RIP Jerry West
 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Jerry West lived a profound basketball and American life — iconic as a player, executive and looming figure in the history of the game. He was an MVP, a champion, a gold medalist, a dynasty-builder and literally the league’s logo. His loss leaves a massive void. <a href="https://t.co/vE3fQc5XuE">pic.twitter.com/vE3fQc5XuE</a></p>&mdash; Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a href="https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1800889359253807560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 12, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Jerry West dead at 86
 

The logo

What a great life that dude had. RIP. What a team he built with Kobe and Shaq.

RIP to one of the most influential people in the history of the NBA.

I hope they don't change the logo to a tombstone or something. Or at least not permanently.

That’s a big one.

RIP.

I caught the 2nd half of his career with Gail Goodrich, Wilt Chamberlain, Elgin Baylor and Happy Hairston. Pat Riley was on the team too but I don't remember him as a player.

Loved watching him against the Knicks and Celtics.

Great career and from all accounts a really great guy.

I could not say it better. The NBA was actually very watchable back when he was such a big part of it. Pure class! RIP Mr. West.

Vlade Divac for Kobe Bryant will be his legacy as a general manager. He also helped build the 2010s Warriors. Dumb ass Buss kids ran him off.

He died twice?

RIP
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If they had a 3 point line when he played he would probably hold the scoring record. Great NBA executive too.

RIP. Dude doesn’t get his due.

RIP Zeke from Cabin Creek!! One of my all time favorites in an era when I enjoyed the NBA. Growing up number 44 was the number sought after if you played BB.

Rest Peacefully in Basketball Heaven

Penz was actually first on the official CP atomic clock.

Not true

Ok on my desktop it showed Penz 9:56 and yours was 10 something. Mods merged and now shows on my computer you at 9:55. Strange but doesn't matter still a sad day for fans of BB.

He doesn't even get to see who Lebron hires as coach

He didn't want to see the Celtics win another title.

Not at all. He can pass the ball out his asshole but he would always lose to them.

Mine was 10:55 a.m. ET, Penz was 10:56 a.m. ET. Also, Penz's was above mine on the page, which indicates his was posted after mine.

The thread merge defaults to the oldest thread, even though sometimes it can do wonky things like swap the username and content of each OP.

Huge loss. Sad. R.I.P.

What can you say…. Absolute legend. RIP.

Yeah, today is a sad day, RIP to one of the all time greats. He could have played in any era. Hopefully the younger generation will appreciate him like the greatest player of all time does:

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Oh wow, just heard this. A basketball legend. RIP

R.I.P.

He was a great player who had a great mind for the game. I always enjoyed listening to his takes.

RIP.

I'll always remember him from the 60 ft shot at the buzzer against the Knicks.

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Legend.

With the greatest respect to Jerry West, it's not time to change the NBA logo to the Air Jordan logo.

Pass the torch.