Jerry West would call star players' bluff

When "The Logo" speaks, you listen. Jerry West has built on his legacy on the court by a legendary track record off it. This is the man who created the idea of clearing cap room for a big-name free agent -- look at what he did in the year preceding the team's acquisition of Shaquille O'Neal. This is the man who saw a volatile teenager from Philadelphia and saw greatness within him (that was Kobe Bryant, by the way). He built a team that won three straight championships and was in the front office to build Showtime and those championship runs. Then you have the work he did in Memphis building a playoff team around Pau Gasol. You felt every time you traded with him, he knew something you didn't and was pulling the wool over your eyes. So when Jerry West, now a special adviser for the Warriors, gives advice to today's general managers on what he would do, you take it as gospel. "I honestly think I'd call their bluff," West said in an intervi...