Jerry West began working with the LA Clippers ... To West, it represented something more. West was the Los Angeles Lakers general manager from 1979 to 2000 before working with the Memphis ...

Late Basketball Hall of Famer Jerry West once expressed regret about the decades he spent as a player, coach and executive for the Los Angeles Lakers. "I almost wish that I had never played or ...

The story between Jerry West and the Los Angeles Lakers has been a tragic one. After helping make the Lakers the franchise that it is today by drafting Kobe Bryant, trading for Shaq, and numerous ...

Jerry West, one of the most important figures in NBA history, had a long and successful career as a player and an executive with the Los Angeles Lakers. However, despite his many contributions to ...

Hall of Famer Jerry West will be honored by the Los Angeles Lakers prior to Tuesday's regular-season opener against the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Lakers are giving out West's No. 44 jersey to ...

The team will honor Jerry West with a commemorative No. 44 ... Essentially, the Los Angeles era of the Lakers franchise is defined by West and his contributions as he won the first title in ...

The Lakers declined to comment for this story. Jerry said he apologized to Ryan ... held in a ballroom at the J.W. Marriott in downtown Los Angeles. West was being honored with an award, which ...

He has covered the Lakers, the Celtics and previously worked for The Boston Globe and Los Angeles Times. IT WAS NEAR midnight on the evening of Feb. 27, 2020, and Jerry West was sitting in his car ...