Goodbye, Legend! How great is the Jerry West logo?

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2024-06-12 23:29Published in Fujian

A piece of breaking news, Jerry West has passed away.

According to official news from the Clippers, Jerry West, a team advisor, NBA celebrity, and Hall of Famer, passed away this morning local time at the age of 86.

Jerry West's name should be unknown to anyone, although most fans nowadays have not seen him actually play, but his image can be said to be well-known, after all, the NBA logo is based on him - although the NBA official has not yet acknowledged.

As a 1960 No. 1 pick, Jerry West also had an incredibly illustrious career, playing 14 seasons in the NBA, all with the Lakers, and receiving accolades including:

- 14-time All-Star (all selected)

- 10 times best in the first team, 2 times in the best second team

- 4 times the best first defense, 2 times the best second defense

- 1-time scoring champion

- 1 assist king

- 1-time All-Star MVP

- 1 FMVP

In terms of statistics, in the past 14 seasons, Jerry West has played a total of 932 games, averaging 27.0 points, 5.8 rebounds and 6.7 assists per game, ranking eighth in NBA history in terms of points per game and 25th in total points of 25,192.

In his peak season, Jerry West averaged 31.3 points, 7.1 rebounds and 6.1 assists per game, in addition, he averaged 30+ points per game in a total of 4 seasons in his career, don't underestimate this achievement, in NBA history, only Chamberlain, Oscar Robertson, Jordan, Rick Barry, Dantley, Iverson and West can do this.

In terms of team achievements, Jerry West led the team to the playoffs in all 14 years of his career, including 9 finals, and successfully helped the Lakers win the championship in the 1971-72 season;

It is worth mentioning that Jerry West is still the only loser in history FMVP, that was in the 1969 Finals, which was also the first year that FMVP was selected, and Jerry West's Lakers lost 3-4 to the Celtics.

But in 7 big games, he scored 53 points, 41 points, 24 points, 40 points, 39 points, 26 points, 42 points, 4 games 40+, 1 game 50+, and averaged 37.9 points, 4.7 rebounds and 7.4 assists per game;

Due to his outstanding performance, the FMVP was finally given to Jerry West, and since then, no player from the losing side of the Finals has won this award.

In addition to his outstanding performance as a player, Jerry West is also full of honors after retiring.

In 1974, Jerry West retired, and just two years later, he took over the Lakers' coaching, but he only served as head coach for a total of three years, and the Lakers won only eight playoff games in those three years, which is not particularly good.

In the 1982-83 season, Jerry West became the general manager of the Lakers, and then helped the Lakers win three championships in 1985, 1987 and 1988, and he was one of the key figures in the success of the Lakers in the "Showtime" in the 80s.

In the early 90s, after the Magic was diagnosed with AIDS, the Lakers' glory came to an abrupt end, but, it didn't take long for Jerry West to create another dynasty - in 1996, Jerry West brought O'Neal to the Lakers, and traded Divac for Kobe, a high school student with the 13th pick.

And that's not even the end, after the Lakers' three-game winning streak in 2002, Jerry West made an unbelievable move, he left the Lakers and then joined the Grizzlies.

The Grizzlies had only been moving to Memphis for a year, and they had won only 23 games the year before, and after Jerry West's arrival, the Grizzlies won 50 games in their first year and then made the playoffs three years in a row, for which he won the Best General Manager award, the second time in his career.

In 2011, Jerry West joined the Warriors as a team advisor, and during that time he did things including:

- Trade Montaellis, straighten Curry

- Drafted Klay Thompson and opposed trading Thompson for Love in 2014

- Choosing Dream Catcher

- Durant was recruited

In 2017, after the Warriors won their second championship, Jerry West retired and then joined the Clippers as a team advisor, at the age of 79, but despite this, he still brought two superstars Leonard and George to the Clippers, and also drafted Alexander during the process.

Although he only had one championship as a player, after retiring, Jerry West helped the Lakers and Warriors win a total of 8 championships and won 2 best general managers.

It is worth mentioning that just this year, Jerry West was inducted into the Hall of Fame for the third time, the first two times as a player, an Olympic teammember, and this time as a basketball contributor.

If you have to say, Jerry West is the kind of person who has been very good at all times of his life, and three Hall of Fame definitely shows that, and he is still working for the Clippers at the age of 86, which also shows that he really loves basketball, the NBA, and lost a legend today.

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