A little basketball history quiz to prepare for the historic 75th anniversary NBA season beginning Tuesday.
Who was the last full-time player/coach?
Bill Russell? Close, but he walked away as a player winning a championship over Wilt Chamberlain's Los Angeles Lakers after his last play/coach season in 1969. There's a guy who left on top, at least as a player.
Dave Cowens? He did so for the Celtics in the 1978-79 season, but sort of as protracted interim taking over for the fired Satch Sanders 14 games in and finishing the season.
It's generally considered Lenny Wilkens in the early 1970s with Seattle and Portland.