BREAKING NEWS: NBA legend Jerry West dies

Jerry West, an excellent legend of the NBA and the Los Angeles Lakers, died this Wednesday on the age of 86.

The Los Angeles Clippers, the staff for which he now labored as an govt, reported his demise in an announcement.

West solely gained one NBA ring (1972) as he bumped into Invoice Russell’s almighty Boston Celtics repeatedly, however he nonetheless grew to become one of the remembered gamers within the league, a lot in order that his silhouette formed to the NBA emblem (one among West’s nicknames is “The Brand”).

Jerry West’s profession within the NBA

West performed 14 seasons (1960-1974) for the Lakers and have become an unforgettable icon of the Los Angeles franchise.

Chosen 14 occasions for the All-Star, West averaged 27 factors all through his profession and is the one participant in NBA historical past to have been chosen MVP of the Finals (1969) with out having gained the ring that 12 months.

He not solely left his mark on the courts as a participant, however his legacy within the Lakers’ workplaces is virtually as necessary and good.

He was within the Lakers workplaces till 2000, so he constructed the framework for the three consecutive championships (2000, 2001 and 2002) gained by the additionally overwhelming staff led by Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal.

The environment of the Crypto.com Enviornment (previously Staples Heart) in Los Angeles have a statue in tribute to West. Moreover, the Lakers retired their quantity 44.

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