NBA legend Jerry West has died. His silhouette is the basis of the NBA logo and was an All-Star each of the 14 years he played for the Los Angeles Lakers. He left his mark as a team executive too.

NBA legend Jerry West, whose prolific playing career landed him on the league's logo and basketball savvy led to multiple championships, died on Wednesday, the Los Angeles Clippers said.

Jerry West, the high-scoring Hall of Famer whose silhouette is used for the NBA logo, died Wednesday morning, the NBA announced. He was 86. West left his mark on the NBA as a player, coach and ...

His image became the N.B.A.’s logo. By Bruce Weber Jerry West, who emerged from West Virginia coal country to become one of basketball’s greatest players, a signature figure in the history of ...

Lakers legend Jerry West was a hard man to please. As a player, he ranked — and still ranks — as one of the best ever to play in the NBA. That’s his silhouette you see on the NBA logo that ...

Jerry West, who was selected to the Basketball Hall of Fame three times in a storied career as a player and executive and whose silhouette is considered to be the basis of the NBA logo ...

West was the first NBA Finals MVP in 1969. Hall of Fame NBA player and executive Jerry West -- who won eight NBA titles as a member of the front office for the Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State ...

Jerry West is the player whose silhouette is depicted in the NBA's logo — although the league has never officially confirmed that. Hall of Fame basketball player Jerry West died yesterday at 86 ...

Jerry West, who was selected to the Basketball Hall of Fame three times in a storied career as a player and executive, and whose silhouette is considered to be the basis of the NBA logo ...

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Jerry West – legendary NBA player and inspiration for the league’s current logo – has died, according to the Los Angeles Clippers. He was 86. The Clippers said West passed away Wednesday ...