Jerry West’s laundry list of career accomplishments in 86 busy years of life:
As a college player: - 1959 NCAA Final Foul Most Outstanding Player - 1960 Olympic gold medalist - Averaged 29.3 PPG, 16.5 RPG & 4.3 APG in Junior season
As an NBA player: - 3x Hall of Famer (as a player in 1980, as a part of the 1960 Olympic team in 2010, & as a contributor in 2024) - 14x All-Star - 12x All-NBA (before all-NBA third teams existed) - 5x All-Defense - 1x All-Star MVP - 1x NBA Champion - 1x Finals MVP - 9x Finals Appearances - 1x PPG Leader - 1x APG Leader - Named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History - Career averages of 27.0 PPG, 5.8 RPG, 6.7 APG, & 2.6 SPG - Ranked 2nd in MVP voting in 4 seasons - Never missed the playoffs (14/14) - Lead Lakers to 69-win season in 1972 (third-winningest season ever) - Lead playoffs in scoring 5 times & in assists 3 times - Averaged 46.2 points in 1965 R2 playoff series vs. Bullets (highest PPG in a playoff series by any player ever) - Averaged 41 points, 6 rebounds & 5 assists in 1965 finals run - One of three players to make the all-star game in every season they played in - Became the NBA’s logo in 1969 while still an active player
As an executive & off-the-court leader: - 2x Executive of the Year - Won 8 additional championships across three decades - Lead Lakers to 6 rings as their GM (1982-2000) - Coached Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Lakers for 3 seasons - Drafted James Worthy, AC Green, Nick Van Exel, & Kyle Lowry - Mastermind behind the most successful week in offseason history (Traded for Kobe Bryant & signed Shaquille O’Neal in 1996 offseason) - A member of the Warriors’ executive board during their 2015 & 2017 championship runs - Recruited Kawhi Leonard, Paul George to join Clippers - 2019 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient
Rest in peace to one of the few figures in league history that made his impact and influence apparent across each and every decade of basketball history. May he rest easy 🙏
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Jerry West’s laundry list of career accomplishments in 86 busy years of life:
As a college player:
- 1959 NCAA Final Foul Most Outstanding Player
- 1960 Olympic gold medalist
- Averaged 29.3 PPG, 16.5 RPG & 4.3 APG in Junior season
As an NBA player:
- 3x Hall of Famer (as a player in 1980, as a part of the 1960 Olympic team in 2010, & as a contributor in 2024)
- 14x All-Star
- 12x All-NBA (before all-NBA third teams existed)
- 5x All-Defense
- 1x All-Star MVP
- 1x NBA Champion
- 1x Finals MVP
- 9x Finals Appearances
- 1x PPG Leader
- 1x APG Leader
- Named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History
- Career averages of 27.0 PPG, 5.8 RPG, 6.7 APG, & 2.6 SPG
- Ranked 2nd in MVP voting in 4 seasons
- Never missed the playoffs (14/14)
- Lead Lakers to 69-win season in 1972 (third-winningest season ever)
- Lead playoffs in scoring 5 times & in assists 3 times
- Averaged 46.2 points in 1965 R2 playoff series vs. Bullets (highest PPG in a playoff series by any player ever)
- Averaged 41 points, 6 rebounds & 5 assists in 1965 finals run
- One of three players to make the all-star game in every season they played in
- Became the NBA’s logo in 1969 while still an active player
As an executive & off-the-court leader:
- 2x Executive of the Year
- Won 8 additional championships across three decades
- Lead Lakers to 6 rings as their GM (1982-2000)
- Coached Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Lakers for 3 seasons
- Drafted James Worthy, AC Green, Nick Van Exel, & Kyle Lowry
- Mastermind behind the most successful week in offseason history (Traded for Kobe Bryant & signed Shaquille O’Neal in 1996 offseason)
- A member of the Warriors’ executive board during their 2015 & 2017 championship runs
- Recruited Kawhi Leonard, Paul George to join Clippers
- 2019 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient
Rest in peace to one of the few figures in league history that made his impact and influence apparent across each and every decade of basketball history. May he rest easy 🙏
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