Bill Russell dies at 88: The NBA legend and activist, is the greatest athlete in Oakland, Bay Area history.
Russell moved to Oakland when he was eight years old. It was here where he first started playing basketball — taking his prodigious athletic ability and translating it to the game that was in its infancy as a mainstream sport.Russell’s basketball career started at Oakland’s McClymonds High
In fact, Russell planned on working in the Oakland shipyards after high school, hoping to save up enough money to go to college. Instead, a late and surprising scholarship offer to play basketball at the University of San Francisco paved a direct path.Russell and a fellow son of the Bay, K.C. Jones, led USF to back-to-back NCAA national championships
It all worked around Russell — the 1955 and 1956 UPI College Player of the Year — who was the first player in NCAA history to average 20 points and 20 rebounds per game. “We changed the game,” Russell told Sports Illustrated of his time at USF. “I think you can even say we developed a whole new philosophy of basketball. We attacked the offense and made it react to the defense.”His impact on the Celtics and the professional game was immediate. Behind Russell’s defensive mastery, the Celtics won the NBA title his rookie season. They’d win 10 more titles before Russell’s retirement after the 1969 season.
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