@@vindooo and it's not a comparison Bill Russell is is a legendary caliber of leader Draymond Green is a cheap shot artist Bill Russell is a world class athlete that could jump out the gym Draymond Green can bearly get to the rim. Draymond Green simply isn't in Bill Russell's class of human being or basketball player.
@@TheRealMRGG85your argument shows youre just an arrogant draymond hater you didnt even bother to read what he said and no its a fact the warriors are the 2nd best defensive team since draymond came back and were 21 when he was gone
@@headforcosbydraymond and bill isn't really the best comparison, I do see your point. Bill Russell was the best player on his team tho, and arguably his best abilities were his shot blocking, rebounding, and his athleticism, which is far from draymonds below the rim style. Obviously their personalities are like polar opposites too. Also as far as how good they actually are, that part is not even close.
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Wilt is the first Wemby, even now Wilt would be in that category. If Wilt was in the 2024 draft, he would be the first overall pick and we were be talking about Wilt, Wemby, and Chet
Bill and Russell were so great because they were athletes far ahead of their time. If you watch Bill's game tape he was a monster on the defensive end and he's the best defensive player by a country mile and its not even close. There are literally a scant few teams who have won the championship with a bottom ranked offense. Bill Russell did it 5 times. That speaks LEVELS on how dominant his defense was. And wilt is literally a 7'1"(Barefoot btw) track star freakishly strong and he played 48 minutes a game playing with chuck taylors. Those two are generational talents and specimens for a reason. They'd be great in any era
Wilt Chamberlain would be the most athletic big in the league today and it wouldn’t be close. Bill Russell would dominate defensively and be one of the best offensive centers in the league today. For some reason people think that if you don’t then you can’t or you didn’t because you can’t, but a lot of times people don’t because they don’t have to. Bill Russell could score but playing on a team with 3 or 4 other hall of famers who could score, the team needed rebounds and defense. It’s not that guys today can’t do it, they just don’t think that way.
Russel couldn't guard 1-5 and Rodman could? Rodman was not even half the athlete Russel was, people talk about Wilt all the time when it comes to athleticism, but Russel was a level above in high jump,he cleared 6'8" in the high jump and was ranked 7th in the world, add to that he was naturally much faster and bigger than Rodman. Put Bill today with modern training methodology, doping and recovery methods, he'd be one of the best defenders in the league.@@TheIcemanthomas
@@gitnjurbro the 1-5 Russell was guarding back then is now where Near the 1-5 players today way more skilled and athletic in todays players cmon be fr it’s okay to respect the players who paved the way but y’all be real delusional with this notion that they can hang with the superstars if today
@@EliBest-fk1xf simple really, if russel played today he'd be one of the most athletic people in the league and his build/ skill set would greatly benefit from improved training methods and modern medicine. All time greats would be great in any era.
Rudy gobert won dpoy in todays nba being leagues less athletic and less impactful. Bill russel would still be a dpoy candidate every year in his prime today
Bill would be the best Defender in any era. Today hed make any team a contender or favorite to win. With everyone else being so offensively skilled. Him dominating half the game by himself all youd need is a good offensive system. Wilt was extremely fluid aswell. They could learn todays game in a season or so shooting spacing ball handling etc...
@@kinghov3695he would he was like 6ft 10, and the concept that bill russell would just learn how to shoot from 3 and be an impact player offensively is just hilarious
Dude Bill was terrible at scoring, as a big his fg% was super low, its 44% and shaqs is 58% he would not be scoring anything lol maybe 10 at max. @@K-Dot94
It's not fair to drop a player back then in today's game because they aren't used to today's game. Now if they were born in today's game, I think it would be a different story.
I think you could say it the same the other way, offocating has changed a lot since the 60s-70s and modern player would have to change their approach to dribbling and attacking the basket, plus he lack of a 3 point line would make shooting from deep almost pointless
@@kris9145 I agree to a certain extent. AD, giannis, wemby, bron, KD, Luka, jokic, embiid (injuries is a huge concern for him though). These players of the top of my head would absolutely dominate in the 60's.
@@donaldf9055 yea I look at it like players evolve and change their game thru their careers, its not like players stay as they were as rookies for their entire career right, and players change and adapt their games to rules changes as they happen in real time, so I believe most of the elite players from the past eras could adapt and thrive in todays game and vice versa
my push back on how he’d just dominate todays game is this: - he’s now having to play in space & no matter how athletic you are, defending at a high level in space consistently is TOUGH. someone like luka or any elite scorer in the game is going to put that man in a pick in roll and get him switched onto them and that’s gonna be a nightmare. - i also question how good of a weak side and help defender he’d be because he’s never had to really do that because all he had to do was sit in the paint. though i think he’ll be good because he’s an athletic freak, i just don’t know what these sudden movements will do to him as a defender. - he’d be versus guys maybe not to his same athleticism but they are his size now, so i question how effective his post game will be in a more advanced game because i don’t think he’s just gonna get the same stuff he was getting off back then now. someone like gobert, wemby, or just any great help side defender is gonna come weak side and bat that off the back board. while i do question how good he’d be, he would definitely be a 20 & 15 guy just due to his athleticism and running up the court and pick in dives, but i doubt he’s just gonna dominate todays game especially with the referees now in days as well.
The reason you have to stand behind the free throw is because of wilt chamberlain he dunked a free throw yep he could dunk from the free throw line without running, that rule is because of him and a lot of others.
Bill Russell would need to gain 20-30 lbs if he played today. Wilt was the greatest physical specimen in the history of sports so I think he’d be able to play
@@MichaelDavis-eg1ppthat’s his orginal listed weight not the weight for his entire career. He weighed more as he aged. They didn’t update as frequently back then.
Bill Russell is just like dennis rodman and ben wallace on the court but no one would considered them two one of the goat, while Wilt could play in any era based on his athleticism and scoring ability (had midrange, post up, and little hook shot that russell didnt have) Bill is lucky that he got drafted to celtics or he would got 0 rings
Wasn’t no competition when you bigger,stronger,faster than 98% of the league it’s easy 😂😂😂 can’t say they would be any different than any big today plus those guys didn’t have jumpers or shot 3 pointers either 🤷🏿♂️ just my opinion
Bill was 40% from the field as a 7ft player, with 4 HOF teammates. He’d get clapped by Zion Williamson and Kyle Kuzma. Easy to play against bad players
Most were bad players. His teammate Bob Cousey. 37 percent career shooter, one hand dribble, and is In the Hall of fame. He would have problems making any 2 division college basketball team.
Wilt RAN FASTER THEN A PRIME LEBRON JAMES WHILE HE WAS IN HIGHSCHOOL got a 42 inch vwrt (i heard its higher but whatwver)n bro stronger then shaq now how do u stop that ???????ill wait
@@chiligribble8431 the rules made it easier to guard heavier players back then because they weren’t able to throw their weight around on offense. Jokic would fry Russell with the modern rules
@@chiligribble8431 no he wouldn’t his skill set would be outdated & the fact most players are way bigger and faster he would be a traffic cone like I said
@@CrashFlossy faster? You don’t know what you’re talking about. He’s taller and faster than that bum draymond green and he can can play defense in this league.
That dude was overrated. Shooting less than 44 percent for his career against guys 6ft 6 and that all you can do. 15 points. Stop it right there. You under the basket and not even 50 percent. Just stop just stop
@@kingcheddar5966 care to explain, because what I know is that wilts only championship in his prime happened when he averaged 25 ppg. When he averaged 50 is team was mid asf. Then after he won the ring averaging 25 the idiot was so selfish that he completely switched teams in order to go back to averaging insanely high points, but his team became mid again. He was a selfish player that only cared about his stats while bill russell only cared abt winning but I guess to a casual winning doesn’t matter. Also half the guys on bill russell’s super team are only hall of famers because of him and weren’t actually deserving of the hall of fame spot. I agree bill had better teammates but that doesn’t make up the difference in rings. If u forgot the totals since u don’t know much abt basketball bill has 11 and wilt has 2. Just cause ur amazed and 50 points in 48 minutes doesn’t mean ur dumbass opinion is right.
Bill Russell is the most absolute peak version of Draymond Green. With his approach, leadership, and defense he'd fit seamlessly in any era.
Na bill didn't have to play dirty don't disrespect the legend
@@TheRealMRGG85The comparison is to Draymonds role on the team. Russell is a peak defensive player and floor general
@@vindooo and it's not a comparison Bill Russell is is a legendary caliber of leader Draymond Green is a cheap shot artist Bill Russell is a world class athlete that could jump out the gym Draymond Green can bearly get to the rim. Draymond Green simply isn't in Bill Russell's class of human being or basketball player.
@@TheRealMRGG85your argument shows youre just an arrogant draymond hater you didnt even bother to read what he said and no its a fact the warriors are the 2nd best defensive team since draymond came back and were 21 when he was gone
@@headforcosbydraymond and bill isn't really the best comparison, I do see your point. Bill Russell was the best player on his team tho, and arguably his best abilities were his shot blocking, rebounding, and his athleticism, which is far from draymonds below the rim style. Obviously their personalities are like polar opposites too. Also as far as how good they actually are, that part is not even close.
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Buddy….did bill Russel ever play against the crossover or any dribble moves for that matter?
@@WifismyThe crossover (which is actually an illegal carry) means nothing. Russell is STILL swatttin' Iverson and Kyrie's weak-ass floaters.
@@JAWrightonline how is it an illegal carry? Have you read the rule book it’s not
@Wifismy I said it means nothing. Illegal or legal, Russell is swattin' Iverson or Kyrie back to reality.
50” Vertical, could bench 500lbs, ran a 4.6 40 yard dash, 7ft tall. He would easily be the most impressive athlete today and not close
@@JamesMarkesehe means wilt
50 inch vert def fake
@@danielmarcano5055the vertical is based off his high jump personal best I think, got invited to the Olympics pretty sure
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@@Daboingfingushigh jump is not equal to vertical.
Wilt is the first Wemby, even now Wilt would be in that category. If Wilt was in the 2024 draft, he would be the first overall pick and we were be talking about Wilt, Wemby, and Chet
Because his defense and rebounding was otherworldly
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Bill and Russell were so great because they were athletes far ahead of their time. If you watch Bill's game tape he was a monster on the defensive end and he's the best defensive player by a country mile and its not even close. There are literally a scant few teams who have won the championship with a bottom ranked offense. Bill Russell did it 5 times. That speaks LEVELS on how dominant his defense was. And wilt is literally a 7'1"(Barefoot btw) track star freakishly strong and he played 48 minutes a game playing with chuck taylors. Those two are generational talents and specimens for a reason. They'd be great in any era
Wilt Chamberlain would be the most athletic big in the league today and it wouldn’t be close. Bill Russell would dominate defensively and be one of the best offensive centers in the league today. For some reason people think that if you don’t then you can’t or you didn’t because you can’t, but a lot of times people don’t because they don’t have to. Bill Russell could score but playing on a team with 3 or 4 other hall of famers who could score, the team needed rebounds and defense. It’s not that guys today can’t do it, they just don’t think that way.
Bill Russell is a Dennis Rodman type of player. Both would be super effective today considering they could guard 1-5
Russel couldn’t guard 1-5. He could switch on to guards tho. And he’s a bit more versatile than Rodman. Offensively he was a good passer.
@@TheIcemanthomas I hope technology can get to a point where we can simulate these scenarios.
Russel couldn't guard 1-5 and Rodman could?
Rodman was not even half the athlete Russel was, people talk about Wilt all the time when it comes to athleticism, but Russel was a level above in high jump,he cleared 6'8" in the high jump and was ranked 7th in the world, add to that he was naturally much faster and bigger than Rodman.
Put Bill today with modern training methodology, doping and recovery methods, he'd be one of the best defenders in the league.@@TheIcemanthomas
@@gitnjurbro the 1-5 Russell was guarding back then is now where Near the 1-5 players today way more skilled and athletic in todays players cmon be fr it’s okay to respect the players who paved the way but y’all be real delusional with this notion that they can hang with the superstars if today
@@EliBest-fk1xf simple really, if russel played today he'd be one of the most athletic people in the league and his build/ skill set would greatly benefit from improved training methods and modern medicine.
All time greats would be great in any era.
If they were playing in this era it would be over for everyone.
Rudy gobert won dpoy in todays nba being leagues less athletic and less impactful. Bill russel would still be a dpoy candidate every year in his prime today
Not with his 60 skill set he would literally be a traffic cone & lost on defensive end most of the time 😂
Mane gon be slaw as hell😂
Bill would be the best Defender in any era. Today hed make any team a contender or favorite to win. With everyone else being so offensively skilled. Him dominating half the game by himself all youd need is a good offensive system. Wilt was extremely fluid aswell. They could learn todays game in a season or so shooting spacing ball handling etc...
Nah, he would be a bench warmer lol
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@@kinghov3695he would he was like 6ft 10, and the concept that bill russell would just learn how to shoot from 3 and be an impact player offensively is just hilarious
He would be a 6'10 goobert
Dude Bill was terrible at scoring, as a big his fg% was super low, its 44% and shaqs is 58% he would not be scoring anything lol maybe 10 at max. @@K-Dot94
It's not fair to drop a player back then in today's game because they aren't used to today's game. Now if they were born in today's game, I think it would be a different story.
I think you could say it the same the other way, offocating has changed a lot since the 60s-70s and modern player would have to change their approach to dribbling and attacking the basket, plus he lack of a 3 point line would make shooting from deep almost pointless
@@kris9145 I agree to a certain extent. AD, giannis, wemby, bron, KD, Luka, jokic, embiid (injuries is a huge concern for him though). These players of the top of my head would absolutely dominate in the 60's.
@@kris9145 but they'll need to adapt since the shoe quality will decrease, racism, diff rules, basically a whole new game
@@donaldf9055 yea I look at it like players evolve and change their game thru their careers, its not like players stay as they were as rookies for their entire career right, and players change and adapt their games to rules changes as they happen in real time, so I believe most of the elite players from the past eras could adapt and thrive in todays game and vice versa
Even the dribbling has changed. A lot of those handles would not be there especially with more strict officiating.
Stronger faster more athletic wemby
Russell never stop will do your research. Russell just had better teams
my push back on how he’d just dominate todays game is this:
- he’s now having to play in space & no matter how athletic you are, defending at a high level in space consistently is TOUGH. someone like luka or any elite scorer in the game is going to put that man in a pick in roll and get him switched onto them and that’s gonna be a nightmare.
- i also question how good of a weak side and help defender he’d be because he’s never had to really do that because all he had to do was sit in the paint. though i think he’ll be good because he’s an athletic freak, i just don’t know what these sudden movements will do to him as a defender.
- he’d be versus guys maybe not to his same athleticism but they are his size now, so i question how effective his post game will be in a more advanced game because i don’t think he’s just gonna get the same stuff he was getting off back then now. someone like gobert, wemby, or just any great help side defender is gonna come weak side and bat that off the back board.
while i do question how good he’d be, he would definitely be a 20 & 15 guy just due to his athleticism and running up the court and pick in dives, but i doubt he’s just gonna dominate todays game especially with the referees now in days as well.
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If u drop wilt, bill russell and jordan in 1 jail cell, jordan will be the girl
Nope! MJ would shank him. 🙏🏾
That part
Mix between clint capela and Draymond
If you give him modern shoes. He'll love it and one's that can increase his height and make him lighter.
"I haven't watched him play"...
He was charging him off of his athletic talent alone. He was an anomaly.
The reason you have to stand behind the free throw is because of wilt chamberlain he dunked a free throw yep he could dunk from the free throw line without running, that rule is because of him and a lot of others.
If he wore Lebron's or Giannis he'd be getting Buckets
Bill Russell would need to gain 20-30 lbs if he played today. Wilt was the greatest physical specimen in the history of sports so I think he’d be able to play
Maybe the 90s era everyone is small in todays basketball for the most part
The avg C weighs 250. Bam seems undersized and weighs 255 jokic and embiid are like 280. Russell was only 220
@@MichaelDavis-eg1ppDennis Rodman locked Shaq up and he was only 6’5 210. Watch more basketball
Why? Most bigs today aren’t that massive
@@MichaelDavis-eg1ppthat’s his orginal listed weight not the weight for his entire career. He weighed more as he aged. They didn’t update as frequently back then.
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Bill Russell is just like dennis rodman and ben wallace on the court but no one would considered them two one of the goat, while Wilt could play in any era based on his athleticism and scoring ability (had midrange, post up, and little hook shot that russell didnt have) Bill is lucky that he got drafted to celtics or he would got 0 rings
Ain't no way. If that was the case Wilt should have more than 2.
Facts
My nigga you ain’t see him play
Yet I can easily go and watch film on both of them and literally look up wilts track records STFU
Wasn’t no competition when you bigger,stronger,faster than 98% of the league it’s easy 😂😂😂 can’t say they would be any different than any big today plus those guys didn’t have jumpers or shot 3 pointers either 🤷🏿♂️ just my opinion
Bill was 40% from the field as a 7ft player, with 4 HOF teammates. He’d get clapped by Zion Williamson and Kyle Kuzma. Easy to play against bad players
Except they weren't bad players
Most were bad players. His teammate Bob Cousey. 37 percent career shooter, one hand dribble, and is In the Hall of fame. He would have problems making any 2 division college basketball team.
What does that have to do with his defense? I literally spoke only on bills defense
Wilt RAN FASTER THEN A PRIME LEBRON JAMES WHILE HE WAS IN HIGHSCHOOL got a 42 inch vwrt (i heard its higher but whatwver)n bro stronger then shaq now how do u stop that ???????ill wait
Yes bill impact is legendary
Lmaoo so are we dropping bill Russell with his 60-70s skill set into todays era he wouldn’t last let’s stop being delusional
He didn’t play in the 70s.
Defense is defense, it’s about effort. He would adapt quickly to the pace of the game and the nuances of modern defense.
@@chiligribble8431 the rules made it easier to guard heavier players back then because they weren’t able to throw their weight around on offense. Jokic would fry Russell with the modern rules
@@chiligribble8431 no he wouldn’t his skill set would be outdated & the fact most players are way bigger and faster he would be a traffic cone like I said
@@MichaelDavis-eg1pp tell them again please
@@CrashFlossy faster? You don’t know what you’re talking about. He’s taller and faster than that bum draymond green and he can can play defense in this league.
No he won’t
Stop lying guys
That dude was overrated. Shooting less than 44 percent for his career against guys 6ft 6 and that all you can do. 15 points. Stop it right there. You under the basket and not even 50 percent. Just stop just stop
The average height for centers when he played was 6'10.5. Today its 6'10.9. Thats not much a difference
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You gotta be able to score in today's game bill would be like a Mitchell Robinson in today's game
Mitchell Robinson that can run, jump, guard every position, and has that winning mentality, is a great player.
@@average76ersfan21 I agree, Mitchell a solid and legit player but not an all time great more like a journey man
@@beeredd7678 Yes but what im saying is in terms of basketball the only thing mitchell and bill have in common is that they are centers
Wilt was always better, bill just had a superteam. Put wilt in boston and they win more than they did
wrong
bro couldn’t get a ring until he averaged 20 and played with a ton of hall of famers too
Truth, if you put bill on that team Wilt had, he ain't winning and Wilt might have had more than 11 lol @@johnny8052
@@johnny8052u a casual learn basketball
@@kingcheddar5966 care to explain, because what I know is that wilts only championship in his prime happened when he averaged 25 ppg. When he averaged 50 is team was mid asf. Then after he won the ring averaging 25 the idiot was so selfish that he completely switched teams in order to go back to averaging insanely high points, but his team became mid again. He was a selfish player that only cared about his stats while bill russell only cared abt winning but I guess to a casual winning doesn’t matter. Also half the guys on bill russell’s super team are only hall of famers because of him and weren’t actually deserving of the hall of fame spot. I agree bill had better teammates but that doesn’t make up the difference in rings. If u forgot the totals since u don’t know much abt basketball bill has 11 and wilt has 2. Just cause ur amazed and 50 points in 48 minutes doesn’t mean ur dumbass opinion is right.
Wilt in todays dame would be Clint Capela 🤷🏾♂️