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Jerry West, the Hall of Fame player and executive who was the inspiration for the NBA logo, has died at age 86, the LA Clippers announced Wednesday.

West was the third player in NBA history to reach 25,000 points, was an All-Star every year of his career and led the Los Angeles Lakers to the NBA Finals nine times, winning one title in 1971-72.

After his playing career, West found title success as an NBA executive, building the Showtime Lakers of the 1980s that won five titles in that decade and overseeing the formation the Shaquille O'Neal-Kobe Bryant tandem. West stayed for just the first title in 2000 as the Lakers went on to three-peat.

He became an adviser for the Clippers starting in 2017, helping to engineer the breakup of the team's "Lob City" core that led the way to the signing of Kawhi Leonard and Paul George. The Clippers reached the Western Conference finals for the first time in 2021.

West also worked in the front offices of the Memphis Grizzlies and Golden State Warriors.

He was a two-time All-American at West Virginia, where he averaged 24.8 points per game and helped the Mountaineers to the 1959 NCAA championship game. West also teamed with Oscar Robertson to lead the U.S. to a gold medal at the 1960 Rome Olympics.

Nicknamed "Mr. Clutch" for his late-game exploits as a player, West went into the Hall of Fame as a player in 1980 and again as a member of the 1960 U.S. Olympic Team in 2010. He will be enshrined for a third time later this year as a contributor.

-Sig-

“Why didn’t you do this in your own god damn country?"

-All Stah's view on undocumented immigrants wanting to be treated like human beings.

RIP Mr. Clutch

When you combine his playing career and GM career, he’s arguably got the most impressive basketball resume in history.

Top 5 player of his era and the only other candidate for GOAT GM is Red. An unbelievable career and a monumental contributor to the game. RIP.

>When you combine his playing career and GM career, he’s
>arguably got the most impressive basketball resume in
>history.
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I wanna go to where the martyrs went
the brown figures on the walls of my apart-a-ment...

Rest In Peace, Bad News Brown

I hope history remembers him fondly, not only as one of the best, if not the best, executives in the league's history but also as a player. He was 12x All-NBA, 10x First Team All-NBA, 5x All-Defense, and averaged 27/6/7 for his career. He was HIM. We all have recency bias to some degree, but he had a great career.

He seemed authentic and sincere, and he went out of his way to show support for some of the newer generations.

He will be missed.

RIP

<--- Me when my head hits the pillow