Base on Wikipedia, in the past 10 years, only 2 teams manage to get a back-to-back title and that is the Miami Heat and the Golden State Warriors and in the last 4 years, we have seen a different champion every year. The last time where a team won 3 straight was in 2000-2002 by the Lakers which is being lead at that time by Kobe-Shaq. No team every won 4-7 straight years and only the Celtics won 8 straight. A thing that will never be done in the modern era where the competition is already high.

Russell's legacy will be remembered in the NBA for sure and some of his achievements will never be broken. RIP to one of the legend and for sure the NBA world is very unhappy with this news (including me even though I didn't see him play on live TV) .

we should accept the fact that on this world no one will stay forever and only our history will remain so that our special love ones will remember us while we are in the other side.

Now they can play with kobe in the other side and the rest of the legendary in basketball. . May he rest in peace..

They will not for sure, both legends contribute a lot to this sport, Bill as Bill and Kobe as Kobe

Unreplaceable players who really influenced the league. It's saddened, but it's about time. He already lives that long enough to
share views and his own knowledge about this sport.

Bye for now, the rest of the NBA fans will continue to remember all of your contributions and all those unforgettable stats
that will remain forever..

I have the same experience as you. I didn't see any game from this player and yet the respect is there whenever he comes to the NBA and present the Bill Russell award to the Finals MVP. I guess we could say that's the vibe of being an 11 time champion of the league.
He will be missed, that's for sure and right now I am watching different tributes from streamers.
For someone who fought for race equality, he definitely made a big impact for the change we are experiencing now.

It is indeed. 70's,80's,90's,2000's, and 2010's are a completely different era. And yeah basketball since has evolved.
I also have to agree that winning a championship then and now where never too easy.
I have never witnessed the 80's era, but I did have a glimpsed of the 90's and I can say this is the era where athletic players inspired by Jordan has began and Kobe was his product. While the late 2000's was where bigger, faster, and strong players where developed the likes of LeBron build. While the late 2010's was changed by Steph Curry's spectacular 3s.

NBA evolve and adopt the euro style basketball game, where shooters are everywhere. Like what you mentioned, big players are now also

focusing on shooting outside unlike before, where they are more dominant inside. I used to remember the rivalries of Hakeem, Patrick and Shaq

they are all inside the paint and their presence is very impacting, unlike now, the like of Giannis, KD and LeBron, where a combination was

made.

Curry is making a hard-to-break record for himself and the rest of the team that's why he keeps improving their team with the help of others. Because making such great improvements for the last decades is extremely hard and they are the ones who are keeping strong and now since they are back with some of the strong players added, I'm sure he will gonna add more to his plate before he finally concludes his career as an NBA player. It requires a great amount of patience and motivation to be there, other teams cannot win the race against them when it comes to team improvements while the others keep trading one after another.

'80s - '90s were mostly about defense. Rodman, Payton, Pistons, and almost every player are trying their best to stop anyone who will try to go near the rim.
That is why shooters became so valuable in this era. Jordan, Barkley, Malone, Kukoc, and more. Those guys that can do perimeter shots in post-up or clutch shots are game changers.
The mentality is to shoot at a higher percentage and that's a lay-up, but if you are defending the said names you cannot leave them anywhere.

'60s - 70s were mostly about big men taking advantage of both ends. But it's not just Bill's height that made him effective, it's also his arm span at 7.4 feet. Averaging almost 20 rebounds per game. Rawr.

I agree with this a lot. Stephen Curry shouldn't be seen just like a player who is very good at three-pointers only. He is nearly like an all-around player actually. He contributes to Warriors by nearly every kind of statistics. In my opinion, Warriors are the luckiest team to have maybe even the best player who is playing professional basketball actively now. When he is out of a game we can clearly see how it affects the team. I know that there are really good talents like Poole who can carry the team in Curry's absence. But Curry is just something else. 

Steph is a total complete package, but I admire his IQ a lot. He's a good shooter, but it didn't end there. He can attack the basket

and he can also pass the ball to the open man. His killing edge might be his 3 point shooting skills, but aside from that, we all witness

how good he was in adjusting from each type of defense that being designed for him. He's there to take the challenge, and he's really

successful doing all the best that he has.