Jerry West took the Lakers to stunning heights season after season as player, coach and GM.
Jerry West, the legendary Lakers player and later coach and general manager who took the team to stunning heights season after season but could never quite satisfy his own impossibly high standards, has died. Regarded as a near deity through the NBA, West died Wednesday with his wife, Karen, by his side, the Los Angeles Clippers announced. AP also confirmed his passing. He was 86. As a player, he ranked — and still ranks — as one of the best ever to play in the NBA.
As a shooter, he was in a class by himself. But he also played sneaky defense — stealing the ball from behind was his specialty — and, with quickness, strong leaping ability and long arms, he rebounded with the best of them. It was in college, though, that West got an inkling that, perhaps, basketball didn’t love him as much as he loved basketball. In his three varsity seasons — freshmen were not eligible in those days — the Mountaineers were unbeaten at home and a sure-fire draw on the road.
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