http://tinyurl.com/v73d
New book, apparently Bill James type stuff.
1. Shaq
2. Wilt
3. MJ
4. Bill Russell
5. Kareem
6. Bird
7. Magic(no way. He owned Bird & played all five spots. Champ as rookie. No worse than 3rd)
8. Oscar
10.Bob Cousy
12. Jerry West
13. Elgin Baylor
15. Dr. J
Wonder who 9, 11, & 14 are. Moses Malone & Karl Malone prolly two of them(John Stockton is 27, BTW). Hondo, James Worthy, one of the ol' Knicks?
My fave clip from article: Russell was 10-0 in Game 7's. I'm not a Celtic fan, but that's it, along w/the 11 rings & doing it under the circumstances he did(most racist city in America, etc.). Christ, Auerbach says Bird was better & Russell didn't crack the top five of a greatest Boston athletes newspaper poll a few years ago.
Russell's clearly the best team sport athlete of all time.