When it comes to the game of basketball, we always think of the best players to play the game, but we never give credit to those around the best players, or the teams involved. 

Every year, history again proves itself, we always give the team with the best player the best chances to win a ring, hence LeBron James and the Cavaliers. But it was not even the Cavs that represented the East in the finals.

It is just a known fact that we think the team with the best player(s) is the team that is always going to win.

Take the '93 Suns. They were better than the Bulls, but Jordan played out of this world. And recently the '04 Pistons defeated the obviously more talented Lakers.

With that being said, everyone thinks that Russell played with Hall of Famers only, and Wilt played with fat old bench players.

(I am not sitting here saying that Russell's teammates were not better, I am saying that if Wilt was that much better than Russell, he along with these players should have done better.)

I will break it down by seasons.

Remember, everyone back in this era had great players because there were only 10 teams until 1967!

1960: Boston beats Philly in six games, en route to a title. Russell played alongside Cousy, Heinsohn, both Jones, and Bill Sherman.

Wilt, in his rookie season, just became the only player in history to win Rookie of the Year and MVP all in the same season. He played with ten straight all-star Paul Arizin, five straight all-star Tom Gola, and Guy Rodgers who made four all stars himself. 

Sure the Celtics had more firepower than the Warriors. But on paper it was not blown out of the water.

1961: Boston wins title number four, and Philly gets swept by a much weaker Syracuse Nationals team in the first round.

1962: Boston beats Wilt in seven games on the way to another title.

1963: Boston yet again wins another ring, Wilt's Warriors miss the playoffs. Even with Rodgers, Tom Meschery, Al Attles, and Wille Naulls. Wilt still did average 44.8 points a game though!

1964: Cousy retires. But the Celtics still get by a star-studded Royals team. Led by Oscar Robertson and Rookie of the Year Jerry Lucas. Then they beat Wilt's Warriors, even with Nate Thurmond on the team.

1965: Wilt gets traded to the 76ers mid way through the season, where his team matched the Celtics powerhouse, and forced the Celtics into seven games.

Wilt's 76ers consisted of Hal Greer, Lucious Jackson, Chet Walker and Larry Costello. All players were all-stars, and Jackson finished in the top 10 in rebounding. 

1966: This was Wilt's season to shine. The Celtics lost Heinsohn, KC Jones, was simply not the same, and they had to play role players the whole year.

The 76ers had by far the better team in paper, but like always, the Celtics always found a way to beat the 76ers when it mattered most. Beating them in five games.

1967: The year Wilt won his first title. Chamberlain along with superstar rookie, Billy Cunningham. The 76ers won 68 games, beat the Celtics in five games, and then beat the Warriors in six.

1968: Wilt's team finished with a better record by eight games over the Celtics and held a 3-1 series lead. But the Celts climbed their way back and advanced to the finals, where Russell won his 10th title.

Wilt was then shipped out to the Lakers.

1969: The Celtics were picked to do nothing this season, but surprised everyone when the marched their way into the finals. Where they faced an impossible task, trying to knock off arguably the best trio to ever play the game: Baylor, West and Chamberlain. The Lakers had a 3-1 series lead. But as always, Russell and the Celtics came back to win Russell's 11th NBA Title.

Over the ten years that both Russell and Wilt played against each other, Russell's team were far more talented in '61, '62, '63, and '64. As well as Wilt's rookie season in 1960.

The '65 season was a tie. So that leaves from '66 to '69 when Wilt's teams were more talented than Russell's team.

Leaving us with a score of 5-4-1 in Russell's favor.

So to say that Russell's teams were always more talented than the Wilt's, never analyzed every season. If you really wanted to pin point what Russell had over Wilt, it was a coach by the name of Red Auerbach.

Whereas Wilt went into every season with a different coach, because he always felt that the reason for the team's lackluster performances in the playoffs, was because of the coaching.