Bill Simmons of the wonderful Grantland, had a sit down with one of the NBA’s all-time greatest, Bill Russell and the results was an amazing interview. Watch the video.

Among other things Russell talked about his biography “Second Wind” where he mentions how he scouted his own teammates to learn their strengths and weakness and cover those weaknesses and the current NBA star who reads and steals that concept, Kobe Bryant.

Watch the entire interview in the videos below:

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