Countdown with Legends: 6 Days Until Tip-off

ncbgreg October 24, 2012 1

This post is part of our NBA week series, where we explore all things NBA leading up to opening night on October 31st.

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The great Bill Russell

As we closer to the start of the NBA season, I thought it might be fun to look at great players who wore the same number as the number of days left until tip-off. We are 6 days out so we are going to look at highlights of greats who wore number 6 in no particular order. Enjoy the highlights!

Bill Russell, Career averages: 15.1 ppg, 22.5 rpg, 4.3 apg *Blocks were not counted then*

Julius Erving, Career averages: 24.2ppg, 8.5rpg, 4.2 apg

LeBron James, Career averages: 27.6ppg, 7.2rpg, 6.9apg

Patrick Ewing, Career averages: 21.0ppg, 9.8rpg, 1.9apg *Ewing wore #6 during the 01-02 season for Orlando*

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J Parker Adair October 24, 2012 at 10:42 pm - Reply

I like how LeBron was changing his number from 23 to 6 in honor of Michael Jordan, feeling that it should be retired league-wide. But of course, Bill Russell wore #6, and he SHOULD have his number retired league-wide. When I first heard of this, I (fairly quickly) realized he was heading to Miami; the only other team that has retired Jordan’s 23.