Defensive Game
Greatest defensive player in NBA history. 11 championships built on his rim protection, shot-blocking, and defensive IQ
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Bill Russell ist eine Basketball-Legende und eine der ikonischsten Figuren in der Geschichte der Boston Celtics. Ausgebildet an der San Francisco. 11× NBA-Champion. Sein Vermächtnis inspiriert weiterhin Generationen von Fans und Spielern auf der ganzen Welt.
Defensive Game
Greatest defensive player in NBA history. 11 championships built on his rim protection, shot-blocking, and defensive IQ
Intangibles
The ultimate winner with 11 championships in 13 seasons. Player-coach who understood basketball at a genius level
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Paul Pierce spent fifteen seasons as the face of the Celtics, delivered a 2008 Finals MVP, and scored more points than any Celtic not named Bill Russell. His #34 honors The Truth.
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1956-1969
Featured Achievements
#2 All-Time Rebounds Leader
21,620 rebounds#2 Aller Zeiten
Second on the all-time rebounds list with 21,620 — behind only Wilt Chamberlain.
11x NBA Champion
11 ringsWon 11 championships with the Boston Celtics — the most in NBA history. Won 8 consecutive titles (1959-1966).
5x NBA MVP
5xWon 5 MVP awards (1958, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965).
First Black NBA Head Coach
Historic FirstBecame the first Black head coach in NBA history when he served as player-coach of the Celtics (1966-1969), winning 2 championships as coach.
12x NBA All-Star
12xKarriereverdienste
~$1.5M (pre-modern era)
Geschätztes NBA-Gesamtgehalt
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Lifetime ambassador and team legend
Post-retirement
NBA
Finals MVP Award renamed in his honor (2009)
2009-present
Partner/in
Jeannine Russell (third wife)
Kinder (3)
Eltern & Geschwister
Abseits des Feldes
Civil rights activism alongside Martin Luther King Jr.
Mentored generations of NBA players
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Won 11 NBA championships in 13 seasons — the most by any player in NBA history
Also served as player-coach for the Celtics, becoming the first Black head coach in NBA history
Won an Olympic gold medal in 1956 in Melbourne before his NBA career began
The NBA Finals MVP trophy was renamed the Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award in 2009
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11x NBA Champion
5x NBA MVP
12x All-Star
First Black NBA head coach
Presidential Medal of Freedom 2011
Basketball Hall of Fame 1975
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Sam Jones won 10 championships alongside Bill Russell and perfected the bank shot into an unstoppable weapon. His #24 honors the quietest great winner in Celtics history.
Eleven championships in thirteen seasons, the first Black head coach to win a title, and the man the Finals MVP award is named after. Why #6 hangs in Boston — and why the NBA retired it for everyone.
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