The US professional basketball league will permanently retire the late NBA star's jersey number, as one of many tributes to the 11-time champion and civil rights activist.
US basketball legend Bill Russell's number 6 jersey is being retired across the National Basketball Association .
"Permanently retiring his number 6 across every NBA team ensures that Bill's transcendent career will always be recognised." Players who currently wear number 6 — including the Los Angeles Lakers' LeBron James — may continue doing so.Bill Russell was the most prolific winner in the NBA's history. All NBA players will wear a patch on the right shoulder of their jerseys this season, the league said, and every NBA court will display a clover-shaped logo with the number 6 on the sideline near the scorer's table.