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06-14-2006, 06:14 AM
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| Re: Bill Russell Top East Bay athlete Bill Russell couldn't play basketball, at least not the conventional way. He had to share a jersey his first year on the junior varsity team at McClymonds High School, then was cut from the JV squad in his second season. Only coach George Powles saw potential, placing him on the varsity team that year. No college recruited him. The University of San Francisco offered him a scholarship only after he tried out. It was there, at USF, that Russell showed a talent that few recognized yet as the future of the game. Cal's Bob McKeen stood on the opposite side of that show-and-tell in Russell's first collegiate game. "His first seven shots, I blocked," Russell recalled in January while attending a ceremony to honor Powles. "They called timeout. I walked back to my bench with my chest puffed out. "My coach (Phil Woolpert) said, 'You can't play defense that way. A defensive player never leaves his feet,'" Russell smiled. "Basically, we fought for three years. And when I played the way he wanted, we got our butts kicked." Russell played his own way. And his teams won. In 13 seasons, Russell led the Boston Celtics to 12 NBA Finals and 11 championship titles, including eight in a row. No other major professional sports team has earned that many consecutive titles, nor has any player collected as many rings. Great Story on Bill...to think he wasn't good enough for high school ball and had to try out in college...Imagine if he had quit. |
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