Bill Russell Claims Michael Jordan Played In Worse Era Than Him

Russell played in a very different era than Jordan, which is a topic that MJ raised during their conversation. Like many others, Jordan thought it was easy to win in the 60’s, but Russell gave a very valid argument against that belief.

“Think about it this way. When I was a rookie there were 80 jobs in professional basketball so a lot of good players didn’t make it. I said if there were 12 teams you wouldn’t win a championship.

Because you did a great job penetrating and you dished out to Paxson and he hit the open shot which won the game.

If there were 12 teams in the league, he wouldn’t make that shot because he would be up in the stands.

And that is not a knock on him but it’s about the quality of the NBA.”