or “sorry wilt” every time he’d hit a shot over him which one game caused Wilt to chase him and Sam Jones went to grab a stool and everyone broke it up
Russ would be Giannis in today's league. You talmbout guys that didn't have access to a top notch training staff, doctors, and personal coaches and trainers.
What kind of a goofy ass move is that by Bob Cousy @5:45? He has an open 10 footer or so as he is driving down the left side of the court. He has and uncontested 10 footer and instead of pulling up for the jump shot, he decides to go with a left handed hook shot as he is driving toward the basket. And of course he decides to go with the bank shot while he's at it. That's strange stuff.
At 5:01 The ref calls for 'traveling' ... Now the refs are too darn scared to make 'traveling' calls .. players taking 5 or more steps before today's refs even think about calling for 'traveling'.
With the way the rules were back then - the way they played defense makes sense. It wasn't until hand checking was banned, ball handling was loosened up, and charges were ignored that it really became such a nonstop effort of footwork. Good footwork of course still applied back then, but they had more defensive options, and the offensive players had fewer offensive options so it wasn't so critical.
Also, they could afford to do that because there was no defensive 3 seconds. If you have Bill Russell back there, you can basically let players go the way you want into the defense without much fear.
I have tons of respect. I hold Wilt Chamberlain to be the greatest basketball player of all time. I'm just saying the defense was a lot weaker in this era.
I agree. I never said our era was stronger. I think the 1980's and 1990's were the strongest decades defensively-speaking. The 1960's and 2010's are both incredibly weak eras in terms of defense.
Depends on what you call defense honestly. A lot of guys confuse a bunch of hand waving and movement with great defense. Russell was one of the greatest defensive players of all time because he had fantastic anticipation and psychology. He'd bait players into going up for a shot, thinking he couldn't get there, then go up and block it. Did it several times in this video. He also had amazingly quick reflexes and got off the floor extremely fast. Olajuwon used to be the same way. Players today train to defend the perimeter and it makes sense in today's game. It just wasn't important to do that back then. I'd honestly like to see a "throwback" NBA game where the three point line was eliminated, you couldn't dribble with your hand on the side of the ball, and hand checking was allowed. I'll bet it would look way different.
Offense was the same shit every single play. The passing and fundamentals were beautiful. I wish basketball was still like that. But how many times did we see a 2 or 3 dribble back down then an almost like weird jump semi half turn in the air prayer clanked off the backboard? I don't even know how to describe it. Was that a fade away? Idk but all the old vids I watch has em. Btw Russell should have grabbed 80 rebounds a game. No one even tried boxing out and he looked like the fat fifth grader who has no talent at all but grabs every rebound cause he is a giant compared to everyone else.
This shit is so lame You slow down a putbacks like it's imprresive. You see that shit 10 times a game now This dude is supposed to be the goat? Lmao whenever he gets the ball he pass it out to his stacked team because he isn't skilled enough to do anything else but find a teammate near by. Maybe a different sorry if the passes were good but I'm more impressed by his teammates in this video
It's 1963, but Russell looks like a modern player. Not only he protects the boards and the rim, but switches onto guards easily, has excellent footwork on defence and can catch a board and run the break like a point guard. His instincts are perfect, his movement spot on. Put 1963 Russell in a time machine, give him two months to train and get every perk that players of today get and he would be All-NBA. Impressive player.
He doesn't take away from his teammates. He was a role player and a star at the same time and didn't overpower the other players on his team. Basketball is very psychological
Lefty8013 Tom Heinsohn said bills defense was worth 60-70 points a game
if “I’ll do whatever for the team to win”was a person it’s bill russell.☘️
Notice, Russell is out on the perimeter swatting perimeter shots too. Also, the announcers were talking about him as if he was the key factor in the game.
I love the pace of the game... these 60s Celtics are unreal with the conditions of that era flat converse shoes no technology some players even had other jobs
1985showtime lakers Old all time great players would greatly benefit with our modern medicine, conditioning, trainer, and etc.
Rorschach 0007 I appreciate them, but I hate when someone degrading all time greats because they played in pre HD footage.
Eric Escibedi I understand in general there's alot of niave people out there judging the old school when they really don't have an idea on how the game should be played.
Rorschach 0007 your comments are immature
some? most probly everyone had a day job
1-Dude was a coach-player...
2-The most unselfish big man ever.
3-The definition of team first (secret for those rings)
He shut down the basket of the opposing team. goodness. The number of blocks is phenomenal
See him taking it up the floor like a guard? Smh Russell is so underrated.
The passing and that left handed hook wow Bob Cousy!!!!
Bill Russell is the best player that nobody talks about. Thanks for the tape.
In his time, everybody respected Russell, believe me. I was Knick fan and we dreaded going up against Russel’s teams!
The only people that don't respect this era are those that grew up drinking Gatorade and standing in line at 3am to spend their rent money on the latest 'J's'.
NIKE's marketing development brainwashed several generations that have no idea how the game is actually supposed to be played.
Russell has done something that will NEVER be exceeded in my lifetime. He was the anchor of a dynasty that won 11 titles in his 13 years. Boston NEVER won before he got there. They didn't win again until he was retired 5 years. Folk can make all the excuses they want... that's the fact.
After that first foul Russ played like a man possesed!! This was CLASSIC Bill Russell!
Wilt and Bill the greatest!!!!
Russ was so unselfish except when it came to winning. He wanted all the rings
I like to watch old vintage basketball games before i make an opinion on who the greatest players are in history. Im not sure many people take the time to do that. Thats why i subscribed to this great channel. Keep em coming 👍
I counted maybe 10 blocks that were shown in the video. Too bad blocks and steals stats were not recorded back in that era.
I've seen the West, Baylor and now Russell perspective of the 63 game 6 NBA final. Cousy's last game 18pts 7a should be next. Thank you, WCA for the beautiful restoration of this classic matchup.
That is absolutely amazing. Thanks a lot for this hard work! It's just unbelievable to see one of the greatest players and best team player in action. He's probably one of the few people who may have got a quadruple double during the time when blocks weren't counted.
It's almost certain that he and Wilt both did. Hell, Russell damn near did it in this game. Russell was a fine passer and had two triple doubles in the finals. You know he was probably in double figures in blocks too, so there you have it.
Wilt was in a class by himself though. Blocked shots were recorded unofficially in only 112 of his 1205 lifetime games, but we still have documentation of three quadruple doubles. 24 points, 32 rebounds, 13 assists, and 12 blocks in the playoffs in 1967 against the Celtics. 10 points, 38 rebounds, 10 assists, and 10 blocks in the playoffs against the San Francisco Warriors, also in the 67 playoffs. And 12 points, 26 rebounds, 11 assists, and 12 blocks in the 1970 playoffs against the Suns. There were probably quite a few more than that.
@@pebutts 1968 finals series Bill Russell averages 17.3 PPG 21.8 RPG 5.7 APG 10 BPG yes Russell averaged a triple double for the ENTIRE 1968 finals series I can send you the link to the website and if you have footage of the 1968 finals you can count them yourself I don’t think wilt ever did this in a finals he won.
@@casualfandestroyer2503 Why can't you give Chamberlain credit for his achievements? Seriously. It's tiresome. You're artificially narrowing the category to make the player you like look good, while making the player you don't look bad. It's completely dishonest.
Dang basketball wasn't all that different back in the day
The guy who runs this account >>>>>>>>>>> MJ, Wilt, Bill, Bird, Magic, Lebron, Kobe
Celtics back then were the ultimate team. Each player had a role to fill and they all worked together without their own egos getting in the way of winning. They had a certain amount of freedom as long as what they did was within the framework of their roles and they won. Bill Russell filled his role excellently and he did everything to help them win. Whatever they needed from him he gave and for that he was rewarded with the most championships of anyone. A tremendous player and leader. And a human being who demanded respect and got it for the most part. And someone who didn't put up with any disrespect. An honest, forthright caring human being. A legend. Someone to admire and look up to both on and off the court.
Wilt and Bill are so disrespected!!!!
Willie Gordon well yeah. So do Drummond and Horford. What year do you think it is, 2011?
Willie Gordon Dwight Howard isn't a top tier NBA center anymore. His game hasn't really translated to the modern era, and injuries have slowed him down. Gobert, Cousins, Drummond, Horford, Porzingis, and Embiid are the leading NBA centers.
Here's how Howard's numbers stack up to the other players you mentioned (and a few others I added).
Howard 16.2 ppg (56%), 12.1 rpg, 1.7 bpg, 2.6 topg
Gobert 13.7 ppg (61%), 10.6 rpg, 2.3 bpg, 2.7 topg
Horford 12.9 ppg (50%), 7.5 rpg, 1.1 bpg, 2.0 topg
Drummond 14.9 ppg (53%), 15.7 rpg, 1.6 bpg, 2.6 topg
Porzingis 22.7 ppg (44%), 6.6 rpg, 2.4 bpg, 1.9 topg
Embiid 23.5 ppg (53%), 11 rpg, 1.8 bpg, 3.9 topg
Cousins 25.2 ppg (47%), 12.0 rpg, 1.6 bpg, 5 topg
Anthony-Towns 20.7 ppg (55%), 12.2 rpg, 1.4 bpg, 1.9 topg
Jordan 12.2 ppg (65%), 15.3 rpg, 1 bpg, 1.7 topg
Whiteside 14.3 ppg (55%), 11.8 rpg, 1.7 bpg, 1.8 topg
Jorkic 17.1 ppg (50%), 10.4 rpg, 0.7 bpg, 2.8 topg
Porzingis is a power forward (and can't rebound worth a damn) so I'm not sure why you mentioned him, but other than that looking at the stat lines Howard stacks up pretty well with those other guys. Cousins, KAT, and Embiid are the only ones that are clearly better (though Cousins and Embiid turn the ball over way too much). Horford is tough to quantify. He's can hit the open shot consistently and is a terrific passer, but he's nowhere near Howard's production individually and gets a lot of credit because the Celtics are an elite team.
I've never been a fan of Howard's. He sulks and pouts, thinks he's a much better offensive player than he actually is, and has never worked particularly hard to improve his major weaknesses (his free throw shooting, his lack of reliable post moves, his decision making out of the post, and his inability to hit a midrange jumper). But I'll give him credit this year. He's played well and certainly hasn't been the reason Charlotte isn't in the playoffs.
AJ Flanigan lol u don’t watch ball you’ve prolly watched 10 games all year stfu u don’t know ball
Wilt is disrespected. Bill is EXTREMELY overrated
Bill is goat
Amazing quality
Tom Heinsohn said bills defense was worth 60-70 points a game
Keep up the great work WCA! These videos make me appreciate the era 60s era of basketball
I came looking for copper
But i found gold
really want more of these remastered vids uploaded.
Billy Russell da gawd.
I love this!
Amazing quality!!! More classics please!!
Great footage as always, really shows how far we've come but its all relative. Great basketball considering the era they played in. PIONEERS!
Wilt And Russell are still all time greats and it doesn’t matter if they played before the 3-point line. Lesson learned? Don’t ignore the past!
Peter Li Are you saying today’s “25 out of 30 crap teams” is a better era than this? Why can’t basketball fans just appreciate the origins of the sport, better yet even take the time to learn it?
Peter Li Those players worked second jobs, fixed their own injuries, etc. Just to keep playing the game they loved. They played because they had H-E-A-R-T. Today’s players don’t have the tiniest iota of love for the game that these players did. They do it for another reason that also happens to be a five letter word, but is very different: M-O-N-E-Y. Today’s players focus more on being athletic than having fundamentals. More teams = more diluted league, period. Imagine basketball today if there were still 10 teams and every player had to prove year after year that they were too good to take off of the roster. That’s what it was like for the players in the 60’s and prior. Appreciate that!
Peter Li None of the teams were bad. Their competition was insane. They had to play every stacked team against them more times per year than the modern NBA. Imagine having to play against an 8-11 HoF Celtic team (excluding Red Auerbach), or the ‘67 76ers for example. Before you say that the teams back then had bad records, remember that these were the kinds of teams that they had to play against so often. Imagine how other team’s records would’ve looked in the 80’s if they had to play the Lakers, or Celtics 13 times each season before playoffs.
@@lithal ...You couldn't beat the local YMCA pickup team, past, present or future, PERIOD!!!
Russell and wilt were on a totally different level.
Dislike comes from J.West😂
What a gem!
Will we see Wilt Chamberlain highlights in the future? So I can show some of my friends that Wilt is the beast
Yeah wilt footage >>>>
Wilt was a superstar. Russell was draymond green of the 60s
@@SM-1-6 11-1.
this is great!
how do you get this footage
Seriously. I wonder the same
Time travel
RIP Bill Russell we love u
Sir William Felton Russell - King Of Basketball & Greatest Of All-Time, is smiling down from the skies and saying "My Green Knights ☘have done it again for the Celtic World Kingdom!". 🏀🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 ... The NBA World Championship ALWAYS belongs to the Mighty Celtics! .... they just let other teams borrow it once in awhile!
Thank you, legend!
Heavy Gratitude
Ps Peace to Elgin Baylor (best player to not win a ring) and Bill Russell (greatest champion, ever).
Pps Peace to Bill's older brother Charlie Russell (amazing writer)
AWESOME JOB WITH THIS ONE!
I love this channel.Great video ! Thanks,from Japan !!!
Bill Russell makes his free throws
Something Shaq doesn’t do well
Jerry West spent the rest of his life having Bill Russell Nightmares.
It would be great if you put the full length game somewhere
I loved Pro Basketball before the onslaught of the 3 point shot. EVERY offense now is the same-4 guys on the perimeter with one guy inside the arc. No imagination. Watching this video the Celtics use a split the post offense to great success. Fastbreak and good shooting made the game exciting along with ingenuity. Today's game is boring IMO.
Damn, how did you restore this video so well
Nice work on this!!!
thanks for these 60fps uploads. you're the man.
How did you guys do this I would love to do this with Some old NFL games I got?
Russell was literally a 60s version of what draymond is today. Amazing talent he was. Criminally criticised by people who only go off of what they assume. They dont even look at the talent and just say he had no comp, as tp discredit him as an indivisual.
Do you have any of bills game 7s?
Russ was so good at blocking...the timing of it. Gotta give him credit! Nearly as good as Wilt.
Vingthor13 actually bill was leaner so he didn’t have to bend his knees all the way down to block shots like wilt did. Players learned how to time shots over wilt for example Sam Jones would always say “too late “ or “sorry wilt” every time he’d hit a shot over him which one game caused Wilt to chase him and Sam Jones went to grab a stool and everyone broke it up
Excellent comment, and love that story re: Sam and Wilt.
Russell and that Draymond statline.
Note how FAST the game was played in *63.
2:35 is hilarious! nice use of referee haha!
These guys are so modern
GREAT VID :)))
🏀🏀🏀🏀
He is really big with long arms in person. Totally unselfish on the court
You can see how aging has slowed Cousy by then
He could’ve averaged a triple double if he wanted to
how do old video get restored to hd? so Amazing
Guy almost got quadruple double
Russ would be Giannis in today's league. You talmbout guys that didn't have access to a top notch training staff, doctors, and personal coaches and trainers.
I need some wilt finals highlights
What kind of a goofy ass move is that by Bob Cousy @5:45? He has an open 10 footer or so as he is driving down the left side of the court. He has and uncontested 10 footer and instead of pulling up for the jump shot, he decides to go with a left handed hook shot as he is driving toward the basket. And of course he decides to go with the bank shot while he's at it. That's strange stuff.
Can't argue with the result.
Do more bill Russell vids
At 5:01 The ref calls for 'traveling' ... Now the refs are too darn scared to make 'traveling' calls .. players taking 5 or more steps before today's refs even think about calling for 'traveling'.
Wow ! Love that dirty water !
6:35.
Was defense optional back in these days? most of these guys are barely in a defensive stance and just ball watching
With the way the rules were back then - the way they played defense makes sense. It wasn't until hand checking was banned, ball handling was loosened up, and charges were ignored that it really became such a nonstop effort of footwork. Good footwork of course still applied back then, but they had more defensive options, and the offensive players had fewer offensive options so it wasn't so critical.
There were rules against help defence and zone defence at the time I believe.
Also, they could afford to do that because there was no defensive 3 seconds. If you have Bill Russell back there, you can basically let players go the way you want into the defense without much fear.
Although this was a close game, the Lakers looked like the Washington Nationals in these highlights. Must be 2 Laker fans who didn't like this clip.
Glorified Marcus Camby
They just didn't play defense in this era.
show some respect for the OG's
They played defense differently - different rules.
I have tons of respect. I hold Wilt Chamberlain to be the greatest basketball player of all time. I'm just saying the defense was a lot weaker in this era.
I agree. I never said our era was stronger. I think the 1980's and 1990's were the strongest decades defensively-speaking. The 1960's and 2010's are both incredibly weak eras in terms of defense.
Depends on what you call defense honestly. A lot of guys confuse a bunch of hand waving and movement with great defense. Russell was one of the greatest defensive players of all time because he had fantastic anticipation and psychology. He'd bait players into going up for a shot, thinking he couldn't get there, then go up and block it. Did it several times in this video. He also had amazingly quick reflexes and got off the floor extremely fast. Olajuwon used to be the same way.
Players today train to defend the perimeter and it makes sense in today's game. It just wasn't important to do that back then. I'd honestly like to see a "throwback" NBA game where the three point line was eliminated, you couldn't dribble with your hand on the side of the ball, and hand checking was allowed. I'll bet it would look way different.
Offense was the same shit every single play. The passing and fundamentals were beautiful. I wish basketball was still like that. But how many times did we see a 2 or 3 dribble back down then an almost like weird jump semi half turn in the air prayer clanked off the backboard? I don't even know how to describe it. Was that a fade away? Idk but all the old vids I watch has em. Btw Russell should have grabbed 80 rebounds a game. No one even tried boxing out and he looked like the fat fifth grader who has no talent at all but grabs every rebound cause he is a giant compared to everyone else.
This shit is so lame
You slow down a putbacks like it's imprresive. You see that shit 10 times a game now
This dude is supposed to be the goat? Lmao whenever he gets the ball he pass it out to his stacked team because he isn't skilled enough to do anything else but find a teammate near by. Maybe a different sorry if the passes were good but I'm more impressed by his teammates in this video
You upload clips of yourself playing video game basketball and you are calling an actual pro basketball player that won 11 championships lame?
SM ...Those guys were in much better shape in that era then you're in right now, PERIOD!!!
EssEM lol dummy jordan fan hating on Russell’s greatness. 7 blocks this game dummy
@@Papichulo-xc5nd yeah against part time blunders and insurance salesman
@@SM-1-6 jordan got swept by a whiteboy celtics team two years in a row. Gtfoh bozo
Boring....
Bill isn’t even that good wtf
Kev Barn ...Why did you even bother to watch it then?
Best defender and rebounder ever. Also won 11 rings. I would say he was pretty good.