Russell will finally get his well deserved Statue

lax_gunman · May 4, 2011

Celtics to fittingly honor Bill Russell with statue

Kurt Helin
May 4, 2011, 4:11 PM EDT

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Getty Images It only seems fitting.
Long discussed plans for a Bill Russell statue in Boston are going to become a reality, tweets Jessica Camerato of CSN New England. It will be designed by a local artist

Russell on statue: “I am uncomfortable w honors such as this but my yrs as Capt. of the BOS Celtics were the proudest moments of my career.”

Tied to this, the Bill Russell Foundation will develop a mentoring grant program designed to help Boston youth. Which sounds like a very wise, very Bill Russell thing to do.
This is a deserved honor — Russell is arguably the greatest Celtic of them all. The defensive anchor of a team that collected rings like no other team in any other era of the NBA (Russell has 11). He’s a 12-time All-Star and 5-time MVP. He’s a living legend.
Given the Medal of Freedom and a statue in Boston… not a bad year for Russell. Not bad at all.

VIEJODINOSAUR · May 4, 2011

Always rooted against him as a kid when playing against Chamerlain....

Bill Russell was one of the all time greats...what an honor to bestow upon him and richly deserved.....whenever the Celtics are mentioned, I always think of him and Red Auerbach....

JakeT. · May 4, 2011

I was hoping for JaMarcus personally.

lax_gunman · May 5, 2011

VIEJO DINOSAUR said:
Always rooted against him as a kid when playing against Chamerlain....

Bill Russell was one of the all time greats...what an honor to bestow upon him and richly deserved.....whenever the Celtics are mentioned, I always think of him and Red Auerbach....

Well deserved for sure, hopefully this puts the racial tension between he and the city to rest, for good.

festeringZit · May 5, 2011

This is a good read:

barman · May 5, 2011

Thought this thread might be about Bill Cosby's younger brother

wilheim · May 5, 2011

About time..Best Bill Russell book is Second Wind: The Memoirs of an Opinionated Man

Available at Amazon in paperback. Slightly dated by now but a real insight into a racially divided late 50s and 1960s Boston that Russell defied openly.

Used copies are cheap.

wil.

festeringZit · May 5, 2011

wilheim said:
About time..Best Bill Russell book is Second Wind: The Memoirs of an Opinionated Man

Available at Amazon in paperback. Slightly dated by now but a real insight into a racially divided late 50s and 1960s Boston that Russell defied openly.

Used copies are cheap.

wil.