Jerry West made history on the Sunday by becoming the first three-time inductee to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Jerry West was selected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in a storied career as a player and executive, and whose silhouette is considered to be the basis of the NBA Logo died on 12 June 2024. He was 86 year olds during the time of his death.
West was nicknamed as “Mr. Clutch” for his tremendous game, He was a NBA champion who went into the Hall of Fame as a player in 1980 and again as a member of gold medal winning 1960 U.S. Olympic Team in 2010.
The honor was for his work as a contributor, largely recognising the eight championships he helped Los Angeles Lakers win as an executive.
West’s son, Jonnie West said, “Contributor to the game of Basketball, that is you in every single sense and that will live on forever.”
West loved to find players for the Lakers and mentor them once they were, from a No. 60 pick and defensive specialist out of New Mexico like Cooper, to a high school teenager like Bryant.
Michael Cooper, another of West’s former Laker’s players, was also enshrined as a part of 13-member class led by Vince Carter and Chauncey Billups.
“The Logo. The icon of our game,” said Cooper, who had Riley and Johnson back on the stage chanting “Cooop!” along with fans when he returned for his own enshrinement.
Michael Cooper said, “He’s a friend and a mentor, and I owe him more than he could ever understand.”
Carter prepared to call it quits in 2020 at the age of 43 but was facing trouble using the word “retire’. That changed later after having a conversation with Kobe Bryant in which Bryant assured him that life after playing was wonderful. Shortly after few days, Carter came to terms saying he was retiring.
“Because Kobe Bryant allowed me to see it was OK,” Carter said.
The class included high-scoring Phoenix star Walter Davis and former Knicks champion Dick Barnett, with Seimone Augustus and Michele Timms making it from the WNBA. Doug Collins and Pacers owner Herb Simon were inducted as contributors, along with amateur-level coaches Bo Ryan, Harley Redin and Charles Smith.
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