All Things Basketball with GD - Week 18 Player Spotlight, Bill Russell (Part 2)
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Discussing all things related to basketball including the draft, free agency, stories from days of old as well as fantasy tips and strategies
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Show notes:
Intro (00:00 - 00:26)
Wilt's entrance into Bill Russell's NBA (00:27 - 03:05)
Celtics march onto another 7 straight titles (03:06 - 20:05)
Red Auerbach retires and Bill becomes the league's 1st black head coach/player (20:06 - 21:34)
Bill's debut in his new role; loses to Wilt's 76er team in the playoffs thus snapping an 8 straight title run (21:35 - 23:41)
The famous Cleveland summit in support of Muhammad Ali's boycott of the Vietnam War (23:42 - 24:42)
Boston bounces back; win another title which makes him the 1st black head coach to win a NBA title (24:43 - 27:11)
Bill's final season with the Celtics; wins his 11th title in 13 years with 2 as a player/coach (27:12 - 31:11)
Correction: it was actually Red Auerbach who drafted Jo Jo White and not Bill
Post-playing career which included color commentary for NBA games & 2 coaching stints elsewhere (31:12 - 35:44)
His accolades for his career (35:45 - 42:45)
Call to action (42:46 - 43:53)