his made-up basketball reference PER that normalizes 3 of the things he was good at is the same as very good basketball players today. basically they are saying: make bill russell and average defender and not give him a bonus for offensive boards and he is still a borderline all star.

it would jump up a few points if they had the data that says what we all know about his defense.

i don't have any stake in this bill russell thing...i'm not old enough to have a useful opinion. but if we're gonna talk about his stats then let's be real.