88岁NBA传奇球星比尔·拉塞尔去世，他曾11次夺得冠军！奥巴马、乔丹、和库里等发文缅怀…（附视频&摘要稿）
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8月1日，NBA传奇球星、曾夺得11次NBA冠军的“指环王”比尔·拉塞尔离世，享年88岁。
在5年前NBA颁奖典礼上，比尔·拉塞尔荣膺终身成就奖，面对为其颁奖的五大传奇中锋贾巴尔、奥尼尔、大卫·罗宾逊、莫宁、穆托姆博，当时83岁的老爷子数了数上台的人数，半认真半开玩笑地说道：“我能打爆你们。”这是拉塞尔的霸气，而他也有说这番话的实力。
除了在球员时代获得过11次NBA总冠军外，拉塞尔曾作为队长代表美国队获得奥运金牌，并且作为NBA的首位黑人主教练，在任教期间帮助球队获得两次NBA总冠军，成为NBA以及北美体育史上夺得冠军最多的球员。
在获悉拉塞尔离世后，乔丹、约翰逊、奥尼尔、皮尔斯、库里等众球星发文缅怀。今天，英语演讲君和大家一起分享一下这位NBA传奇“指环王”2017年NBA首届年度颁奖礼，他获得终身成就奖时的颁奖词和简短致辞，他的一句“I would kick you a**”引得全场阵阵欢呼和笑声。
Legendary Boston Celtics center Bill Russell is set to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the NBA on June 26, 2017during the league's inaugural Awards Show on TNT.
Russell put together one of the most impressive resumes in NBA history. The stalwart of the Celtics' dynasty in the late 1950s and 1960s owns 11 championships, the most by any player, and five Most Valuable Player awards.
Then 83-year-old Louisiana native earned 12 All-Star Game selections and got named to the All-NBA First or Second Team 11 times across a 13-year career, among numerous other honors.
His time with the Celtics included a three-year period where he served as the franchise's player-coach, a run that included two titles.
Other accolades from his illustrious basketball career include two NCAA championships with the University of San Francisco, an Olympic gold medal with the United States in 1956 and induction into the Basketball, College Basketball and FIBA Halls of Fame.
In 2011, Russell received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama for his efforts as part of the Civil Rights Movement.George Vecseyof theNew York Timesnoted the former Celtics superstar called it the second-greatest personal honor of his lifetime.
"When he was about 77, my father and I were talking," Russell said. "And he said: 'You know, you're all grown up now, and I want to tell you something. You know, I am very proud of the way you turned out as my son, and I'm proud of you as a father.' My father is my hero, OK, and I cannot perceive of anything topping that."
Honoring him during the first-ever NBA Awards Show isn't going to top that moment either, but it's a fitting tribute to a player who made such a massive impact on and off the court.
1934年2月，比尔·拉塞尔出生于美国路易斯安那州门罗市。1956年，他在NBA选秀首轮第二顺位被凯尔特人选中，进入NBA后开启属于他的传奇时代。
拉塞尔总计5次当选最有价值球员（MVP），12次入选全明星。整个职业生涯，他场均22.5个篮板，总计21620个。在13年的NBA职业生涯中，他共拿到11次冠军，其中包括一个八连冠。
1969年，拉塞尔正式退役，1975年入选NBA篮球名人堂。2017年，NBA首次设立终身成就奖，拉塞尔成为该奖项的第一位得主。
Bill’s two state championships in high school offered a glimmer of the incomparable run of pure team accomplishment to come: twice an NCAA champion; captain of a gold-medal-winning US Olympic team; 11 times an NBA champion; and at the helm for two NBA championships as the first black head coach of any North American professional sports team," the statement read. "
Along the way, Bill earned a string of individual awards that stands unprecedented as it went unmentioned by him. In 2009, the award for the NBA Finals most valuable player was renamed after two-time Hall of Famer as the 'Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award.
虽然拉塞尔虽然是NBA历史上夺得总冠军最多的球员，但从未获得过FMVP，因为这个奖项是在其职业生涯的最后一个赛季才设立的。在那个赛季，虽然当时拉塞尔率队战胜了湖人队，但是FMVP最终颁发给了湖人球星杰里·韦斯特。
但拉塞尔的遗憾以另一种方式得到了弥补。在2009年，为了表彰这位传奇球星，NBA官方将总决赛最有价值球员奖杯更名为比尔·拉塞尔杯。
从2009年开始，拉塞尔都会亲临现场为获得FMVP荣誉的球员颁奖。直到2020年，已身患重病的拉塞尔无法独立行走。科比、诺维茨基、詹姆斯、伦纳德、伊戈达拉、凯文·杜兰特六名球员从拉塞尔手中接过FMVP奖杯。
在拉塞尔离世后，“篮球之神”乔丹表达了缅怀之情：“作为球员、冠军、NBA首位非裔主教练，比尔·拉塞尔是一位先驱，他为之后进入NBA的每一位非裔球员铺平了道路，成为包括我在内的所有人的榜样。”
凯尔特人官方也发文缅怀这位传奇球星：“拉塞尔是篮球这项运动中最伟大的冠军，他彻底改变了比赛的方式。与此同时，拉塞尔还是一位了不起的社会活动领袖。要同时达成以上这些成就是不可思议的，但这就是伟大的比尔·拉塞尔，他做到了一切。”
To be the greatest champion in your sport, to revolutionize the way the game is played, and to be a societal leader all at once seems unthinkable, but that is who Bill Russell was.
Bill was a champion unlike any other in the history of team sports - an 11-time NBA champion, including winning eight consecutive titles, a five-time MVP, an Olympic Gold Medalist and the NBA’s first Black head coach.
Bill Russell‘s DNA is woven through every element of the Celtics organization, from the relentless pursuit of excellence, to the celebration of team rewards over individual glory, to a commitment to social justice and civil rights off the court.
Our thoughts are with his family as we mourn his passing and celebrate his enormous legacy in basketball, Boston, and beyond.
奥巴马写道：“几十年来，拉塞尔忍受着侮辱和破坏，但他从未让这些阻止他为正义发声。我从他打球的方式、执教的方式以及他的生活方式中学到了很多。
也许比尔比任何人都清楚，怎么样去当领导者，怎么样去赢得胜利。在球场上，他是篮球历史上最伟大的冠军。除此之外，他还是一位民权运动的开拓者，与马丁-路德-金一起游行，与穆罕默德-阿里站在一起。
今天，我们失去了一位伟人。他代表了很高的高度，但他的传奇不止于此，无论是作为一名球员还是作为一个人。”
