GOLDEN DAYS

No one has been involved in more NBA Finals—22—than Jerry West, but last season’s Warriors championship was bittersweet for the man in the NBA logo. A vital part of yesterday’s Lakers, today’s Warriors and now tomorrow’s Clippers, West remains, at 79, still the beating heart of California basketball

JACK MCCALLUM

JUNE 9 , 2017 The room is dark at sunset, though no darker than the mood. Jerry West, his wife, Karen, and a visitor are watching the Game 4 broadcast of the 2017 NBA Finals from Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland on a large TV in the large living room of their large home in the Bel Air section of Los Angeles. So are five yapping dogs, a couple of which are in as bad a mood as Jerry. A long time ago, when he was on a road trip with the Los Angeles Lakers, West was kept up all night by the incessant barking of dogs in his New York City hotel room. When he complained to the front desk, he was told, “We’re sorry, Mr. West, but the dogs are…

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Sports Illustrated (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 16, 2017

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