re: Jerry West has passed away

Posted by fontell

Montgomery

Member since Sep 2006

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Posted on 6/12/24 at 12:21 pm to 308

Rip. Don’t know how accurate his portrayal in Winning Time was but he was a fascinating character

Posted by Righteous Dude

Member since Oct 2017

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Posted on 6/12/24 at 1:32 pm to WestCoastAg

Never did like the Lakers growing up but he was still one of my favorites.

RIP

Posted by GCTiger11

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Posted on 6/12/24 at 1:56 pm to WestCoastAg

Having a serious mandela effect with Jerry West dying. Thought that happened years ago

Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa

Member since Nov 2015

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Posted on 6/12/24 at 2:28 pm to WestCoastAg

The logo was named the NBA Finals MVP in 1969 in a losing effort. That's how good he was.

It's never happened since.

This post was edited on 6/12/24 at 2:34 pm

Posted by Returnofzeus

Member since Feb 2022

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Posted on 6/12/24 at 2:38 pm to Ed Osteen

‘Too bad it wasn’t you’ (in response to westcoastag

Posted by Saint Alfonzo

Member since Jan 2019

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Posted on 6/12/24 at 3:42 pm to WestCoastAg

RIP to the Logo Legend. At least he won't have to see the Celtics win another championship.

Posted by WestCoastAg

Member since Oct 2012

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Posted on 6/12/24 at 3:43 pm to Saint Alfonzo

quote:
At least he won't have to see the Celtics win another championship.

frickin A

Posted by Winston Cup

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Member since May 2016

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Posted on 6/12/24 at 5:04 pm to WestCoastAg

On July 11, 1996, Jerry West traded Vlade Divac for Kobe Bryant.

On July 18, 1996, Jerry West signed Shaq as a free agent.

Perhaps the greatest week any sports executive has ever had.

Stolen from X

Posted by Boodis Man

Member since Sep 2020

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Posted on 6/12/24 at 5:11 pm to Winston Cup

I still remember how distraught he was when Kobe died. Makes me sad

Posted by Mountaineerfan7

Virginia

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Posted on 6/12/24 at 6:53 pm to Boodis Man

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RIP to an absolute icon.

This post was edited on 6/12/24 at 6:56 pm

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Posted by LB84

Member since May 2016

4511 posts

Posted on 6/13/24 at 6:12 am to WestCoastAg

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West was just as fiery as the Celtics coach, which led to an interesting phone call between the two while Mazzulla was going through some struggles with the Mountaineers.

"My junior year in college, wasn't living up to anyone's standards. I got a call. It's Jerry. A lot of expletives, but he basically told me I was an F-up and had the opportunity to be great at something," Mazzulla recalled. "Just let me have it for like 10, 15 minutes. I thought it was one of the most impactful phone calls that I had really in my life."