The man with 11 rings is considered to be one of the best players if not the best player to play basketball. The whole point of the NBA is to get the championship for the year and Bill Russel has done it more than the amount of finger he can hold those rings. He clearly is the best winner but is he the G.O.A.T.
Let us take a look into the league back when he played, it consisted of 11 teams and was a very high tempo game. The myth back than was that it was just consisted of 5 foot white guys, the height for players wasn't that different from the league now. Hall of Fame Players had to have a lot of stamina to play back than because some of them played up to the whole game.
Now how did Bill Russel fit in with the league apparently he was one the best defensive player to play the game. It is hard to find the statistic because it wasn't recorded but I will take the word of older people. His offense was never that great so his credibility to be the G.O.A.T. is falling off. Let us take a look to the Celtics best year 1964-65 with 62-18 season with Russel. All he did was play defense he only put up 14 ppg that year and these games were rare to see below 100 so this is horrible for a hall of famer.
In conclusion he was never the best player but still did a lot in his role.
Let us take a look into the league back when he played, it consisted of 11 teams and was a very high tempo game. The myth back than was that it was just consisted of 5 foot white guys, the height for players wasn't that different from the league now. Hall of Fame Players had to have a lot of stamina to play back than because some of them played up to the whole game.
Now how did Bill Russel fit in with the league apparently he was one the best defensive player to play the game. It is hard to find the statistic because it wasn't recorded but I will take the word of older people. His offense was never that great so his credibility to be the G.O.A.T. is falling off. Let us take a look to the Celtics best year 1964-65 with 62-18 season with Russel. All he did was play defense he only put up 14 ppg that year and these games were rare to see below 100 so this is horrible for a hall of famer.
In conclusion he was never the best player but still did a lot in his role.