05-20-2015, 11:19 AM
He coached for three years after Aurbach retired. In those three years, he won two NBA championships and lost in the Eastern files (his rookie coach year). Purty darned good. Heinsohn coached for nine full seasons after Russell and he won two NBA championships total.
And the last word...NBA basketball-reference, a statistics site, lists a proprietary statistic called "Win Share," which corresponds to the number of wins that the team theoretically has as a result of a specific player versus an average player at that position. In his career, Russell's rating was typically between 11.3 and 17.3. Chamberlain's average his first five years were 17, 19, 23, 21 and 25. It dropped to 7.5 in 1964-65 when the Warriors won just 17 games. Wilt only played 38 games, and newcomer Nate Thurmond was starting to take over.
And the last word...NBA basketball-reference, a statistics site, lists a proprietary statistic called "Win Share," which corresponds to the number of wins that the team theoretically has as a result of a specific player versus an average player at that position. In his career, Russell's rating was typically between 11.3 and 17.3. Chamberlain's average his first five years were 17, 19, 23, 21 and 25. It dropped to 7.5 in 1964-65 when the Warriors won just 17 games. Wilt only played 38 games, and newcomer Nate Thurmond was starting to take over.
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