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Bill Russell's era was tougher than mj's and lebrons
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
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Consensus, Cemented
Re: Bill Russell's era was tougher than mj's and lebrons
Originally Posted by 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
Agree. Russell beat the toughest completion consistently. Who did MJ beat that was on Wilt
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Embiid > Jokic
Re: Bill Russell's era was tougher than mj's and lebrons
Nah, you can never convince me playing only two playoff series is tougher than playing 4
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Consensus, Cemented
Re: Bill Russell's era was tougher than mj's and lebrons
Originally Posted by SouBeachTalents
Nah, you can never convince me playing only two playoff series is tougher than playing 4
In an era where segregation was practiced? Disagree
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Re: Bill Russell's era was tougher than mj's and lebrons
[QUOTE=Vino24]Agree. Russell beat the toughest completion consistently. Who did MJ beat that was on Wilt
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Consensus, Cemented
Re: Bill Russell's era was tougher than mj's and lebrons
Originally Posted by Bronbron23
Well there was this one guy named Shaq that he swept. Is that good enough for you
Oh a rookie? Cool I guess
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It is what it is
Re: Bill Russell's era was tougher than mj's and lebrons
Originally Posted by 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
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
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Is it the shoes?
Re: Bill Russell's era was tougher than mj's and lebrons
Yeah OP, must have been difficult being a 7 foot athletic beast constantly facing 5.7 milkmen, plumbers and bakers.
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Re: Bill Russell's era was tougher than mj's and lebrons
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.
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NBA Legend
Re: Bill Russell's era was tougher than mj's and lebrons
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
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Landslide honors
Re: Bill Russell's era was tougher than mj's and lebrons
Originally Posted by brutalBBQ
Yeah OP, must have been difficult being a 7 foot athletic beast constantly facing 5.7 milkmen, plumbers and bakers.
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Knicks all da way
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NBA rookie of the year
Re: Bill Russell's era was tougher than mj's and lebrons
Originally Posted by Bronbron23
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.
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College superstar
Re: Bill Russell's era was tougher than mj's and lebrons
Bill Russell played against a bunch of unathletic white dudes. FOH with this BS
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Re: Bill Russell's era was tougher than mj's and lebrons
Originally Posted by keep-itreal
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.
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