Michael Cooper on Jerry West: When I had alcohol and substance abuse issues, he was the first one to pull me to the side
My relationship with him goes very deep. You know, after I retired, I had alcohol and substance abuse issues. And Jerry—he ...
BasketballNetwork.net on MSN7mon
"It was meaningless for me, regardless of how I played" - Why Jerry West disliked his Finals MVP award from the 1969 Finals
Jerry West has the unique distinction of being the ... NBA Finals on the losing team when we got beaten by one point in ...
BasketballNetwork.net on MSN9mon
Jerry West on whether racism played a part in criticism of Shaquille O'Neal: "I get horrible mail from people"
NBA legend Jerry West once expressed this sentiment in an ... The Logo' served as the GM for the California-based franchise.
National Basketball Association2y
In Memory of Jerry West
Jerry West was a 12-time All-NBA performer who knew ... Finals MVP and lead the Lakers to their first title since moving to California. The Lakers won a then-record 69 games during the regular ...
ESPN4mon
Why Jerry West was who he was
It is the one word that immediately comes to mind when one thinks of Jerry West. Was he ever happy? Was he ever satisfied? Did life, outside of the golf course, ever give him a moment's joy?
ESPN5y
West was also-ran champion
"Michael might have played the game maybe more athletically than Jerry did ... In 1959, his junior season, West Virginia lost 71-70 to California in the NCAA final, and West won the Final Four's ...
FanSided6d
Jerry West Award finalists have been announced, and it's not much of a race
From Davis to his ex-running mate/Arizona's Caleb Love, Kasparas Jakucionis of Illinois and Wake Forest standout Hunter Sallis, among others, it's a stacked group. However, no candidate is more ...
National Basketball Association2y
Lakers Owners, GMs, and Coaches
1978-1979 Jack Kent Cooke Bill Sharman Jerry West 1977-1978 Jack Kent Cooke Bill Sharman Jerry West 1976-1977 Jack Kent Cooke Bill Sharman Jerry West 1975-1976 Jack Kent Cooke Pete Newell Bill ...
HoopsHype3d
Michael Cooper on Jerry West: 'When I had alcohol and substance abuse issues, he was the first one to pull me to the side''
Sometimes we get led astray by different things, and Jerry West was able to see that in me. He caught it early before my issues became even bigger—before I couldn’t handle them.” ...