JERRY WEST RUMORS & GOSSIP

Jerry West got butthurt when Phil Jackson kicked him out of the locker room

Back when the Lakers were coached by Phil Jackson and the duo of Kobe and Shaq were unstoppable, there was a power struggle.  No, this is not the Kobe/Shaq beef [...]
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Jerry West Refutes Notion Of Advising Kings

Jerry West is refuting the notion that he is advising the Sacramento Kings in their search for a new general manager. West is a highly paid advisor to the Golden State Warriors, the team that Vivek Ranadive previously co-owned. "For some reason, I've gotten two or three calls from people (wanting the job) saying that (they) want to get in front of him and could you help...
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16 days ago  |  Discuss

Jerry West is now 75

If there were really such a thing as “basketball IQ” Jerry West would be a safe bet in the Top 5, if not the top. A master of the game in his playing years, his duel with fellow all time great John Havlicek was definitely one for the ages. For more recent hoop fans, Jerry West is considered as the primary mastermind behind assembling the Lakers line-ups that brought them a total...
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21 days ago  |  Discuss
CHASING HISTORY

West: Heat can break Lakers' streak

Former Lakers great Jerry West believes the Miami Heat have a great chance at breaking his '71-'72 Lakers' record winning streak.

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March 22, 2013  |  Discuss

Jerry West is rooting for the Miami Heat to break his record

Jerry West is historically one of the greatest members of the Los Angeles Lakers fraternity. He was on the 1971-72 team that set the standing record of most wins in-a-row. West like many others sees LeBron James and the Miami Heat knocking at the door of history and he is more than willing to let them in. Please click here to read this story. The post Jerry West is rooting for...
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March 22, 2013  |  Discuss

Jerry West thinks Lakers will make playoffs

The Lakers are still in ninth place in the Western Conference standings, but with 21 games left in the regular season are still close to climbing into the top eight. Former Lakers star and executive Jerry West, who is currently an executive board member for the Golden State Warriors, thinks the team will land a post-season berth. "The Lakers are playing better now, especially...
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March 06, 2013  |  Discuss

West weighs in on Lakers

Jerry West still believes. The former Laker and Lakers general manager -- part of a few mega teams himself that disappointed by not winning a championship before finally breaking through in the early 1970s -- believes the Lakers can pull themselves together and make a run for the Playoffs. a feat that is getting more and more difficult by the day as the games run out and the chemistry...
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February 07, 2013  |  Discuss
HIGH PRAISE

Jerry West: Kobe greatest Laker ever

NBA Hall of Famer and Lakers legend Jerry West insists that Kobe Bryant, despite the franchise's many phenomenal players, is the greatest Lakers player ever.

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December 07, 2012  |  1 Comment

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...
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February 12, 2012  |  Discuss

West predicts a dangerous Lakers playoff team

The Lakers hardly deserve favorable reviews. They enter Thursday's game against the Boston Celtics with a 14-11 record and a seventh playoff-seed. That's hardly satisfying for an organization fixated on championships. They've dropped two of their first three games of a six-game trip. That hardly assuages the Lakers' 3-9 road record. They remain at the bottom of the...
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February 09, 2012  |  Discuss
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