They're not the same type of player. When Bird was leading the Celtics to three championships in the 1980s and lighting up the scoreboard, was he compared to Bill Russell? The idea was crazy, because they're two completely different players. "I'm not...

Though he’s only credited as a narrator and cowriter instead of director, is clearly Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s pet project. He is very interested in the early history of black basketball teams, so this documentary exists. Jerry West, Bill Russell, Charles...

We played for very little money, but if you would compare us to the players today, we had better talent. A lot of guys that are playing in the NBA today could not make our squads back in the old days.” Bill Russell was your teammate when you were with...

He is the only play ever to retire with career averages of 20 points, 10 rebounds and five assists per game. He averaged 24.3, 10.0 and 6.2. He didn't just "squeak" those numbers in. He is arguably the most complete small forward ever including LeBron...

Debate rages on as to whether or not he is a Top 5 Celtic. Metro squeezes No. 34 in, but barely. 1. Bill Russell 1956-69 Eleven NBA championships. That’s all you need to know. Russell changed the game with his defensive prowess and averaged 22.5...

'And if you come back again, we'll do it another time. So you'll have to find something else to do.' " It's the early 1990s. Dikembe Mutombo is walking around Georgetown, where he once blocked 12 shots in a game, with Bill Russell. The retired Boston...

Russell is the league's leading NBA shot-blocker. AP Baxter Holmes Los Angeles Times “I would block a guy’s shot and say. ‘And if you come back again, we’ll do it another time. So you’ll have to find something else to do.’ ”— Bill Russell About every...

'And if you come back again, we'll do it another time. So you'll have to find something else to do.'" It's the early 1990s. Dikembe Mutombo is walking around Georgetown, where he once blocked 12 shots in a game, with Bill Russell. The retired Boston...

Is anyone else sick of all of this? So now MJ and Kobe get to decide who measures up, who is on their level? Well fellas, I can think of several guys who could and should be included in the discussion. Bill Russell, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Jerry...

All-Star forward Chris Bosh surveyed the banners at USF's Memorial Gym where the Heat had a shoot-around Tuesday and stopped at the one that represented Bill Russell. Russell played at USF from 1953-56 before leading the Boston Celtics to 11 NBA...

Scully, World Series hero Kirk Gibson and first-base fixture Eric Karros. Those are now added to the tributes already announced for Hall of Famers Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale, Tom Lasorda and Walt Alston, as well as the bobblequad for the record-setting...

Russell admits he never saw this coming. After consecutive seasons of overachieving rosters, the Blue Devils recruited an uptick in talent. That, unfortunately, hasn't translated into success on the court. Team chemistry has developed at a surprisingly...

Five games played. And already the kid is a cult hero. How long before they name the New Boston Garden after Greg Stiemsma? He’s the new Brian Scalabrine. He’s the new Greg Kite. He’s the new Kevin McHale. He’s the new (gulp) Bill Russell? Stiemsma has...

AM ET 01.05 | Greg Stiemsma sure has made an impression during his short time in Boston. Eleven days. Five games played. And already the kid is a cult hero. He's the new Brian Scalabrine. He's the new Greg Kite. He's the new Kevin McHale. He's the new...

Celtics legend Bill Russell won an astounding 11 championships during his extraordinary career and is rightly considered one of the greatest basketball players of all time. Often overlooked, however, is that Russell was a player-coach and twice won NBA...

The core principal of basketball is to score more points than your opponent. At the beginning of the game, while defense was played, it was more of a formality than anything. Nobody blocked shots. No teams used complex defensive schemes to undermine an...

That team lost its first four games after winning the championship the previous season.Minor detail that contributed to the Celtics’ downfall: Bill Russell retired.Nobody will ever confuse Russell and Tyson Chandler. And they certainly won’t ever...

His grandfather, Robert Jeangerard, won a gold medal in the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. He finished second on the U.S. team in scoring, sandwiched between Hall of Famers Bill Russell (14.1 points) and K.C. Jones (10.9). Jeangerard, who...

He will sit in that ballroom, wearing his suit, his one championship ring displayed on his finger. But he knows that Bill Russell will walk in with 11, that Larry Bird will walk in with three, that fingers will be covered with rings and jewels and titles.