Jerry West

Jerry West

West with the Lakers in 1972
Golden State Warriors
Position	Executive board member
League	NBA
Personal information
Born	(1938-05-28) May 28, 1938 (age 78) Chelyan, West Virginia
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight	185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school	East Bank (East Bank, West Virginia)
College	West Virginia (1957–1960)
NBA draft	1960 / Round: 1 / Pick: 2nd overall
Selected by the Minneapolis Lakers
Playing career	1960–1974
Position	Point guard / Shooting guard
Number	44
Coaching career	1976–1979
Career history
As player:
1960–1974	Los Angeles Lakers
As coach:
1976–1979	Los Angeles Lakers
Career highlights and awards
As player: NBA champion (1972) NBA Finals MVP (1969) 14× NBA All-Star (1961–1974) NBA All-Star Game MVP (1972) 10× All-NBA First Team (1962–1967, 1970–1973) 2× All-NBA Second Team (1968, 1969) 4× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1970–1973) NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1969) NBA scoring champion (1970) NBA assists leader (1972) NBA 35th Anniversary Team NBA 50th Anniversary Team No. 44 retired by Los Angeles Lakers NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player (1959) 2× Consensus first-team All-American (1959, 1960) Third-team All-American – AP, UPI (1958) 2× SoCon Player of the Year (1959, 1960) As executive: 7× NBA champion (1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988, 2000, 2015) 2× NBA Executive of the Year (1995, 2004)
Career statistics
Points	25,192 (27.0 ppg)
Rebounds	5,366 (5.8 rpg)
Assists	6,238 (6.7 apg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Basketball Hall of Fame as player
College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006
Medals Men's basketball Representing  United States Olympic Games 1960 Rome Team competition Pan American Games 1959 Chicago Team competition

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Jerry Alan West (born May 28, 1938) is an American retired basketball player who played his entire professional career for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). His nicknames include "Mr. Clutch", for his ability to make a big play in a clutch situation, such as his famous buzzer-beating 60-foot shot that tied Game 3 of the 1970 NBA Finals against the New York Knicks; "The Logo", in reference to his silhouette being incorporated into the NBA logo; "Mr. Outside", in reference to his perimeter play with the Los Angeles Lakers; and "Zeke from Cabin Creek", for the creek near his birthplace of Chelyan, West Virginia. Playing the small forward position early in his career, West was a standout at East Bank High School and at West Virginia University, leading the Mountaineers to the 1959 NCAA championship game, earning the NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player honor despite the loss. He then embarked on a 14-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers, and was the co-captain of the 1960 U.S. Olympic gold medal team in Rome, a squad that was inducted as a unit into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2010.

West's NBA career was highly successful. Playing the guard position as a professional, he was voted 12 times into the All-NBA First and Second Teams, was elected into the NBA All-Star Team 14 times, and was chosen as the All-Star MVP in 1972, the same year that he won the only title of his career. West holds the NBA record for the highest points per game average in a playoff series with 46.3. He was also a member of the first five NBA All-Defensive Teams (one second, followed by four firsts), which were introduced when he was 32 years old. Having played in nine NBA Finals, he is also the only player in NBA history to be named Finals MVP despite being on the losing team (1969). West was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 1980 and voted as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA history in 1996.