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Oscar Robertson of the Boston Celtics, as a player and then for the last couple of seasons as a player/coach.
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Bill Russell won the NBA Championship as a player in 1957, 1959-1966, and 1968-1969 with the Boston Celtics. He was player/coach of the Boston Celtics in 1968 and 1969. Red Holzman won the NBA Championship as a player in 1951 with the Rochester Royals (now Sacramento Kings) and as a coach in 1970 and 1973 with the New York Knicks. Tommy Heinsohn won the NBA Championship as a player in 1957 and 1959-1965 with the Boston Celtics and as a coach in 1974 and 1976 with the Boston Celtics. KC Jones won the NBA Championship as a player in 1959-1966 with the Boston Celtics and as a coach in 1984 and 1986 with the Boston Celtics. Bill Sharman won the NBA Championship as a player in 1957 and 1959-1961 with the Boston Celtics and as a coach in 1972 with the Los Angeles Lakers. Billy Cunningham won the NBA Championship as a player in 1967 with the Philadelphia 76ers and as a coach in 1983 with the Philadelphia 76ers. Pat Riley won the NBA Championship as a player in 1972 wth the Los Angeles Lakers and as a coach in 1982, 1985, and 1987-1988 with the Los Angeles Lakers and in 2006 with the Miami Heat. Phil Jackson won the NBA Championship as a player in 1970 and 1973 with the New York Knicks and as a coach in 1991-1993 and 1996-1998 with the Chicago Bulls and in 2000-2002 with the Los Angeles Lakers. Buddy Jeannette won the NBA Championship in 1948 as the player/coach of the now defunct Baltimore Bullets.
Bill Russell has the most rings of anyone, with 11 as a player and 2 as a coach.
The only NBA player to have his first and last name on his jersey is Pervis Ellison.
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Oscar Robertson of the Boston Celtics, as a player and then for the last couple of seasons as a player/coach.
Bill Russell won NBA rings in 1968 and 1969 when he was the player-coach for the Boston Celtics.
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Both as a player (1967) and as coach (1971)
The coach will normally pick the best players he has to start the game. If a player is injured or suspended he will have to go with the next best player.
1) Billy Cunningham won a title as a player for the 76ers in 1967 and as head coach of the 76ers in 1983. 2) Bill Russell was player coach for two of the Celtics titles in the late 1960s. 3) Pat Riley won a championship with the Lakers in 1972 and won 4 in the 1980s as Lakers' head coach.
Phil Jackson, 11 as coach, 2 as player. 13