A gentle giant. Loved and respected, in Sardinia as in the rest of Italy. The sudden death of Tore Serra, president of the regional basketball federation , has deeply shaken the island's basketball community, which has come together in memory of one of its most beloved icons. First, a key figure in Brill Cagliari's unforgettable season, then coach and founder of Basket Su Planu, a point of reference for generations of young players. Finally, he became president of the FIP Sardegna, a position he had held since 2021.

Among the first to express his condolences was the national president of the FIP, Gianni Petrucci, who recalled "his love for people, for basketball, and his simple and straightforward way of being a federal leader," expressing his closeness to his family and his brothers Rino and Ugo.

Legabasket president Maurizio Gherardini also remembered Serra as someone who was "always available and active," committed to supporting sporting events and promoting Sardinia's basketball tradition.

The clubs remembered . Dinamo Sassari, for whom Serra had worn the jersey in the 1982-83 season, offered a touching farewell . President Stefano Sardara's club remembered his talent and extraordinary shooting accuracy, but above all his subsequent commitment to developing young players and growing the club.

Esperia Cagliari, another club with which Serra spent a significant portion of his career, nearly achieving an incredible promotion to Serie A2 in 1986, also paid tribute to him: the Rossoblù dedicated their first away win of the season to his memory, achieved on Sunday at Virtus Cermenate in the Serie B Interregionale. The Sardinian National Olympic Committee (CONI) also expressed its condolences. President Bruno Perra, Serra's predecessor as head of the regional Basketball Federation and a longtime friend, expressed his condolences to the family on behalf of the entire Sardinian sports movement.