The Los Angeles Lakers will honor NBA Corridor of Famer Jerry West within the upcoming 2024-25 season by sporting a band with West’s No. 44 on the left shoulder of their uniforms, the workforce introduced Tuesday.
West, who died in June on the age of 86, performed all 14 years of his Corridor of Fame profession with the Lakers and later served as a coach and profitable govt with the group.
Nicknamed “The Brand” and “Mr. Clutch,” West was the third participant in NBA historical past to achieve 25,000 factors. As a 6-foot-3 guard, he was an All-Star yearly of his profession and led the Lakers to the NBA Finals 9 instances, profitable one championship in 1971-72.
The workforce will honor Jerry West with a commemorative No. 44 band on their jerseys this season pic.twitter.com/S8MZ3WN5DB
— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) September 10, 2024
In 932 profession NBA regular-season video games with the Lakers, he averaged 27 factors, 5.8 rebounds, 6.7 assists, 2.6 steals, and 39.2 minutes per contest whereas capturing 47.4% from the sector and 81.4% on the free throw line.
West additionally acquired 14 All-Star alternatives, and he’s nonetheless the one participant in league historical past to win Finals MVP as a part of a dropping workforce in 1969. Moreover, he scored probably the most profession factors (1,679) within the NBA Finals in league historical past.
Los Angeles Lakers will honor Jerry West on opening evening once they host the Minnesota Timberwolves
Moreover, West recorded probably the most 30-point video games in NBA Finals historical past with 31. Plus, he’s twenty fifth on the league’s all-time scoring listing with 25,192 factors. He acquired 12 All-NBA nods as effectively.
West was the architect of the “Showtime” Lakers of the Nineteen Eighties that received 5 titles and the formation of the Kobe Bryant-Shaquille O’Neal duo that accomplished a three-peat beneath then-head coach Phil Jackson.
In April, West grew to become the primary particular person to be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Corridor of Fame 3 times in his profession as a participant (1980), govt (2010), and contributor to the sport (2024).
Theme nights for the ’24-25 season
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The contributor election is for his work as a normal supervisor with the Lakers and Memphis Grizzlies, alongside together with his time spent as a guide with the Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Clippers.
The Lakers additionally introduced Tuesday that they are going to honor West on opening evening of the common season once they host the Minnesota Timberwolves on Oct. 22, with a West No. 44 jersey giveaway for the followers.