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#2 Bill Russell
Bill Russell (by name of William Felton Russell) is one of the sport's greatest icons & the NBA Finals MVP award is named after him.
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He played just 13 seasons in the NBA, got named an All-star in 12 of them AND won the regular season MVP award in 5 of those seasons (1958, 1961-63, 1965).
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He played defensive centre for the Boston Celtics from 1956-69 and proved to be a revolutionary star for the franchise right form his rookie year. The Celtics won an NBA Title in his debut season and he was catapulted into the spotlight as the first African American star of the league. More inclined towards shot-blocking and rebounding rather than making shots, Russell was the NBA rebounding Champion four times in his career (1958, 1959, 1964, 1965) and averaged 22..5 career rebounds per game. By the time he was done with the game, he had amassed 21,620 boards, which is the 2nd highest all-time.
In 13 seasons, Russell won 11 NBA championships (1957, 1959–66, and 1968–69) as he widely came to be known as 'Basketball's Ultimate Winner'.
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