“This is one of my proudest moments in basketball, because I determined early in my career, the only important statistic in basketball is the final score,” Russell said. “
Russell’s wife, Marilyn, recently died of cancer, and he was visibly moved as he accepted the honor.
“This is a bittersweet award,” Russell said. “I just lost my special person. But I wanted to thank my teammates because we played a team game quite well. I accept this for my team, and my team included our coach, Red Auerbach, and all my teammates over the years. This is quite flattering.”
How cool is this guy. He has an award named after him and he still thanks his teammates and his coach. I can't think of anyone who deserves an award named after him more than Russell. Not only does Russell have a trillion rings but he may be the best player that has ever played the game of basketball. I just wish this was last year, so Paul Pierce could have won the Bill Russell MVP award. But there is always this year.
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