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#7 Bill Russell, No. 6 retired by the Celtics
In a very analytical era of basketball, a look at Bill Russell's stats could make one think he wasn’t that much of a superstar. Even though he did average over 22 rebounds-per-game for his career, he never averaged more than 20 points-per-game in a season. However, numbers don’t tell Russell's full story.
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During his 13-year career in the league, Russell led the biggest powerhouse in that era of the NBA, the Boston Celtics. They won 11 championships during Russell's time as the team's starting big man. Even though he wasn’t the focal point of the team offensively, his man-to-man defence and rim protecting placed him among the greatest in the league.
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Russell's 11 NBA Finals rings make him one of the biggest winners in American sports; his success earned him an induction to the Hall of Fame and in 2005, the league honoured him by naming the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award after him.
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