IN PROGRAMS IS A NEW LIMITED SERIES ABOUT NBA LEGENDS BILL RUSSELL & WILT CHAMBERLAIN.
The careers of Hall of Fame centers Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain paved the groundwork for the current NBA. However, most people are unaware that they also served as the model for the activist athlete. Big Men, from Scott Koondell’s Sox Entertainment in collaboration with Josh Shapiro’s Ideal Entertainment, will tell their stories in greater detail.
“Our limited series Big Men excites me greatly,” Koondel declared in a statement. Because of the era in which they lived and the NBA was not what it is today, the connection between the late Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain was unlike any other rivalry in sports. This narrative has never been told before, and it will be presented using the appropriate perspective.
Former Los Angeles Lakers player Norm Nixon will serve as the show’s consulting producer.
The 16-episode, two-season show will focus on the men’s lives both on and off the court. Russell spent 13 years as the center for the Boston Celtics before passing away in July at the age of 88. Russell led them to 11 championships during that time, first as a player and later as coach, making history as the first Black head coach in a major American sports league. In 1975, Russell—a seven-time All-Star and five-time MVP—was admitted into the NBA Hall of Fame.
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