President Donald Trump presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Los Angeles Lakers basketball legend Jerry West in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Sept. 5, 2019. (NBA) Jerry West at the University of West Virginia in the 1950s. As a coach, he could have used a Jerry West on the court. I put it up myself,” West told author Roland Lazenby in “Jerry West: The Life and Legend of a Basketball Icon” (2009). A first-draft pick of the then-Minneapolis Lakers, West found himself heading instead to Los Angeles.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 12, 2024 15:03 UTC