On screen
Cast
64 credited performers
Corey Stoll
Self - Narrator (voice)
Bill Russell
Self
Oscar Robertson
Self - Basketball Hall of Fame
Stephen Curry
Self - 4 Time NBA Champion
Bob Ryan
Self - Sportswriter, The Boston Globe
Larry Bird
Self - Boston Celtics 1979-92
Magic Johnson
Self - Basketball Hall of Fame
Satch Sanders
Self - Boston Celtics 1960-73
William C. Rhoden
Self - Columnist, ESPN's Andscape
Isiah Thomas
Self - Basketball Hall of Fame
Aram Goudsouzian
Self - Bill Russell Biographer, 'King of the Court'
Lawrence O'Donnell
Self - Host 'The Last Word' MSNBC
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Self - Basketball Hall of Fame
Jeannine Russell
Self - Bill Russell's Widow
Bill McSweeny
Self - Co-Author with Bill Russell, 'Go Up for Glory'
Red Auerbach
Self - Coach, Boston Celtics 1950-66 (archive footage)
Bob Cousy
Self - Boston Celtics 1950-63
Steve Springer
Self - Sportswriter, The Los Angeles Times
Bill Walton
Self - Basketball Hall of Fame
Tom Heinsohn
Self - Boston Celtics 1956-65 (archive footage)
Bob Pettit
Self - St. Louis Hawks 1955-65 (archive footage)
Karen Russell
Self - Bill Russell's Daughter
Nelson George
Self - Author & Filmmaker
Jalen Rose
Self - NBA 1994-2007
Earl Monroe
Self - Basketball Hall of Fame
Julius Erving
Self - Basketball Hall of Fame
Nancy Auerbach
Self - Red Auerbach's Daughter
Bill Bradley
Self - Basketball Hall of Fame
Leigh Montville
Self - Author, 'Tall Men, Short Shorts'
Dave Zirin
Self - Sports Editor, The Nation
Wilt Chamberlain
Self - Basketball Hall of Fame (archive footage)
Shaquille O'Neal
Self - Basketball Hall of Fame
Chris Paul
Self - 12 Time NBA All-Star
Sam Jones
Self - Boston Celtics 1957-69
Steve Smith
Self - NBA Champion
Renee Montgomery
Self - WNBA All-Star
Keith Erickson
Self - Los Angeles Lakers 1968-73
Jerry West
Self - Los Angeles Lakers 1960-74
Elgin Baylor
Self (archive footage)
Martin Luther King Jr.
Self (archive footage)
Kenny Smith
Self - 2 Time NBA Champion
Harry Edwards
Self - Sports Sociologist & Activist
Jeffrey Wright
Bill Russell (voice)
Charles Barkley
Self (archive footage)
K.C. Jones
Self - Boston Celtics 1958-67 (archive footage)
Rosa Parks
Self (archive footage)
Walt Frazier
Self - New York Knicks 1967-77
Randy Auerbach
Self - Red Auerbach's Daughter
John Havlicek
Self - Boston Celtics 1962-78 (voice) (archive sound)
Jayson Tatum
Self - Boston Celtics
Robert Horry
Self - 7 Time NBA Champion
Chet Walker
Self - Philadelphia 76ers 1963-69 (voice) (archive sound)
Muhammad Ali
Self (archive footage)
Jim Brown
Self - NFL Legend & Activist
Lyndon B. Johnson
Self - 36th President of the United States (archive footage)
Medgar Evers
Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)
Huey P. Newton
Self (archive footage)
Fred Hampton
Self (archive footage)
Tom Hawkins
Self - Los Angeles Lakers 1966-69
Tom Brokaw
Self - Author, Journalist & Longtime Admirer of Bill
Barack Obama
Self (archive footage)
Dikembe Mutombo
Self - Basketball Hall of Fame
Dominique Wilkins
Self - Basketball Hall of Fame
Taylor Branch
Self - Co-Author with Bill Russell, 'Second Wind'