The other is the tireless defender of human rights who despised the city he played basketball in for a living for the abuses which take place in it with regularity. And while there may be a grain of truth to both narratives, the reality of Bill Russell was far more nuanced in his greatness, a reality the director of his new Netflix documentary tried to capture.
“The one thing Bill Russell always said: he loved being a Boston Celtic,” shared “Bill Russell: Legend” director Sam Pollard in a recent interview with WEEI’s Meghan Ottolini.
