R.I.P. Jerry West.
 

He was a very important force in professional men's basketball especially relating to the Los Angeles Lakers.

Great at what he did. His autobiography was very interesting reading

One of the greatest, to be sure.

Hard to remember is on-court exploits though without thinking of his co-star for many years, Elgin Baylor, who as I recall died not that long ago. What a lot of people don't know was that Baylor came on board before West: in fact he was drafted by the L.A. Lakers before they WERE the L.A. Lakers: The Minneapolis Lakers drafted him two years before their move to Los Angeles.

Not much NBA basketball on TV in the 1960s but I did remember watching the Lakers play several times on TV. Fun to watch both West and Baylor. The game was a lot different then.