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Originally Posted by Exhibitman
Interesting how Boston had two guys widely acknowledged to be the greatest ever at their positions and arguably the greatest ever in their sports, during nearly their entire careers: Brady and Bobby Orr. I would put Bill Russell up there but Wilt Chamberlain was simply a better overall player, just with crappier overall teams. I don't count Babe Ruth because, let's face it, he was a Yankee icon.
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Anyone who thinks all Wilt could do was score (as if that was a bad thing in a game where the team with the most points wins) should find film of the 1972 Knicks Lakers finals. I have nothing but good things to say about Russell, but it always seemed to me there was something perverse about people who ranked him over Chamberlain and found it to Russell's credit that he did not score a lot.
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