Bill Russell's historic collection to be offered at historic live auction in Boston

Boston Celtics legend Bill Russell is partnering with Hunt Auctions to offer historic basketball artifacts and personal materials from his personal collection. "CBS Mornings" co-host Nate Burleson sat down with the former NBA star to discuss how it felt to be back in Boston as he takes us through his career and legacy.
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[@DonJ1973]

RIP Mr. Russell. Glad that Nate got this interview with him late last year. A true basketball legend.

[@JelaniB28]

When I first heard he was auctioning off his stuff, I immediately wondered if something was wrong. He just passed away today. RIP Mr. Russell.

[@KAlston67]

Rest in peace

[@Mr.Majestic77]

R.I.P Bill Russell. The greatest NBA player.

[@External_XS]

Bill is honestly one of the ones that deserver to say "Back in my day".

[@Mrcharles.]

Rip to the king of rings. Nobody else will come close to hom

[@likeprincetj]

Rip Bill u will be missed 💜💜

[@highwayrob]

Jordan? Lebron? No, Bill Russell is the GOAT - too often overlooked

[@QankoIvanov]

Wilt

[@JC-xm9lo]

Wilt > all of them

[@leviokcinaguyamida1398]

Yeah right. Versus bunch of carpenters and plumbers 💀

[@TheGOAT-dr1sq]

@@leviokcinaguyamida1398 Wilt had a 48 inch vertical, could bench 600 LBS, and run 40 yard dash in 4.3 seconds there is no player today anywhere close to his athleticism

[@MrTomJow]

@@TheGOAT-dr1sq made up stuff

[@dbzfan4evermj233]

Bill Russell is greatest winner of all time

[@ramirobenavidez1975]

R.i.p. Ultimate Champion You'll Never be forgotten What a legend.

[@zayahnextup4297]

RIP a living legend

[@zayahnextup4297]

Legacy will always be alive

[@CoupleSsss]

Rest in peace legend❤

[@stephenyarber2708]

Bill Russell was not just the greatest player in Basketball, he was also the greatest leader,and may well be the Greatest person ever in Basketball! He and Red built the greatest Dynasty Sports has ever seen!

[@bradleyj5514]

The first real book I ever read was Second Wind. Rest in Peace, Bill and thank you.

[@benjaminbritt7862]

"You got to understand, my motivation was to make myself acceptable to my folks. I never felt like I would make any contribution. I was just trying the best I could."

[@alyssajaliyah]

Rest In Peace ❤️

[@gilrandall315]

RIP Bill Russell 🐐🏀 💍💍💍💍💍💍💍💍💍💍💍 You're definitely in a better place 🙏

[@marycollins1631]

Sports, music, and the arts are wonderful for our kids to partake in. Thank you Bill Russell for being one of the athletes before us that made it possible for fewture generations. God Bless you!

[@hilariomarquez5355]

The man,the myth,the legend bill Russell greatest of all time rest in paradise Mr.Russell now in heaven playing one last game against Chamberlain

[@vinylmassacre1659]

ONE GOAT PERIOD ☘

[@maureessamuel4725]

Give him all his flowers now please and thanks and all the appreciation

[@stephenyarber2708]

Russell is the true GOAT, Others may have ended up with better stats except, when all is said and done the only stat that matters Winning Championships! No body else is even in the conversation except maybe a few of his teammates!

[@timclough4417]

i agree with audie conrad. i grew up in maine. there was no cable. i listened to way more games on the radio called by the immortal johnny most then there were on television. we only hoped the celtics might be on the NBA game of the week sunday afternoon. i was only 8-9 years old when my dad introduced me to the celtics on a black and white television set. i started playing basketball because of that. played in college. russell. heihsohn. sam jones. kc jones. etc etc. i was in 7th grade. was in the garden. saw celtics vs. 76 ers. wilt chamberlain.

[@lowkey2830]

Beautiful

[@Mfballam]

Is Bill Russell on a Fair-Well Tour ??? 🤔🤔🤔 BILL RUSSELL = G.O.A.T

[@toddgoza3522]

Salute stayed on the front line

[@noahnajjar3075]

RIP Bill Russell

[@truthbtold2910]

I love Mr. Russell a lot. He's smart. Always considered him thoughtful. Highly skilled w the rock. Highly competitive . Seems to be a good guy. Always liked his ability to not care who he was playing. Loved that he played for my (past) favorite team. If I was to interview him, I would ask why, in my mind, he would demean his greatness by talking about how difficult it was growing up black? Mr. Russell's greatness, is do, in part, because he overcame the obstacles "in spite" of them. That he overcame them, speaks to his spirit. The human spirit to survive, and more than that, to achieve greatness "in spite" of it all. Growing up in the 50s 60s and 70s, I never thought of Mr. Russell as "a black man." I only knew that he was great, and that I, as a little (white) boy, would pick him first to be on my team. 🤓🏀🤓🏀🤓🏀🤓🏀🤓🏀🤓🏀🤓🏀🤓

[@Papichulo-xc5nd]

Truth b told you can’t tell his story without mentioning what he went thru, it’s part of his story

[@user-lf7nf3kl7t]

I would imagine he would respond with "because of the youth today" Imagine the great strides in more than difficult times men like Bill lead the way thru....just to watch so many youth turn to gangs, violence, drugs, ect when times are far easier than his. Bill has always, and still currently mentors, and his goal in life from his words is "to leave the world a better place than when he arrived".

[@JasonWalkerJamaica]

Bill Russell's greatness is enhanced when you realize he accomplished all that he accomplished while being in a country, state, city that treated him as sub-human. The top paper in Boston did not like the Celtics because the team had a black player, hotels wouldn't serve him or have him enter the front door, Boston citizens broke into his house, vandalized it with the n-word and dumped feces all over his bed. So while the city of Boston showed him hate, he still delivered 11 rings. That sir accentuates how great he is.

[@truthbtold2910]

@@JasonWalkerJamaica Tru that. "A man should not be revered for the position in which you find him. But rather for the obsticals over come, in achieving that status."

[@roryk32]

R.I.P Bill

[@frederickdouglas6153]

RIP

[@OldSchool3pts]

Would have had 12 if he didnt hurt his foot in the 58 Finals

[@lil_james1584]

I definitely agree. Especially since it took 50 points by Bob Pettit just to even beat an injured Bill Russell in that game.

[@audieconrad8995]

As a boy growing up in New England I had the privilege of hearing the games called by the immortal Johnny Most. There was no black or white players on the radio...only Celtic green.☘ Thank you from the bottom of my heart Mr. Russell.

[@JasonWalkerJamaica]

As Bill Russell showed there was clearly black and white in Boston.

[@Blodia1990]

@@JasonWalkerJamaica 🎯🎯🎯

[@toddgoza3522]

Only reason I give Celtic respect cause they started 5 black players win it wasn’t a common practice to do

[@PassportKingMarineVet]

The Jackie Robinson of basketball .

[@tsan8901]

Wish all the black young men were like him nowadays , the world would be a better place …

[@Papichulo-xc5nd]

And someone the other day told me bill Russell doesn’t deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as Jackie Robinson. Smh

[@wilbyscomfortomahaneownerc2463]

RIH 🙏🏾💙💯

[@MarkJohnson-ou6xz]

Bill and Wilt matchup, MUST SEE Tv!

[@trenellloc47]

Rip

[@ball6278]

🕊

[@maureessamuel4725]

Why not to have them in a museum to continue honoring him

[@Papichulo-xc5nd]

In playoff/finals meetings between Russell and Chamberlain, Wilt's scoring went down each time Wilt = 37.6 ppg in 1959/60 season Wilt = 30.5 ppg vs Russell in 1960 EDF (- 7.1 ppg) Wilt = 50.4 ppg in 1961/62 season Wilt = 33.6 ppg vs Russell in 1962 EDF (- 16.8 ppg) Wilt = 36.9 ppg in 1963/64 season Wilt = 29.2 ppg vs Russell in 1964 Finals (- 7.7 ppg) Wilt = 34.7 ppg 1964/65 season Wilt = 30.1 ppg vs Russell in 1965 EDF (- 4.6 ppg) Wilt = 33.5 ppg in 1965/66 season Wilt = 28.0 ppg vs Russell in 1966 EDF (- 5.5 ppg) Wilt = 24.1 ppg in 1966/67 season Wilt = 21.6 ppg vs Russell in 1967 EDF (- 2.5 ppg the only time he beat Russell) Wilt = 24.3 ppg in 1967/68 season Wilt = 22.1 ppg vs Russell in 1968 EDF (- 2.2 ppg) Wilts = 20.5 ppg in 1968/69 season Wilt = 11.7 ppg vs 35 year old Russell in 1969 Finals (- 8.8 ppg)

[@QankoIvanov]

stop it

[@Papichulo-xc5nd]

@@QankoIvanov 🔒🔒🔒

[@dwadeisthegoat2020]

11>2

[@Papichulo-xc5nd]

The goat Bi11

[@Kemet3.0]

Cleveland Summit...(3:18)It was a sunny Sunday afternoon, June 4, 1967. Some of the greatest black athletes in the country gathered in a nondescript office building in Cleveland. Just listening to him, you can tell that the racist environment back then still really bothers him. While European Americans would say that was years ago, Nope, if you got bullied or something dramatic happened in the past you still may have feelings about it until you died. This is why I'm glad that Trump was President for a minute it exposed the country's divide and half of the country has a racist mentality. Now, we know America still has a big problem to solve. If it wants to be considered to be a great country.

[@justinshoats6989]

"Basketball has never seen something like Bill Russell before" uh wilt the stilt

[@marcyfan]

thanks, red auerbach (for being a traitor)....a great, great man!

[@danger26102]

When people do not like you, what would you do?

[@WEBBER_]

Working on yourself. Working on your skills and getting better.

[@Justin_Kline_223]

Smh

[@prestonphelps1649]

why make this about racism. Bill was a great man, great player. talk about that.

[@viewmandoo8220]

Needs to be talked about

[@JasonWalkerJamaica]

Bill Russell's greatness is enhanced when you realize he accomplished all that he accomplished while being in a country, state, city that treated him as sub-human. The top paper in Boston did not like the Celtics because the team had a black player, hotels wouldn't serve him or have him enter the front door, Boston citizens broke into his house, vandalized it with the n-ward and dumped feces all over his bed. So while the city of Boston showed him hate, he still delivered 11 rings. That sir accentuates how great he is. As a matter of fact, it is his noble, powerful and regal response to all of this hatred and racism that makes him a great man.

[@zregory]

5:56

[@JelaniB28]

Black people didn’t make racism in America. Someone else did and now you don’t want us to talk about it.

[@TheIcemanthomas]

U clearly don’t know a thing about bill Russell with this dumb commentZ

[@landlord440illuminate8]

RIP