Thats the lesson. Over the years, Russells approach became the teams overall philosophy as athletic players who saw defense as a means to key the fast break were introduced into the roster. Pour en savoir plus sur la faon dont nous utilisons vos donnes personnelles, veuillez consulter notre politique relative la vie prive et notre politique en matire de cookies. Follow Boston.com on Instagram (Opens in a New Tab), Follow Boston.com on Twitter (Opens in a New Tab), Like Boston.com on Facebook (Opens in a New Tab), Here's when Joe Mazzulla got 'worried' during the Celtics' biggest collapse of the season, 6 takeaways as Celtics blow 28-point lead in loss to Nets, Mikal Bridges helps Nets rally to stun Celtics, 115-105. If a guy pays you five dollars, you give him seven dollars worth of work. Bill Russell: NBA leads tributes after Boston Celtics great dies at the Russell Rules: 11 Lessons on Leadership from the Twentieth Century's Greatest Winner, p.70, Penguin, Bill Russell, Taylor Branch (1980). As Russell once told it: I think he is a great player and I have the ultimate regard for him. Bill Russell, the legendary NBA star who died Sunday at age 88, loved to play golf and to meet other celebrity golfers - including games with Michael Jordan. And at Sundays Legends Brunch one of the best events of All-Star weekend, not to mention one of the toughest tickets to secure Russell was honored with remarks from Boston All-Star Jaylen Brown, former on-court rivals Julius Erving and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Hall of Famer Grant Hill. He marched in Mississippi after the slaying of civil rights leader Medgar Evers. His current wife is Jeannine Russell. He supported Muhammad Ali when the fighter refused to go to Vietnam. If his name was Elmer Fudd, it wouldve went a lot easier for him.. He was born in rural Louisiana. AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/NBA and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports. You can win without joy, but winning thats joyless is like eating in a four-star restaurant when youre not hungry. Sam Schulman, who owned the fledgling Seattle SuperSonics, wanted to energize the franchise and turned to Russell for the 1973-74 season. All-time great. It was a breakthrough that would change not only his life but, in the long term, basketball itself. When I got older, I had some time, so I thought, maybe Ill play golf, he added. SALT LAKE CITY (AP) This was the first All-Star weekend since the death of 11-time champion, Hall of Fame player and Hall of Fame coach Bill Russell. In one instance during his lone season in charge of the Sacramento Kings, he actually dozed off during a practice and angrily blamed his players for being too boring to keep him awake.
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