Did Russell even lose as a player or coach? I don't think he ever did. The throwing up apparently worked better than anything else these other guys were doing. He did this going up chamberlain who many consider the best of all time and owns all those statistical records so he was obviously dominating everyone else. Russell had to deal with a lot of great players and teams. The lakers with west and baylor and the lakers with west and chamberlain.
They beat that team in 1969 with russell on his last legs.
First mvp award and it went to jerry west. his team lost only time thats ever happened, even though they had chamberlain and elgin baylor.
The masses and the media overrate these guys. I bet if you do a poll most people will say chamberlain, jordan, lebron etc.. Overrated. That is what overrated is because it's the mass consensus. What I'm saying isn't.
They all probably picked chamberlain and the lakers all those years too. Nope. Most people thought the world was flat too.
That's the issue with the media too. Is it makes people think this stuff when most of the media are image conscious people who don't look deeper than that. It takes a certain kind of person to think that way and not everyone is like that.
Russell was not a huge fan of the media if I'm not mistaken. Russell did think he was the best though and for good reason. Because he was. Not in an egotistical way either. He actually was. He was so far ahead of everyone else mentally he turned the game around into a defensive team game.
Russell has got to be the most winning player in any major sport. And he's not the best in his own sport? I could understand under different circumstances but the guy never lost with him I don't think and the celtics didn't win before he got here either. He was also going up against guys like Chamberlain and West and Baylor. Shotblocks weren't even a stat then and he dominated that.
http://definitivedose.com/sports/general/the-25-winningest-athletes-of-all-timeThat is good company he is in. Michael Phelps. jack Nicklaus. Tiger Woods. Dimaggio, Kareem is up there. Yeah rocky marciano may not have been the best in his sport but still impressive. Rocky Marciano is underrated. Beat joe lewis.