Pierre RussellPierre Russell was an American basketball player.BiographyRussell was born Pierre Angelo Russell on December 13, 1949, in Kansas City, Kansas. He attended Wyandotte High School.CareerRussell played two seasons for the Kentucky Colonels of the American Basketball Association. Previously, he had been drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks in the thirteenth round of the 1971 NBA draft. He played at the collegiate level at the University of Kansas.