"We lost a giant, as tall as Bill Russell was, his legacy goes even higher, both as a player and as a person."
Barack Obama writes on Twitter about the death, at 88, of the legend of the NBA and the Boston Celtics.
"Perhaps more than anyone else, Bill knew what it took to win and to be a leader. On the court he was the greatest champion in basketball history. Aside from that, he was a civil rights pioneer: marching with Dr. King and staying next to Mohammed Ali ", continues the former American president, a great basketball fan and Chicago Bulls fan.
