<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Celtics-US-Capitol-Donald-Trump-.jpg"></figure><h1>Bill Russell calls out ‘coward’ Donald Trump as his supporters storm U.S. Capitol</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-01-06T13:33:59-08:00">January 6th, 1:33pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-01-06T13:35:16-08:00">January 6th, 1:35pm</time><address><a>Marty Fenn</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Boston Celtics legend Bill Russell has had enough of sitting United States President Donald Trump.</p><p>The entire world is watching a scary and and scene play out in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday. Supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol during the Senate’s debate on the certification of President-elect Joe Biden.</p><p>After engaging with Capitol Police outside the building, the rioters broke into the building and made their way inside the Senate chamber and offices of elected officials.</p><p>The ugly scenes are drawing reactions from persons both foreign and domestic, including those in the sporting world.</p><p>Boston Celtics legend and civil rights activist Bill Russell chastised Trump for not taking action, citing the double standard with respect to how the President has deployed forces against Black and Brown people:</p><blockquote>“How long would it take to deploy the National Guard if they were black &amp; how many would be dead?” Celtics legend Bill Russell <a href="https://twitter.com/RealBillRussell/status/1346917448931373059">tweeted</a> Wednesday. “This is NOT#America! A sitting #President did this @realDonaldTrump #Coward &amp; yes that is a #Confederate flag outside the Senate chamber. How did they not know this would happen?”</blockquote><p>Numerous commentators, reporters and athletes cited the same double standard as Russell.</p><p>Former NBA All-Star Dwyane Wade issued a similar statement, and Cleveland Cavaliers forward <a href="https://twitter.com/kevinlove/status/1346907840410251267">cited</a> the events as a “blatant example of inequity in how law enforcement chooses to deal with those involved.”</p><p>Indeed, another video of police taking selfies with some people making their way into the building has created more outrage.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Cops are taking selfies with the terrorists. <a href="https://t.co/EjkQ83h1p2" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/EjkQ83h1p2</a></p><p>— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) <a href="https://twitter.com/bubbaprog/status/1346920198461419520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 6, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>For his part, President Donald Trump sent out tweets <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/tyrese-haliburton-just-won-rookie-of-the-year-with-tomi-lahren-roast-during-us-capitol-coup-attempt/" rel="noopener">decrying the violence</a>, though he initially refused to send the National Guard.</p><p>One thing is abundantly clear: Wednesday, Jan. 6 will go down as one of the more dire days in the history of the United States. It doesn’t take a tweet from Bill Russell to realize that.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Bill Russell calls out ‘coward’ Donald Trump as his supporters storm U.S. Capitol

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Bill-Russell-reacts-to-death-of-fellow-Celtics-legend-KC-Jones.jpg"></figure><h1>Bill Russell reacts to death of fellow Celtics legend KC Jones</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-12-25T21:41:53-08:00">December 25th, 9:41pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-12-25T21:41:53-08:00">December 25th, 9:41pm</time><address><a>Paolo Songco</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The basketball world received some terrible news on Christmas Day with the passing of Boston Celtics legend KC Jones. The Celtics <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-boston-legend-k-c-jones-passes-away-at-88/">announced on Friday</a> that the Hall of Fame point guard passed away at the age of 88. Fellow C’s legend and former teammate Bill Russell was one of the first to come out with a public message mourning the death of his good buddy.</p><p>Russell <a href="https://twitter.com/RealBillRussell/status/1342560023642136576">took to Twitter</a> to share his grief:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">I just received a call letting me know my x-roommate/teammate &amp; most of all friend the great KC Jones passed this morning. Prayers to his family. We have been friends for almost 60yrs, this our last photo together. Friends for life <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/2020Usuck?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#2020Usuck</a>!  <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RIP?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#RIP</a> ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/NBA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@NBA</a>⁩ ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/celtics?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@celtics</a>⁩ <a href="https://t.co/Ia6yZB5l2x" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/Ia6yZB5l2x</a></p><p>— TheBillRussell (@RealBillRussell) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealBillRussell/status/1342560023642136576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">December 25, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>As made evident by his post, Russell and Jones were close friends, which makes it obvious why the former appears to have been direly affected by the passing of someone who’s had a significant impact on not just the NBA and Celtics franchise, but as his friend.</p><p>Jones was a player for the Celtics between 1958 and 1967. During his nine years with Boston, he was able to amass no less than eight NBA championships. The 6-foot-1 point guard played alongside Russell, as they both played key roles in what was one of the most successful eras in Celtics franchise history.</p><p>After his playing days, Jones became a head coach in the NBA. Over a career that spanned more than two decades, Jones had coaching stints with several teams, including the San Diego Conquistadors, Washington Bullets, Milwaukee Bucks, and Seattle SuperSonics, among others. However, Jones is most known for being the head coach of the Celtics between 1983 and 1988, which resulted in two NBA titles and four Eastern Conference championships.</p><p>It is worth noting that Jones is currently the only other African American to have won multiple NBA titles, with the other being Russell himself.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Bill Russell reacts to death of fellow Celtics legend KC Jones

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/tommy.jpg"></figure><h1>Bill Russell, Jaylen Brown, Magic Johnson send love to Tommy Heinsohn after Celtics legend’s passing</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-11-10T16:59:31-08:00">November 10th, 4:59pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-11-10T16:59:31-08:00">November 10th, 4:59pm</time><address><a>Ashish Mathur</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Bill Russell, Jaylen Brown and Magic Johnson <a href="https://twitter.com/FCHWPO/status/1326269714088210433">took to Twitter</a> to react to the sad news that Boston Celtics legend Tommy Heinsohn <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-legendary-tommy-heinsohn-dies-86/">passed away</a> on Tuesday.</p><p>Heinsohn is such an icon for the Celtics that he was inducted into the Hall of Fame as a player and coach.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">RIP Tommy Heinsohn you were joy to listen to and learn from my heart is heavy today</p><p>— Jaylen Brown (@FCHWPO) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/FCHWPO/status/1326269714088210433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 10, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Boston Celtics Hall of Famer, Champion, &amp; legend Tommy Heinsohn passed away today. I will always remember Tommy &amp; Dick Stockton calling my Showtime Lakers &amp; Larry's Celtics games on CBS. RIP! Cookie and I are praying for the entire Heinsohn family and all of his loved ones.🙏🏾</p><p>— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/MagicJohnson/status/1326267815771271169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 10, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We were rookies together and friends for life. In life there are a limited number of true friends, today I lost one. <br>RIP Heiny. <a target="_blank" href="https://t.co/nKJn0DqgJJ">pic.twitter.com/nKJn0DqgJJ</a></p><p>— TheBillRussell (@RealBillRussell) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/RealBillRussell/status/1326282179026980864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 10, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>2020 continues to be an awful year. The NBA community has lost David Stern, Kobe Bryant, Wes Unseld and now Tommy Heinsohn.</p><p>Celtics basketball on NBC Sports Boston won’t be the same without Heinsohn, who was such a colorful and passionate analyst. Look for the C’s to honor Heinsohn in someway once the 2020-21 season starts on Dec. 22.</p><p>Your resume speaks for itself when you can say you are a Hall of Fame player and coach. Heinsohn starred for the Celtics as a player from 1956 to 1965, winning eight championships and the Rookie of the Year award in 1957.</p><p>After his playing career finished, Heinsohn became a superstar head coach in Boston. He won two titles as a coach and has the second-most wins in Celtics franchise history with 427. Heinsohn was inducted into the Hall of Fame as a player in 1986 and then as a coach in 2015.</p><p>It’s going to take Celtics nation and the NBA world as a whole a while to get over the Heinsohn news.</p><figure class="op-tracker"><iframe><script>  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)  })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');  ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', 'auto');  ga('set', 'campaignSource', 'Facebook');  ga('set', 'campaignMedium', 'Instant Article');  ga('set', 'title', ia_document.title);  ga('send', 'pageview');</script><script type="text/javascript">      window._taboola = window._taboola || [];      _taboola.push({          article: 'auto',          ref_url: 'http://instantarticles.fb.com'      });      !function (e, f, u, i) {          if (!document.getElementById(i)) {              e.async = 1;              e.src = u;              e.id = i;              f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);          }      }(document.createElement('script'),          document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0],          'https://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/clutchpoints-clutchpoints/trk.js',          'tb_loader_script');      if (window.performance) {          if (typeof window.performance.mark == 'function') {            window.performance.mark('tbl_ic');          }        }</script></iframe></figure></article>    </body></html>

Bill Russell, Jaylen Brown, Magic Johnson send love to Tommy Heinsohn after Celtics legend’s passing

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Thumbnail-Template-With-Logo-2019-1.jpg"></figure><h1>VIDEO: Celtics icon Bill Russell congratulates LeBron James, Lakers while wearing Kobe Bryant cap</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-10-12T07:27:37-07:00">October 12th, 7:27am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-10-12T07:27:37-07:00">October 12th, 7:27am</time><address><a>Jeremy Chua</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Boston Celtics all-time great Bill Russell congratulated his rival Los Angeles Lakers for their recent victory and Lebron James for winning the 2020 Bill Russell Finals MVP award.</p><p>The legend was also seen wearing a hat with the initials of the late Lakers star Kobe Bryant who passed away earlier this year in his congratulatory message posted on <a href="https://twitter.com/realbillrussell/status/1315475682453983232?s=21">Twitter</a>:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It’s odd not being @ <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NBAFinals?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NBAFinals</a> but <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/MiamiHEAT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MiamiHEAT</a> put up a good fight Strange times in the <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/NBA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NBA</a> Bubble. I may not be there but I want to say Congratulations to <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/KingJames?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KingJames</a> for winning the <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BillRussellFinalsMVPaward?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BillRussellFinalsMVPaward</a> &amp; Congratulations to the  <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/Lakers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@lakers</a> <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ForKobeAndGigi?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ForKobeAndGigi</a> <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MambaOut?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MambaOut</a> <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/NBAonABC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NBAonABC</a> <a target="_blank" href="https://t.co/p91H7Td3t0">pic.twitter.com/p91H7Td3t0</a></p><p>— TheBillRussell (@RealBillRussell) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/RealBillRussell/status/1315475682453983232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 12, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The Louisiana native has been no stranger to the NBA Finals where he won 11 rings as a member of the Boston Celtics from 1956 to 1969. During his 13-year playing career, the Celtics only failed to make it to the Finals once back in 1967 when Boston was eliminated by Philadelphia in the Division Finals.</p><p>Two of his rings came when he served as a coach to the Celtics from 1966 to 1969. His stacked career resume also includes five NBA MVP honors, 12 NBA All-Star appearances, 1963 NBA All-Star Game MVP, and three All-NBA first-team selections.</p><p>He was also a key figure in multiple celebrated encounters against the Lakers franchise which gave birth to a classic rivalry between the two teams.</p><p>Russell has presented the Finals MVP trophy to the winner every year since the award was named after him back in 2009. He didn’t go on a trip to the Orlando bubble due to health and safety concerns amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p>After the 4-2 series win, Lebron James garnered his fourth NBA title along with his fourth Bill Russell Finals MVP award. He became the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lebron-james-reaches-another-milestone-after-finishing-2020-playoffs-with-25-point-average/">first player</a> to win the honor with three different teams, namely twice with the Miami Heat, Cleveland Cavaliers, and now with the Los Angeles Lakers.</p><figure class="op-tracker"><iframe><script>  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)  })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');  ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', 'auto');  ga('set', 'campaignSource', 'Facebook');  ga('set', 'campaignMedium', 'Instant Article');  ga('set', 'title', ia_document.title);  ga('send', 'pageview');</script><script type="text/javascript">      window._taboola = window._taboola || [];      _taboola.push({          article: 'auto',          ref_url: 'http://instantarticles.fb.com'      });      !function (e, f, u, i) {          if (!document.getElementById(i)) {              e.async = 1;              e.src = u;              e.id = i;              f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);          }      }(document.createElement('script'),          document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0],          'https://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/clutchpoints-clutchpoints/trk.js',          'tb_loader_script');      if (window.performance) {          if (typeof window.performance.mark == 'function') {            window.performance.mark('tbl_ic');          }        }</script></iframe></figure></article>    </body></html>

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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Celtics-legend-Bill-Russell-speaks-out-on-current-moment-to-address-racism.jpg"><figcaption>CP</figcaption></figure><h1>NBA legend Bill Russell speaks out on current moment to address racism</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-09-15T15:00:03-07:00">September 15th, 3:00pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-09-15T15:23:18-07:00">September 15th, 3:23pm</time><address><a>Ashish Mathur</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>NBA legend Bill Russell penned a powerful essay for <a href="https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/bill-russell-nba-racial-injustice">The Players’ Tribune</a> where he talked about how America must battle with its past to move beyond racism.</p><p>Russell, a civil rights icon and one of the greatest players in NBA history, wrote about how African Americans are scared of the police today, just like how he was scared of the KKK when he was growing up as a kid.</p><blockquote>“All of this might seem like ancient history, with no bearing on today. After all, these are stories from my early childhood, stories that are 80 years old. But in terms of time, 80 years is only a generation or two. Black kids today don’t grow up worried the Klan will kill them in the middle of the night — they worry the police will,” the NBA great wrote.“The effects of racial terror perpetrated over hundreds of years don’t disappear simply because America wills them to. Yet all is not hopeless. There are ways to make them disappear. They disappear with national reckoning, with an examination of our cultural norms and our power structures, with the dismantling and rebuilding of our institutions, and by ending voter suppression so that everyone can <a href="http://www.whenweallvote.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer">vote</a> for change from the bottom to the top of the ballot. In 1969, Black and Brown folks were fighting against social injustices that are no less pervasive today, the mode of delivery has just changed. They are easy to see if you only look, particularly in politics.”</blockquote><p>Bill Russell also talked about how his dad was once threatened and shot at by some white men for simply walking home after his car ran out of gas.</p><p>It’s sad to think that racism still exists in America for the NBA legend, who is 86 years old and has basically dealt with racial injustices his whole life.</p><p>Russell highlighted education reform as something that needs to take place in America for serious change to be in play. Numerous NBA players at the Walt Disney bubble have actually chosen “<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-gordon-hayward-speaks-out-on-choosing-education-reform-jersey-statement/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Education Reform</a>” as their social justice message on the back of their jersey.</p><p>Aside from that, several other players in the bubble continue to speak up about social injustices, police brutality and racism, highlighting that the fight isn’t over yet.</p><figure class="op-tracker"><iframe><script>  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)  })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');  ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', 'auto');  ga('set', 'campaignSource', 'Facebook');  ga('set', 'campaignMedium', 'Instant Article');  ga('set', 'title', ia_document.title);  ga('send', 'pageview');</script><script type="text/javascript">      window._taboola = window._taboola || [];      _taboola.push({          article: 'auto',          ref_url: 'http://instantarticles.fb.com'      });      !function (e, f, u, i) {          if (!document.getElementById(i)) {              e.async = 1;              e.src = u;              e.id = i;              f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);          }      }(document.createElement('script'),          document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0],          'https://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/clutchpoints-clutchpoints/trk.js',          'tb_loader_script');      if (window.performance) {          if (typeof window.performance.mark == 'function') {            window.performance.mark('tbl_ic');          }        }</script></iframe></figure></article>    </body></html>

NBA legend Bill Russell speaks out on current moment to address racism

https://twitter.com/RealBillRussell/status/1352469135540674560/

Watching Mr Russell’s House on @NBATV with @BillSimmons and some other guy 😂   It’s very entertaining Bill makes me look good. @NBA

https://twitter.com/RealBillRussell/status/1352359207501144064/

Wow!!  Good morning everybody.  I just woke up, that was the best night of sleep in 4 years! Thanks to all the folks who #voted for @POTUS &amp; @KamalaHarris @VP  @nba @NBAonTNT 

https://twitter.com/RealBillRussell/status/1351880867057029121/

After 4 long years, get out!400,000 + did not survive #Trump Presidency, the worst President in history period! #InaugurationDay #Inauguration2021 @CNN @MSNBC 

https://twitter.com/RealBillRussell/status/1351330887577726977/

My Tweet today was along the same lines and thoughts as yours @JoyAnnReid @thereidout #MartinLutherKing still revenant today #MLKDay2021 #MLKDay

https://twitter.com/RealBillRussell/status/1351223982180200457/

👍🏾#MLKDay #mondaythoughts #MartinLutherKingDay #MotivationMonday 

https://twitter.com/RealBillRussell/status/1350972479783759874/

I’m proud to see my friend, teammate and barrier breaking NBA exec Wayne Embry still speaking out for equality. Watch the full #MLKDay Roundtable with @realtuffjuice, @mitchlandrieu, and @NCRMuseum’s Terri Freeman Monday at 11am ET on @NBA 

https://twitter.com/RealBillRussell/status/1349245084370235394/

Of course they must be held accountable! When it happens again in a few days, &amp; it will. How many injured, how many dead? #GOP would you think differently if they would have gotten to @Mike_Pence or @SpeakerPelosi GOP when is it enough? Do your damn jobs. 

https://twitter.com/RealBillRussell/status/1347195593710424072/

Think how long yesterday seemed, think how long each day, hr, min will seem in the next 13 days @realDonaldTrump needs to be removed now! He did this &amp; has been doing this. How many arrested? Finally a line some enablers will not cross? Too little too late. 25thAmendmentNow 

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