If one of Boston's 60s championship teams took the place of the current Celtics, how would they fare in the league today?
They'd get BTFO
>>65948657
Bill Russell would literally destroy the league.
>>65948881
No.
>>65948657
Would probably run every single team off the floor. Goat fastbreak team of all times.
>>65948856
probably this. the league doesnt favor big men anymore and since the 60s celtics revolved around bill russell they wouldnt be as good. although i do think that they would at the very least make the playoffs
>>65949027
Russell wasn't that big by modern standards, but he could jump high as fuck and was the GOAT at timing for rebounds and shot blocks.
>>65948881
This. Bill wouldn't lose.
>but he played against white beta cuck MANLETS!
He KEKED WILT CHAMBERLAIN.
WILT CHAMBERLAIN COULD SCORE 100PTS A GAME WITHOUT THE 3PT SHOT.
CURRY COULDN'T EVEN SCORE 81 WITH IT.
BILL WUD RAPE DEEZ YUNG BLUDS.
>>65948657
Straight from the 60s nothing changes? They get rekt.
The same individuals but raised in the current era and acclimated to modern basketball technique and tactics? Contenders every year, Bill Russell becomes Tim Duncan plus playmaking.
>>65949066
Russell can't compare to Duncan on offense.
That's what Havlicek, Jones, Cousy, Heinsohn, etc. are for.
>>65949048
He simply wasn't a complete retard. He was the first one to actually jump when contesting shots.
That's who he was competing against, people who didn't realise jumping would be helpful in shot blocking.
Also his rebounding stats are largely pace inflated.
He was revolutionary at the time but wouldn't be anything special in today's game
>>65949058
Ankle was fucked in '67 or they'd have won it that year too.
>>65949114
Red would have dem bois killing everyone.
every night.
>>65949119
It was literally a career ending injury bro.
If only his nigga ankles didn't explode he would have ended up with even more.
>>65949119
>any team ever
>beating the 67 Sixers
Red is the GOAT basketball mind.
>>65949066
This Sicilian knows what's up
>>65949066
Russell would dominate regardless. But him born in the 90s or 80s would be him cucking the entire league. Rings galore no matter how you spin it. Russell was an absolute freak of nature. He literally jumped over a guy once lol...
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>>65949261
>Sicilian
Rude.
>>65949315
I love those hearsay anecdotes about otherworldly feats of Russell and Wilt that can't be confirmed in any way.
We can totally believe them, I mean, people never exaggerate when telling unverifiable stories, right?
>>65948657
they'd be like a 30-40 win team at best.
None of these guys are the athletes we see today.
>>65948657
Same players but adjusted to today's game? they would destroy everyone in the league, Red and Bill were geniuses of the game, and before you say "muh non-athletic beta manlets" they could EASILY bulk up and get more athletic with today's technology
The ball movement and defense would probably be better than Memeoirs tbqh, Russell would the GOAT
>>65949355
Yeah, except when a guy wins 11 championships you'd do well to take notice. Oh and there's this- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2AlFrOj5Mc
>>65955385
You're retarded. I mean that.
>>65949027
Russell was athletic as fuck. Every bit the athletes of today.
>>65956988
That shit is crazy. Can't believe how fast he was.
They wouldn't be in the playoff picture, Lebron would posterize Russel
Are we just going to throw out floor spacing?
>>65956988
At first I thought, "The angle of the camera is different, so it just looks like he's jumping higher"
But then when you look at the guy underneath him, he is right underneath the dude.
He literally just jumped over a person in a game, from beyond the restricted area.
>>65971366
What do you mean?
The NBA literally had to increase floor spacing because of guys like Russell.
>>65948657
BTFO..Imagine Bob Cousy on Westbrook lol.
>>65949019
GTFO..Showtime Lakers GOAT Break
what was the 1960-61 teams fg and ft percentage
If we assume they get at least some of the modern training, they'd be somewhere around the Cavaliers' W-L record.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HE6kIu34Qsc
Look at that shit, if they adapt to contemporary speed, they'd destroy a lot of opponents.
>>65948657
3-4th seed in West
Low turnovers
Good assist ratio
Due to how weak the forwards in today's NBA are, Russell would be tearing it up
>22, 12, 3 blocks
>>65976989
>Russell would be tearing it up
>22, 12, 3 blocks
In his best scoring season, Russell averaged 18 points on .450 shooting. His Celtics averaged 131 possessions per game that season, current NBA averages 93. He was also a .550 career FT shooter.
He would average less than 15 points in today's game
