I first met Jerry West in the summer of 1997, as a young, sorta shy, possibly in-over-my-head rookie beat writer assigned to cover the Lakers for the …
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Remembering Jerry West: 'The Logo,' Tortured Genius and Enduring Icon
West’s silhouette has been the NBA’s official logo for decades, the embodiment of a perfect basketball player — and an image the Hall of Famer struggled to live up to. West was a superstar player who became a superstar executive and icon whose street cred endures 50 years after his last jump shot. Read about the life of an intensely competitive perfectionist whose appetite for success couldn't be sated. "I have been a wolf my whole life," he said, "and I've had to be, in my own way, to survive."
Mr. Clutch and the Standard of Excellence
West spent "his final decade speaking as openly as any former athlete has about mental health — a contribution as enduring as anything he ever did on the court."
'Aura of greatness was mesmerizing'
West called his portrayal in the series "Winning Time" "fiction pretending to be fact."
Great Ones Remember West
What Jordan, Magic, LeBron and others are saying.
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