Hour 3 - Bill Russell the Man, Jerry West
The Dan Patrick Show
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🗓️ 1 August 2022
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Dan talks about the late Bill Russell in terms of his contributions as a man more than just a player and coach. And Russell's longtime rival, friend and fellow Hall of Fame player, Jerry West stops by to talk about the kind of man he was.
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to the Dan Patrick show on Fox Sports Radio. |
| 0:05.0 | Final hour in this Monday, more phone calls, best and worst of the weekend. |
| 0:09.7 | What you saw that you liked, you didn't like the Hall of Famer, the logo Jerry West will |
| 0:13.7 | join us as we look back on Bill Russell's impact in the NBA on and off the court. |
| 0:19.7 | Jerry will join us in about 25 minutes from now. |
| 0:23.0 | Russ played 13 years in Boston, he won five MVP's, made the all-star team 12 times, led |
| 0:29.8 | the Celtics to 11 NBA titles, but he was more than just that. |
| 0:34.5 | I think if you looked at the sum of his parts, then you saw a great basketball player. |
| 0:40.2 | But as far as his skill level, different, and not as refined as we see with other big |
| 0:47.9 | men or players now, limited as far as dribbling goes, went to his left a lot, wasn't a great |
| 0:53.9 | shooter, but his ability to understand the moment. |
| 0:57.8 | What do I need to do to make this team better? |
| 1:00.2 | And the fact that he won two titles as a player coach, that's how much respect he had with |
| 1:06.6 | his team that Red Arbok turned the team over to Bill Russell. |
| 1:11.0 | And he's in the Hall of Fame as a coach and a player in the first blackhead coach to win |
| 1:16.0 | a championship. |
| 1:17.1 | But as I said in the first hour, but I'll reiterate this, study up on Bill Russell, because I could |
| 1:23.9 | tell you stats or I could show you video, but it's not about highlights. |
| 1:28.7 | Bill Russell was not about highlights. |
| 1:31.5 | His highlights had to do with life and what was important to him. |
| 1:37.4 | He was good at basketball, but I think there are other things that were far more important. |
| 1:42.0 | He wanted social justice. |
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