Bill Russell jumps over a guy

[RaininThrees]

http://deadspin.com/5986780/heres-ol...ing-over-a-guy

Didn't see this elsewhere here. Pretty dang impressive.

[rknine15]

wow that old guy could move

[fpliii]

CavsFTW getting his video posted on deadspin. Congrats!

[pauk]

Now i am starting to at least consider his "I could get my eyes above the rim" claim

[DatAsh]

CavsFTW getting his video posted on deadspin. Congrats!

[CavaliersFTW]

Some people are so baffled by the play (perhaps not expecting Russell to be that athletic) that they claimed I faked it because the slow-motion is suspicious or some B.S. so I just uploaded this version as well, which shows the play in real-time speed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWelUNrJUMM

Note, Bill picks up his dribble 25 feet out, and doesn't land back on his feet until he is nearly out of bounds

[Take Your Lumps]

Holy shit.

People say that Dwight Howard should model his game after Bill Russell all the time...like that's some easy feat.

Dwight couldn't get up and down like that if Jesus himself was on the other side of the court.

[d.bball.guy]

Damn, didn't know he's that athletic!

[teddytwelvetoes]

People sleep on Bill. Guy had sprinter speed and crazy hops. Yet we still have people who started watching hoops during Linsanity talking about how Ryan Hollins could do the same back then

[KG215]

And now ESPN's asking his permission to use the video. That's awesome. At least this shedding more light on the fact that Russell, like Wilt, was an athletic freak of nature. And this is more based on things I've read, but guys like Elgin Baylor and Oscar Robertson were really good athletes, too. So was Jerry West.

[CavaliersFTW]

People sleep on Bill. Guy had sprinter speed and crazy hops. Yet we still have people who started watching hoops during Linsanity talking about how Ryan Hollins could do the same back then

literally, I've been going across the internet reading responses about the video and while most of them are positive/amazed - there are people out there still so stuck on the stigma of "60s player = no good" that they are trying to convince everyone that big men today do stuff like that all the time...

McGee, one of the most athletic centers in the league today:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIzDVFM50ok

It isn't easy for big men with huge wingspans to rebound and run their own fast breaks - let alone leaping across the key like that over a player that steps in front of them - all in the flow of a game

[ThaRegul8r]

Some people are so baffled by the play (perhaps not expecting Russell to be that athletic) that they claimed I faked it because the slow-motion is suspicious or some B.S. so I just uploaded this version as well, which shows the play in real-time speed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWelUNrJUMM

Note, Bill picks up his dribble 25 feet out, and doesn't land back on his feet until he is nearly out of bounds

You realize it's because it's hard evidence that flies in the face of their contention that past players were inferior athletes who simply couldn't compare to the athletic specimens of today. It's damaging to the agenda.

[Round Mound]

Bill Russel Wasn`t The Greatest of Offensive Players but Athletically at 6`10 He had an Insane Vertical Leap, Quickness, Sprinting Power, Agility etc He Was the Best Technical Rebounder Ever Prior to Rodman (go watch his rebounding videos to learn how to rebound) and The Best Defender Ever.

People are Sleeping On 50s,60s and 70s Greats.

[alwaysunny]

It's on yahoo too

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaab-...34--ncaab.html

[ThaRegul8r]

He Was the Best Technical Rebounder Ever Prior to Rodman (go watch his rebounding videos to learn how to rebound)

If one reads some of the things Russell said about rebounding during the '60s and then reads some of the things Rodman's said about rebounding, one sees that they're saying the exact same thing and using the same approach.