"Jerry West is the real deal" - Spencer Haywood suggested young players to study the Lakers legend’s game originally appeared ...

Today, Jerry West is best known as "The Logo," as a picture of him from Sport magazine was the basis for the silhouette that has literally symbolized the NBA for the past 55 years.

Throughout his 14-year NBA career, Jerry West amassed an impressive array of individual accolades. He averaged 27 points and 6.7 assists in 932 games played from 1961 to 1974, scoring a total of ...

T he late basketball legend Jerry West made his mark in the sport twice — first as a player, then as an executive. He first proved his competency working in an NBA front office by helping the ...

Jerry West and the Lakers’ front office were estranged at the time of his death, adding more sadness to the announcement of his death on Wednesday.

“Jerry West was the perfect basketball player,” Walt Frazier said in May 2020, on the eve of the 50th anniversary of the 1970 Knicks/Lakers NBA Finals. “He had a textbook jump shot.

West spoke about this chain of events during NBA on TNT's tribute to Bryant after his tragic death. It was a sad moment for everyone, especially Jerry, who treated "The Black Mamba" like his own son.

Jerry West's run as a Warriors exec from 2011 through 2017 turned around the franchise. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 66°F. Monday, June 30th 2025 Today's e-Edition.

DALLAS — I remember the first time I saw Jerry West, the Logo, Mr. Clutch, beholder of great talent, builder of dynasties. It was October 2002 during his first preseason as general manager of ...

Jerry West was driven, in the best and worst sense of that word, to strive, to chase perfection, to be hollowed out by defeat and only briefly salved by victory.

Jerry West, one of the most important figures in NBA history, had a long and successful career as a player and an executive with the Los Angeles Lakers. However, despite his many contributions to ...

Jerry West was a 14-time All-Star for the Los Angeles Lakers. A statue of him outside Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles has the star guard in a similar pose to the one that inspired the N.B.A.’s logo.