Bill Russell is one of the top 10 in NBA history, a legendary center who played for the Boston Celtics for 13 seasons, leading the team to 11 NBA championships and 11 championship rings in his career, so he also has the reputation of 'Lord of the Rings'.
How good is he? In fact, compared to Chamberlain's anti-heavenly data of 100 points per game and an average of 50 points per game, Russell's most feared is his defense, leading the team to 11 championships in his 13 seasons, and the most shocking thing is that the champions for 8 consecutive years are Celtics, and even in 2009, the league decided to name the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Trophy after Russell, which can be imagined as his important contribution to NBA history.
At the NBA Awards ceremony on June 27, 2017, NBA legendary center Bill Russell was awarded the Basketball Lifetime Achievement Award. Russell spent all his career seasons with the Celtics, even helping the Celtics win titles as a coach, creating countless legends in his career, later also known as the NBA's all-time level of defense, defensive genius, block expert, etc. Five centers appeared at the ceremony, including "Sky Hook" Jabbar, O'Neal, Robinson, Morningn and Uncle Mu, Russell smiled and said I can blow up the 5 of you, causing a burst of laughter in the audience, and the five historic centers greeted the old man with a smile and congratulated him respectfully. Remember that Jordan, the god of basketball, only had 6 championship rings when he retired.
After the old man stepped down, there was a warm applause at the scene, people were impressed by the legendary superstar, it was he who let people know that the original defense can also win the championship in the NBA, even if the NBA history can play 100 points in a single game, 50 points per game Chamberlain, in the face of Russell's defense, the average fell by about 15 points per game, and the 7 finals with Russell were all defeated, which is enough to reflect how strong the historical defense really is.