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Jerry West is in the conversation for greatest Laker of all-time. If he had the option as a player, though, he may have left the franchise. West recently spoke on The TK Show with Tim Kawakami about NBA free agency, including a reflection on his own career: “Free agency gives you a right to choose where you want […]

Adam Silver may have gone too far when he said he would “vow to fix the system” after the 73-win Golden State Warriors signed Kevin Durant this summer. At least Jerry West thinks so. West, now an executive board member for the Warriors, didn’t like Silver’s comments regarding the situation. Via CBS Sports: “It’s sour […]

Jerry Reinsdorf‘s run into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame could come as a product of luck, many would say — but those who saw him take a team from a bottom-dweller to a six-time champion know it wasn’t fortuitous. It all started with a dinner with Yankees‘ late-owner George Steinbrenner, in which he confessed […]

Nate Thurmond, one of the NBA’s greatest centers to ever play, passed away this morning. He had been battling leukemia for quite some time but has now seen an end to that hard battle. He was drafted 3rd overall in the 1963 by the San Francisco Warriors and played his career on three different teams. […]

Jerry West brings improvement and victories to wherever he goes. As an executive with the Lakers, Grizzlies and now the Warriors, it’s tough not to recognize his eye for basketball and his passion for winning. It was reported that one of the biggest influences on Kevin Durant’s decision to join the Warriors was a phone call […]

While many have crossed paths with Kobe Bryant over the past 20 years, it was Jerry West who made the “Black Mamba” a Los Angeles Laker. West was the general manager who brought Bryant to Los Angeles during the 1996 NBA Draft, when he traded Vlade Divac to the Charlotte Hornets. It was West’s confidence […]