In a podcast episode originally recorded in 2020, Bill Simmons recounts the highlight of his professional career: spending two days with Bill Russell in his home in Mercer Island, WA. Simmons examines what made Russell so great, why he meant so much to the 1960s, how his relationship with the city of Boston evolved over the course of his life, and more.

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