The NBA is doing the absolute right thing by retiring Bill Russell’s No. 6 in the rafters for every team.
He meant so much to the NBA both on and off the court. He’s easily one of the best basketball players ever, but Russell was also a civil rights pillar and an icon who was larger than life. He meant so much and deserves
No player will ever be able to wear the number again. Well, after the current players who are wearing it hang it up, anyway.
There’s still a group of players around the league who have been wearing the number who are “grandfathered” in, meaning they don’t have to change because they were already wearing it. Everyone else is out of luck.
Who are those players? We’ve got them all listed here.
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