He thought that he had mustered enough fame to talk about NBA's unwritten quota system for black players. According to Elliott Kalb in The 30 Greatest Sports Conspiracy Theories of All Time, “… There was a quota system. The most number of blacks on a team was four, and no more. That just couldn’t be a coincidence. There were what, eleven or twelve players on every team, and every team had four blacks on it. It was never written about, but everybody knew it.” Bill Russell pressured his team to have five black players. Although Bill Russell small movement was every little it had a huge effect. Russell speaking out pressures other NBA teams to add Black players onto their team because they did not want to be seen as racists. This led to a huge
