Comments on: Jerry West

By: Roland Lazenby

Roland Lazenby — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:48:07 +0000

Hey, if you are an old time Lakers fan from the 1960s or 70s and you have a memory of Jerry West’s playing career, or from meeting or knowing West, I would love to interview you.
My name is Roland Lazenby, and I am writing a biography of Jerry West for Random House.
You can reach me at my personal email: rllazenby@aol.com

Thanks Kurt for such a great site.

Roland

By: Warren Wee Lim

Warren Wee Lim — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:57:17 +0000

Off-topic, but the Kings preview will be up in a few hours: When do you think the next Laker loss would be? (not that I am giddy to see this) but it would be interesting what you guys think.

NOVEMBER
Sun, Nov 23 Sacramento
Tue, Nov 25 New Jersey
Fri, Nov 28 Dallas
Sun, Nov 30 Toronto

14-1 heading into December?

DECEMBER
Tue, Dec 2 @ Indiana
Wed, Dec 3 @ Philadelphia
Fri, Dec 5 @ Washington
Sun, Dec 7 Milwaukee
Tue, Dec 9 @ Sacramento
Wed, Dec 10 Phoenix
Fri, Dec 12 Sacramento
Sun, Dec 14 Minnesota
Tue, Dec 16 NY Knicks
Fri, Dec 19 @ Miami
Sat, Dec 20 @ Orlando
Mon, Dec 22 @ Memphis
Tue, Dec 23 @ New Orleans
Thu, Dec 25 Boston
Sun, Dec 28 Golden State

26-4 by the end of December?

I foresee that game against Philly as a toughie being at the back end of a back-to-back on an East coast mini-road trip.

I must be high right now I cannot see us losing until possibly the 20′s of December.

By: Hassan

Hassan — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:40:42 +0000

The NBA could hardly have picked a better player to base their logo on. Also, this video reminds me of just how very much I hate the Celtics, and hope that Kobe and his boys grind them into the floor this Finals.

–Go Lakers–

By: Samy

Samy — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 02:48:50 +0000

The man was a beast.

By: P. Ami

P. Ami — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 21:58:53 +0000

The Logo ain’t a bad nick name either. He has his old school name and then the new school honors him.

By: Darius

Darius — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 21:03:50 +0000

Pretty tough to win a title in Memphis. But he made them into a playoff team (first round fodder, but still…) which no other man had done before or since.

Also, he was still running the show in the first year of the Lakers Three-Peat with Kobe/Shaq when they beat the Pacers. That year, he brought in Ron Harper and Brian Shaw as personnel additions. Technically, he also hired Phil. After that first title season, though, he resigned.

No one will ever forget the Logo. Besides Magic, to me, he is the greatest Laker (player) ever. He may not have the rings (as a player) or the MVP awards, but Jerry West was simply amazing. Plus he’s got the best nickname ever….who wouldn’t love to be known as Mr. Clutch?

By: Craig W.

Craig W. — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 20:59:05 +0000

Jerry was not the beat all and end of of GMs, but he was probably as close as we will ever get. He had his problems and his picks 97-2000 were not well received, but that was also a time of increasing conflict with Jerry Buss and, of course, Phil Jackson at the end.

I have a hard time placing Jerry any lower that #1 on the all-time Laker list. Of course Kareem and Magic were certainly deserving, Jerry did more for the organization in more capacities and over a longer period of time than anyone.

By: kwame a.

kwame a. — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 20:03:37 +0000

3-The last 3 peat title was with Mitch if I remember correct, although Jerry may have been a “consultant” at the time.

By: kneejerkNBA

kneejerkNBA — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:57:41 +0000

Zero titles since he left the organization, right?

By: chris h

chris h — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:53:52 +0000

hey Darius,
thanks for the link to nba broadband, just finished watching my first game, … this morning! because i’m in the eastern tme zone, games start at 10:30, and go til 1am. a nice feature is the site allows 1 or 2 days of archives so i can watch the game the next morning.
i get joel and stu as well, so it’s almost like being at home. (except i’m on a computer screen, not my 70″ HD TV, and the tivo at home is ideal, on the pC, the ability to skip commercials is not as good).
but hey, I can still watch every game and that’s great, this is going to be a great season, and I’m happy to be a part of this Laker family enjoying it at fb&g.
thanks again!