NBA: Boston Celtics' greatest starting five

#5 Center: Bill Russell

Bill Russell is winning personified.

No doubt the greates Celtic ever, Russell has the most NBA championships of all time with 11, which include two titles as a Head Coach of the C’s, not to mention two NCAA titles and an Olympic Gold Medal.

If not for Michael Jordan, Russell would be the greatest ever NBA player. But having said that, he does have the Finals MVP award named after him. Russell is one among a total of only three players to be named in all three teams i.e, the NBA 25th Anniversary team, the NBA 35th Anniversary team and the NBA 50th Anniversary team.

Russell was a 12-time NBA All-Star and was selected to 11 All-NBA teams. He was named the NBA League MVP five times in his career (1958, 1961-63, 1965) and the All-Star Game MVP in 1963.

Three years after his retirement, Russell’s #6 jersey was held high amongst the rafters of the home court arena of the C’s. He is also an inductee into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. In 2007, he was also enrished into the FIBA Hall of Fame.