Jerry West, NBA legend and logo, dies

Jerry Westgreat NBA legend and Los Angeles Lakers, He died this Wednesday at the age of 86.. The Los Angeles Clippers, where he now worked as an executive, announced his death in a statement.

West has only won one NBA ring. (1972) since he faced Bill Russell’s almighty Boston Celtics time and time again, but still became one of the league’s most memorable players, so much so that his silhouette shaped NBA logo (one of West’s nicknames is “Logo”).

Moreover, this happened fourteen times. ‘All Stars’ And Best player of the 1969 final.breaking the record when the award was created, and to this day he is the only one to win it despite being on the losing team.

He not only left his mark on the field as a player, but also his legacy in Lakers offices It’s almost as important and brilliant.

West He was one of the great men responsible for leading the legendary Los Angeles Lakers of the 1980s, a remarkable era of the team known as “Showtime” for the spectacular and explosive basketball they played with players such as Earvin “Magic” Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and who ended up taking the 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987 and 1988 rings.

At the company’s offices Lakers He was there until 2000 and laid the foundation for three consecutive championships (2000, 2001 and 2002), also won by an overwhelming team led by Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal.