“Bill is just iconic, the best there ever was in basketball, and had a huge impact,” said Stephen Pagliuca, co-owner of the Boston Celtics, the team with whom Bill Russell won all 11 of his record NBA championships that put the Celtics on the map as one of the league’s premier franchises and established the Louisiana native as the greatest winner of all time in any of the major North American sports.
“We’re very sad, the Celtics here, at Bill Russell’s passing,” continued the Bain Capital executive after learning of the iconic Boston big man’s death this weekend at age 88.
“We had the opportunity to work with him since we bought the club in 2002,” he added. “It’s been a fantastic relationship.”
Check out the clip embedded above to hear Pagliuca’s words in full on the Celtics legend’s passing, courtesy of local news station WCVB Channel 5 Boston.
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