King James Changing Uniform # Back to 23 to Honor Legendary Bill Russell

You can quibble with LeBron James regarding some of his inane social-warrior stances. But you can't criticize him for honoring Bill Russell by changing his uniform number from #6 back to #23 to honor him. Russell, who passed away last year, was the ultimate championship basketball player, winning a total of 13 titles with the University of San Francisco (two NCAA) and Boston Celtics (11 NBA). Russell is among 10 All-Americans boasting at least six NCAA/NBA crowns with at least one college title. Five of Russell's Celtic teammates are among the following hoopers with the most NBA and NCAA championships:

No. All-American NBA Titles NCAA Titles
13 Bill Russell 11 with Boston Celtics (1957-59-60-61-62-63-64-65-66-68-69) two with San Francisco (1955 and 1956)
9 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar six with Milwaukee Bucks (1971) and Los Angeles Lakers (1980-82-85-87-88) three with UCLA (1967 through 1969) when his name was Lew Alcindor
9 John Havlicek eight with Boston Celtics (1963-64-65-66-68-69-74-76) one with Ohio State (1960)
9 K.C. Jones eight with Boston Celtics (1959-60-61-62-63-64-65-66) one with San Francisco (1955)
8 Frank Ramsey seven with Boston Celtics (1957-59-60-61-62-63-64) one with Kentucky (1951)
7 Bob Cousy six with Boston Celtics (1957-59-60-61-62-63) one with Holy Cross (1947)
7 Michael Jordan six with Chicago Bulls (1991-92-93-96-97-98) one with North Carolina (1982)
6 Magic Johnson five with Los Angeles Lakers (1980-82-85-87-88) one with Michigan State (1979)
6 Larry Siegfried five with Boston Celtics (1964-65-66-68-69) one with Ohio State (1960)
6 Keith Wilkes four with Golden State Warriors (1975) and Los Angeles Lakers (1980-82-85) two with UCLA (1972 and 1973)

NOTE: USF's K.C. Jones was ineligible to compete in 1956 NCAA Tournament because he was playing his fifth season of college basketball.