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NBA all-time great Jerry West dies at age 86
ESPN ^ | 6/12/2024

Posted on 06/12/2024 8:07:39 AM PDT by hole_n_one

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1 posted on 06/12/2024 8:07:39 AM PDT by hole_n_one
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Back when it was still basketball. RIP.


2 posted on 06/12/2024 8:09:06 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Mr Clutch


3 posted on 06/12/2024 8:09:24 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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Now that West is gone, expect them to change the NBA logo.


4 posted on 06/12/2024 8:09:49 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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5 posted on 06/12/2024 8:10:45 AM PDT by hole_n_one
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Now watch them change it to a silhouette of LeBron James.


6 posted on 06/12/2024 8:12:09 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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7 posted on 06/12/2024 8:16:06 AM PDT by hole_n_one
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Back when America was still America.


8 posted on 06/12/2024 8:18:50 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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LOL!


9 posted on 06/12/2024 8:18:52 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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They say this magazine cover shot is how the silhouette was derived from.


10 posted on 06/12/2024 8:22:04 AM PDT by xp38
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"Back when America was still America".

Exactly right.

Look for some DIE change to the logo, and it won't be white, for sure.

11 posted on 06/12/2024 8:23:03 AM PDT by traditional2 (lets go B*and*n)
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LeBron is such a character. Such a Ham actor.
His clowning will sorta-kinda be missed when he finally retires. He stays in why? Because he enjoys the widespread attention he knows he won’t ever receive anyplace else.
Soccer teams have several Showboating players similar to him.


12 posted on 06/12/2024 8:24:11 AM PDT by lee martell
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Looks like a match.

Thanks for posting it!

13 posted on 06/12/2024 8:25:02 AM PDT by hole_n_one
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Surprised they haven’t changed the MLB logo yet.


14 posted on 06/12/2024 8:26:29 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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I remember Alcindor.


15 posted on 06/12/2024 8:27:52 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (לעזאזל עם חמאס)
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To: hole_n_one

what a great athlete and man. always my favorite Laker. RIP.


16 posted on 06/12/2024 8:28:10 AM PDT by dadfly
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Wow, in two weeks we lose Bill Walton, Chet Walker, and Jerry West.

Which would make a damned good team for three-on-threes.

17 posted on 06/12/2024 8:29:23 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
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2 🙌


18 posted on 06/12/2024 8:31:36 AM PDT by Varsity Flight ( "War by 🙏 the prophesies set before you." I Timothy 1:18. Nazarite warriors. 10.5.6.5 These Days)
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Rest In Peace, Jerry.


19 posted on 06/12/2024 8:31:38 AM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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Person recollection: I was at the last NBA game in the old Madison Square Garden on 50th Street and 8th Avenue, in 1968, Knicks vs. Lakers. Willis Reed (not a dirty player) broke West’s nose. (It was broken eight times in his career.) I was with a bunch of high school classmates. The Lakers, who played the Celtics in the finals that year were romping, and the place was cleared out. We “infiltrated” abandoned courtside seats, behind the Lakers bench towards the end of the game. West was sitting with a towel on his bloody nose and a grimace on his face. Great memory.


20 posted on 06/12/2024 8:33:28 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (לעזאזל עם חמאס)
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