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🏀 A basketball legend 🏆 NBA Finals MVP
Bill Russell

Bill Russell

5.6
The NBA Finals award given to the best player
  • proper noun
  • Literature
translation icon : Premio Bill Russell
  • He received the Bill Russell NBA Finals MVP Award after leading his team to the championship.

Examples

  • Fans debated whether the young star deserved the Bill Russell after his dominant performance in the Finals.

  • Voting for the Bill Russell is conducted by a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters.

  • The Bill Russell award is highly coveted in the NBA.

  • Did you hear that he won the Bill Russell award last year?

  • He received the Bill Russell NBA Finals MVP Award after leading his team to the championship.

  • Fans debated whether the young star deserved the Bill Russell after his dominant performance in the Finals.

  • Voting for the Bill Russell is conducted by a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters.

Surface Forms

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Morphology

Bill + Russell

This is a proper name referring to an award named after a person; the literal constituents 'Bill' and 'Russell' (a given name and surname) give no cue that the phrase denotes the NBA Finals MVP award. Understanding this requires specific cultural/encyclopedic knowledge about Bill Russell and the award, so the meaning is not derivable from the parts.

Etymology

Bill Russell is also the official name of the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player award because the league renamed the trophy to honor him for his record wins and his work off the court. That's why the award called Bill Russell means 'the best player in the Finals' today.