Bill Russell's era was tougher than mj's and lebrons

[Bronbron23]

There were a third of the amount of teams there are now so everyone was loaded. Imagine taking the talent in the NBA now and making 10 teams. Everyone would be stacked.

Funny thing is that some people will use the amount of teams in Russell's era in an attempt to discredit him but if anything it should enhance his legacy. What's the difference between now and then really? Yeah there may be alot more teams but how many actually have a legit shot at the title? 4? Maybe 5?

All this talk about a couple super teams. Pretty much every team was a super team in Russell's era

[Vino24]

There were a third of the amount of teams there are now so everyone was loaded. Imagine taking the talent in the NBA now and making 10 teams. Everyone would be stacked.

Funny thing is that some people will use the amount of teams in Russell's era in an attempt to discredit him but if anything it should enhance his legacy. What's the difference between now and then really? Yeah there may be alot more teams but how many actually have a legit shot at the title? 4? Maybe 5?

All this talk about a couple super teams. Pretty much every team was a super team in Russell's era

Agree. Russell beat the toughest completion consistently. Who did MJ beat that was on Wilt

[SouBeachTalents]

Nah, you can never convince me playing only two playoff series is tougher than playing 4

[Vino24]

Nah, you can never convince me playing only two playoff series is tougher than playing 4

In an era where segregation was practiced? Disagree

[Bronbron23]

[QUOTE=Vino24]Agree. Russell beat the toughest completion consistently. Who did MJ beat that was on Wilt

[Vino24]

Well there was this one guy named Shaq that he swept. Is that good enough for you

Oh a rookie? Cool I guess

[TheMan]

There were a third of the amount of teams there are now so everyone was loaded. Imagine taking the talent in the NBA now and making 10 teams. Everyone would be stacked.

Funny thing is that some people will use the amount of teams in Russell's era in an attempt to discredit him but if anything it should enhance his legacy. What's the difference between now and then really? Yeah there may be alot more teams but how many actually have a legit shot at the title? 4? Maybe 5?

All this talk about a couple super teams. Pretty much every team was a super team in Russell's era

Bullshit, you can't tell me that an era where Bob Cousy goofy one handed dribble was considered elite handles was the hardest era ever...foh

[brutalBBQ]

Yeah OP, must have been difficult being a 7 foot athletic beast constantly facing 5.7 milkmen, plumbers and bakers.

[iamgine]

It's like saying WNBA only has 12 teams therefore it's tougher than the NBA. Bill Russell's era indeed had 1/3 the team but only 1/20 the talent pool compared to today. Maybe much less.

Unless we're talking about 'tough' from a life perspective, in which case it's correct. They didn't have the cushy shoes, the nutrition, the tech, the planes, the money. It was indeed much much tougher in Bill's era from that context.

[tontoz]

There was no money in the game in Russell's era so the NBA didn't attract the athletes that today's game does. Duh

[LAmbruh]

Yeah OP, must have been difficult being a 7 foot athletic beast constantly facing 5.7 milkmen, plumbers and bakers.

[imdaman99]

the trolling on here is getting harder and harder to be entertained by

He was on the most stacked team of the time.

[Psileas]

Well there was this one guy named Shaq that he swept. Is that good enough for you

He's 1-1 vs Shaq, 1-0 vs Magic and 0-2 vs Bird, so, that makes it 2-3 vs players anywhere near Wilt. Russell was 7-1 vs Wilt and also 2-0 vs Oscar and 7-0 vs West (6-0 vs his teammate, Baylor), so, he's 16-1 vs his era's most elite competitors.

[keep-itreal]

Bill Russell played against a bunch of unathletic white dudes. FOH with this BS

[Bronbron23]

Bill Russell played against a bunch of unathletic white dudes. FOH with this BS

So what. Birds Celtics was one of the best teams ever and they were a bunch of white dudes and unathletic black dudes. Shit the warriors post me were looked at as the best team ever and they weren't any more athletic than the teams Russell played against.