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Bill Russell 1963 NBA Finals Highlight, Best Quality I've Seen
Big333223:
I'm watching a lot of Bill Russell videos on the youtube channel Wilt Chamberlain Archive and there's some good stuff.
Here's a short one of Russell running fast breaks (underrated ballhalndler for his time):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEs4KC4xHE0
Here's one of Russell being interviewed on the first day of training camp, his first year as player/coach:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0ZWQkMOdo0
But this is the best quality video I've seen from this era. Russell's highlights from the 1963 NBA Finals (he blocks Jerry West a lot):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-kL9K3ns6g
Mike Pemulis:
West looks like 2011 Lebron in this game.
fairweatherfan:
--- Quote from: Mike Pemulis on August 29, 2018, 01:38:17 PM ---West looks like 2011 Lebron in this game.
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He really does, but the clips are obviously biased, so I looked up his boxscore:
https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/196304240LAL.html
32/7/9 on 24 shots! He missed 11 shots and what - 4 or 5 of them were because Russell blocked them? Could've easily dropped 40 without the best shotblocker in history running at him :o
Great links Big, TP. Love Bob Cousy's goofy form and that Earl Strom was reffing - he was a legend at the end of his career when I started watching.
coffee425:
good find.
Side tangent.. we should probably never compare athetes across eras because literally every player except for Bill would be an unacceptable athlete in today's game.
fairweatherfan:
--- Quote from: coffee425 on August 29, 2018, 03:09:52 PM ---good find.
Side tangent.. we should probably never compare athetes across eras because literally every player except for Bill would be an unacceptable athlete in today's game.
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Elgin Baylor could cut it too I think. West seems like he'd be ok despite Russell making him look bad in the highlights. But Cousy and Tommy and even Havlicek (though he's very young here) don't look great in that clip.
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