Grant's Rant: 8-12-22 Why Wait to Retire #6

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Grant Napear

Football, Sports, Basketball

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🗓️ 12 August 2022

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Great move by the NBA to retire Bill Russell's #6 leaguewide, but why wait until he's gone. This gesture should have been bestowed on him while alive. Russ is synonymous with the NBA. This should have been done years ago! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's time for Grant.
0:03.0	Grant.
0:05.0	And today's rant is brought to you by New Works Plumbing of Sacramento, locally owned
0:08.7	for over 20 years.
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0:11.8	For your plumbing needs and repairs, just go to new works plumbi.com that's
0:16.8	N-E-W-R-X-Pumming.com. Good job by the NBA announcing that Bill Russell's number six Jersey
0:26.4	will officially be retired across the league beginning this season. Now if you
0:31.4	already wear number six, the rule will be grandfathered in.
0:36.8	I think this is awesome for the NBA, but why wait until the man is gone?
0:42.4	All right? Why wait until the man is gone. All right?
0:42.9	Why wait until Bill Russell died
0:45.8	before you retired number six?
0:48.4	How many guy is one of the most iconic figures
0:51.7	in the history of the NBA. He died July 31st at the age of 88.
0:56.7	Not only did he win 11 championships with the Celtics, he was an incredible man and left a awesome legacy regarding silver rights.
1:07.0	All right?
1:08.0	He was the first black head coach in any major US professional sport.
1:12.0	Why wait posthumously to major U.S. professional sport.
1:12.6	Why wait posthumously to retire Bill Russell's number six?
1:18.6	That part I don't understand.
1:20.7	The League also plans to add commemorative patches on the right shoulder of each NBA
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