what was his secrets?
2006-10-07 03:55:46 · 13 answers · asked by moimoi 1 in Sports ➔ Basketball
It's not even close. Bill Russell was the greatest shot blocker, and defender and some say player. Mark Eaton? Wow. Poor knowledge as well.
Shot blocking is almost an art form. There are no secrets otherwise everyone would be a good shot blocker. Mr. Russell said he just had great instinct and the ability to jump straight up and lightly block the ball so it would go back to him. He used to say what good does it do to block a shot and send it into the crowd because you've just given the ball back to the other team. He was also a great jumper and rarely was fooled with jump fakes. He was amazing.
In Mr. Russells day they didn't even keep the stats like they do now, or else he would be double what the top shot blocker is today; and that's not an exageration.
It's just like Oscar Robertson avg. a triple double for 2 years when if you get one every few weeks in today's game it's a big deal. Anyways, any knowledgable fan, player, or coach, regards him as the greatest shot blocker. Many games he had double figure blocks, something that is rarely seen today.
Ben Wallace couldnt' tie Mr. Russells shoes.
Anyone can go get a definition or go look up stats on the internet but that doesnt' take much knowledge; but it isn't even close; the Great Bill Russell is the greatest shot blocker of all time.
2006-10-07 04:14:19 · answer #1 · answered by Ice4444 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the greatest shot blocker of all times is Mr Hakeem Olajuwon
2006-10-07 11:46:34 · answer #2 · answered by chirino06 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yup i agree i would go with bill russell. they didnt even keep the stat back then and he was and is probably the greatest defenensive player of all time. yeah i bet bill russell has at least 4,000 blocks in his career. no offense to mark eaton. but i dont think he is in the hall of fame or the nba 50 greatest players. when i was growing up in the 80's and 90's it was hakeem olajuwon. today its probably ben wallace. but i give the nod to bill russell as the greatest of all time. bill russell. is 6'9. not 7'3.
2006-10-07 11:26:16 · answer #3 · answered by originalitybygeorge 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Definitely Bill Russell. He was a 7'3 version of Ben Wallace. Scary eh?
2006-10-07 11:15:41 · answer #4 · answered by Big Z 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ben Wallace, he was the defence player of the year. he can block shots.
2006-10-07 11:22:15 · answer #5 · answered by marissa w 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in my opinion it is alonzo mourning. last year he was 3rd in the nba in shots blocks while being shaqs back up.
2006-10-07 15:32:33 · answer #6 · answered by Kevin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
chirino06 is right and he didn't have to cut and paste an entire page to answer such a simple question
2006-10-07 15:03:09 · answer #7 · answered by kidd 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-10-07 20:50:03 · answer #8 · answered by Super 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-10-07 10:57:38 · answer #9 · answered by sup 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-10-10 12:50:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋