BOSTON (AP) — Bill Russell, the NBA great who anchored a Boston Celtics dynasty that won 11 championships in 13 years — the last two as the first Black head coach in any major U.S. sport — and marched ...
Russell won five league MVPs to Bird’s three, but had just three first-team All-NBA selections to Bird’s nine. The NBA didn’t start naming All-Defensive teams until Russell’s final season in 1968-69, ...