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He was the first significant player in Los Angeles basketball history whose all-around skills took him to the Hall of Fame and then whose success in basketball management made him the measurement for general managers.
Jerry West was known by an honorable title that underlined his legend, both on the court and in the front office: Mr. Clutch.
And so, the NBA is now missing a major contributor who helped shape the league. West died Wednesday at age 86.
“I valued my friendship with Jerry and the knowledge he shared with me over many years about basketball and life.” NBA commissioner Adam Silver said in a statement. “On behalf of the NBA, we send our deepest condolences to Jerry’s wife, Karen, his family and his many friends in the NBA community.”
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I herd Jerry West lived in East LA
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RIP one of the Greatest Lakers of all time!
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One of the best...RIP!
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Very Sad, he will always be the NBA logo 🏀
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Back in the '60s I watched the Lakers play regularly in the sports arena in Los Angeles
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17505
Fabulous forum
Rip
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17505
Fabulous forum
Rip
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Zeke from Cabin Creek
Catch you later dude
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Met Jerry at the Forum when the Lakers still played there. Even in just the 5 -10 minute meet and greet he was an amazing guy. Later did a basketball camp with him and a couple of other Lakers and to my amazement he remembered the meeting a couple years earlier.
He was an amazingly classy guy the epitome of what the Lakers were about.
Amazingly enough BUT not surprising - Magic, Michael, Pau, Steve Kerr etcetc have paid their respects YET ... nothing from the busss'! jeanie's such a classless cunt!
Atticus Finch
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Read in the WSJ yesterday the player in the NBA logo is the outline of Jerry West while he was playing the game. The artist chose the photo because he like those graceful pose that was captured by the photograph. It inspired a new standard in sports league logos. West only acknowledged it was him only a handful of times publicly. I heard he threw some pretty wild parties back in the day.
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One of the best to ever play the game. And to boot, a fabulous general manager of the Lakers. He saw something in a 17 year old Kobe and paired him with Shaq.
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RIP Jerry West. Zeke from Cabin Creek. Mr Clutch. Mr. Logo RIP Still pissed at the Fakers for getting rid of him..RIP
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CaliStyle He's the picture and logo
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Sounds like he was a great man and respected by many, RIP.
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Greatest combined contributor to the NBA as a Player and an Executive.
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A true legend. RIP
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