I admit, not a big splash story. But he deserves it. http://www.nba.com/video/channels/allstar/2009/02/15/nba_20090215_russell_legends.nba/ The ultimate winner with 11 rings, but never won a finals mvp himself, partly because the award wasn't created until 1969. Jordan has the most with 6.
Well-deserved. You can make an argument Jordan deserves it, but what Russell has been going through this week and that they never had that award back in the day. He deserves it.