Bill Russell, Legend on and off the Court, RIP – #6 to be Retired League-Wide

[DavorFanCroatia]

Two things i love the most...my family and Boston Celtics. And on Sunday...just few hours apart...first my mother died, then Bill Russell

So sorry to hear Davor we're all a family here and are thinking of you and yours!

Thanks guys.. it was brutal 2022 as in 6 months i lost both dad and mam...Celtics great playoff run was a rare bright spot...

[Fencer reregistered]

Two things i love the most...my family and Boston Celtics. And on Sunday...just few hours apart...first my mother died, then Bill Russell

So sorry to hear Davor we're all a family here and are thinking of you and yours!

Thanks guys.. it was brutal 2022 as in 6 months i lost both dad and mam...Celtics great playoff run was a rare bright spot...

Youch. Always a sad time when parents die.

Mine died 2 days apart, in separate facilities, neither knowing the other was that ill.

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This is huge.

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Well deserved. Let's hope that the Lakers, raptors, heat and 76ers have to hang a number 6 Celtics jersey in their arenas.

For 1 year they'll have to paint a shamrock on their floors.

Hopefully Kyrie won't grind his foot on them.

[Shak_Celts]

I may get a jersey. I don't like spending money on jerseys (I don't wear them), I have two from my entire life, but I think I want 1 more. will get it after lbj is done if he's keeping it the rest of his career.

[Parliament10]

I may get a jersey. I don't like spending money on jerseys (I don't wear them), I have two from my entire life, but I think I want 1 more. will get it after lbj is done if he's keeping it the rest of his career.

I got the Celtics Towel. Never used it. It's just hanging on my Living room wall.
I never thought to get a specific player's gear.

[Parliament10]

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[moonie_mcgee]

I get the merit and sentiment of course but Bill Russell's not Jackie Robinson. Russell's an alltime great player and humanitarian but he's more as Roberto Clemente than as Jackie Robinson. Tremendous honor and wish he had it bestowed on him personally.

[Parliament10]

I get the merit and sentiment of course but Bill Russell's not Jackie Robinson. Russell's an alltime great player and humanitarian but he's more as Roberto Clemente than as Jackie Robinson. Tremendous honor and wish he had it bestowed on him personally.

Whoa. Hold the phone!!!
Russell was the first of many things, including the first Black Head Coach in the NBA.

He surpasses Jackie Robinson. Robinson won the World Series, once.
Don't get me wrong. Robinson was a pioneer, in his own right, as was Frederick Douglass "Fritz" Pollard.

Russell, nobody has surpassed him, as of yet.

[moonie_mcgee]

I get the merit and sentiment of course but Bill Russell's not Jackie Robinson. Russell's an alltime great player and humanitarian but he's more as Roberto Clemente than as Jackie Robinson. Tremendous honor and wish he had it bestowed on him personally.

Whoa. Hold the phone!!!
Russell was the first of many things, including the first Black Head Coach in the NBA.

He surpasses Jackie Robinson. Robinson won the World Series, once.
Don't get me wrong. Robinson was a pioneer, in his own right, as was Frederick Douglass "Fritz" Pollard.

Russell, nobody has surpassed him, as of yet.

Ok he did break the nba coaching color barrier, along with his collegiate and olympic successes as an amateur, his other worldly NBA succeses, and his civil rights efforts, I'm on board. But your way off base (get it) regarding Jackie Robinson. Hard to name an American athlete who lived through more hate by fellow Americans than him. Ali and Aaron come to mind. Robinson was well into his 30s when the Dodgers won. It wasn't even a top 3 achievement of his.

[Slax]

Two things i love the most...my family and Boston Celtics. And on Sunday...just few hours apart...first my mother died, then Bill Russell

Sorry to hear about you mother.

[moonie_mcgee]

My son bought his first sports poster today.
Bill Russell dribbling for a portrait. Iconic pic.
You've a seen it before. Classic.

Found it

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