“I want to take a good look at those items before the auction. If I can get all eleven of his rings, no one will overpay me,” O’Neal, 43, told Inside the NBA.
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Eighty-seven-year-old Russell has donated hundreds of items from his highly successful career to a charity auction. In addition to the rings, these are individual trophies, including the MVP award for the most useful league player, jerseys and the 1956 Melbourne Olympic gold medal.
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Russell played 13 seasons in Boston in the 1950s and 1960s, during which he won 11 titles with the legendary Celtics dynasty. Together with Montreal hockey player Henri Richard, he is the most successful man in the history of North American sport in terms of the number of league triumphs.
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