West Virginia basketball player Jerry West poses at New York’s Madison Square Garden, March 26, 1960. Jerry West, who was selected to the Basketball Hall of Fame three times in a legendary career as a player and executive and whose silhouette is considered to be the basis of the NBA logo, died Wednesday morning, June 12, 2024, the Los Angeles Clippers announced. He was 86. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler, File)Jerry West (4) fakes Holy Cross’ guard John Shea out of posistion under the West Virginia basket in the first half of Feb. 8, 1959 game in Morgantown. No. 32 is West Virginia’s forward Willie Akers. Holy Cross lost to the Mountianeers 96 to 90. (AP Photo/Walter Stein)Jerry West (44) West Virginia forward is fouled by Holy Cross Ralph Brandt (behind him) as he attempts a layup shot in the first half of today’s game, Feb. 7, 1959 in Morgantown, W. VA. Others are Holy Cross players (12) George Blaney and George Imwalle. West Virginia defeated Holy Cross 96 to 90.(AP Photo)Jerry West (44) of West Virgina University shoots a jump shot against George Washington University during a Southern Conference game in Washington March 1, 1958. Others pictured include West Virginia’s Lloyd Sharrar (31) and George Washington University’s Gene Guarilia (54) and Howard McDonald (50). West went on to a Hall of Fame NBA career. (AP Photo/Harvey Georges)Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) (L) and National Basket Ball Hall of Fame inductee Jerry West visit in the Oval Office after U.S. President Donald Trump awarded West with the Presidential Medal of Freedom during a ceremony at the White House September 05, 2019 in Washington, DC. West played for the Los Angeles Lakers for fourteen years, coached the team for three years and managed them to six national championships. He was also a member of the 1960 Olympic gold medal team. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)All-America Jerry West of the unbeaten West Virginia basketball team gets fitted for a plexiglass nose guard by athletic trainer A.L. Gwynne, on Dec. 26, 1959. His nose was broken by a Kentucky player the week before in the Kentucky Invitational Tournament, won by the Mountaineers. The Mountaineer star may wear the mask for the first time in the Los Angeles Classic. (AP Photo)West Virginia University’s All-American Jerry West is shown Feb. 20, 1960 at Monongalia General Hospital in Morgantown. West broke his nose twice this season once at the Kentucky Invitational Tourney on Dec. 19 and the latest time against George Washington on Feb. 17. He also broke his nose while playing high school ball. The nurse is Mrs. Lois Bonnessen. (AP Photo)Jerry West, left, of West Virginia and Lenny Wilkens of Providence, members of the East team, hold trophy after they were named Most Valuable Players of the East-West All-Star basketball game at New York’s Madison Square Garden, March 26, 1960. The East won, 67-66. Wilkens dropped in the winning basket with there seconds of the game remaining. West was the leading scorer with 23 points, five more than Wilkens. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler)In this May 29, 2008 file photo, Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant gives basketball great Jerry West a shoulder rub after the Lakers beat the San Antonio Spurs in Game 5 of the NBA Western Conference basketball finals in Los Angeles. When asked about the latest honor in a long series of enshrinements and accolades since West hung up his sneakers in 1974, the longtime Los Angeles Lakers guard and executive seemed to be anticipating his trip to Kansas City to be inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame with something between cautious excitement and outright dread. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, File)Olympic gold medal basketball co-captains LeBron James, of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Jerry West, Oscar Robertson and Carmelo Anthony are honored before the Cavaliers play the Denver Nuggets in an NBA basketball game Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010, in Cleveland. West and Robertson were co-captains of the 1960 United States Olympic gold medal basketball team. James and Anthony were the 2008 United States Olympic gold medal basketball team co-captains. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)This Aug. 13, 2010, file photo shows Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Jerry West, representing the 1960 USA Olympic Team, speaking during the enshrinement news conference at the Hall of Fame Museum in Springfield, Mass. The Golden State Warriors hired West on Friday, May 20, 2011, to work with the front-office team in an advisory role and be a member of the executive board. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)Basketball Hall of Fame inductees, members of the 1960 USA Olympic Team, applaud as Jerry West, second from right, and Oscar Robertson, left, shake hands during enshrinement ceremonies in Springfield, Mass., Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)Jerry West, center, sits between Golden State Warriors owners Joe Lacob, left, and Peter Guber, right, after being introduced as a new member of the basketball club’s Executive Board, during a news conference in San Francisco, Tuesday, May 24, 2011. West, 72, will assist the WarriorsÂ’ ownership group and represent the organization in a wide variety of team-related functions in his role with the club. The position will encompass various areas and responsibilities, ranging from basketball operations to business, sponsorship and marketing endeavors. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)Golden State Warriors basketball team Executive Board member Jerry West, left, is acknowledged by President Barack Obama and Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr, right, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016, where the president honored the 2015 NBA Champion Golden State Warriors basketball team . (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Jerry West, left, speaks as Shaquille O’Neal listens at the unveiling of a statue of O’Neal in front of Staples Center, Friday, March 24, 2017, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)Los Angelers Lakers guard Jerry West is about to score against San Francisco Warriors Ron Williams, during a game in Los Angeles, Calif., on March 11, 1970. (AP Photo)Larry Siegfried, Boston Celtics, falls and Jerry West (44), Los Angeles Lakers, grabs loose ball in the first period of their fifth game of their best-of-seven National Basketball Association game in Boston April 30, 1968. (AP Photo/AEM)Jerry West, Los Angeles Lakers guard, poses in 1969. (AP Photo)Jerry West (44) of the Los Angeles Lakers, jumps in front of Baltimore Bullets’ Jack Marin to take possession of the ball in their NBA game at the Los Angeles Forum, Nov. 24, 1969. (AP Photo)Los Angeles Lakers’ Jerry West (14) is fouled as he tries to get around Houston Rockets’ John Vallely after teammate Wilt Chamberlain set screen in game at the Forum in Inglewood, Calif., in this Dec. 27, 1971 file photo. The Lakers went on to their 28th straight win, beating the Rockets 137-115. (AP Photo, File)In this Jan. 28, 1977 file photo, Los Angeles Lakers coach Jerry West sits on the Lakers’ bench in Los Angeles. When asked about the latest honor in a long series of enshrinements and accolades since West hung up his sneakers in 1974, the longtime Los Angeles Lakers guard and executive seemed to be anticipating his trip to Kansas City to be inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame with something between cautious excitement and outright dread. (AP Photo/File)Michigan State’s Earvin “Magic” Johnson, left, is introduced to the press at a press conference called by the Los Angeles Lakers Jerry West Wednesday, May 16, 1979 in Los Angeles, to announce he and the club have reached an agreement. The Lakers will pack Johnson first in the NBA draft, but a contract wont be signed till the formal pick in the June 25th draft. With Johnson is Laker Coach Jerry West. (AP Photo/B)NBA Hall of Fame and former player Jerry West speaks at an event before an NBA basketball game between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Dallas Mavericks in Los Angeles, Monday, Feb. 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)Former NBA basketball player and general manager Jerry West smiles before President Donald Trump presents him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019, in Washington. Jerry West, who was selected to the Basketball Hall of Fame three times in a legendary career as a player and executive and whose silhouette is considered to be the basis of the NBA logo, died Wednesday morning, June 12, 2024, the Los Angeles Clippers announced. He was 86.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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