Bill Russell is ready to accept the most prestigious title a basketball player can earn: Hall of Famer.
The Celtics legend said on Twitter on Friday that he received his Hall of Fame ring in a private ceremony. Russell was selected for the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1975. However, he did not attend the induction ceremony.
Russell tweeted that he refused to be the first black player to go into the Basketball Hall of Fame.
“I felt others before me should have that honor. Good to see progress,” Russell said in a tweet on Friday.