Although you are the "Godfather of the Lakers", Jerry West has gone farther and farther away from the Lakers in recent years, and now even tears his face. Recently, West was interviewed by "The Athletic" sam Amick, saying that the Lakers executive canceled his lifetime season ticket with just a text message. West, who was heartbroken, even said that maybe he should have played for a team other than the Lakers.
West played for the Lakers for 14 seasons as a player, averaging 27 points, 5.8 rebounds, 6.7 assists and 2.6 steals per game, shooting 47.4%. He led the Lakers to the Finals nine times, and won his first title since relocating to Los Angeles in 1972, and he became the NBA's first Finals MVP in 1969 and the only Finals MVP from the losing side. He has been named to the All-Star 12 times, the All-Team 12 times, the Defensive Team five times, and is one of the Top 50 and 75 Superstars, and has also been inducted into the Hall of Fame.
After retiring, West served as a Lakers coach for 3 seasons. From 1982 to 2000, West served as the general manager of the Lakers for a long time, single-handedly creating the Showtime Lakers and OK combination, known as the "Godfather of the Lakers".
Beginning in 2002, West left the Lakers as general manager for the Grizzlies, where he made the Grizzlies' first-ever playoff experience. In 2011, West joined the Warriors' top management as an advisor, allowing the Warriors to win the championship in 2015. Since 2017, West has joined the Clippers top brass. In the 2019 offseason, West had secretly chen cang, snatched the small card from the Lakers, and introduced George, and also delayed the Lakers' reinforcements, which once caused strong dissatisfaction from the Lakers camp. The conflict between West and the Lakers has since arisen.
In April 2021, Jenny Bass made a guest appearance on a podcast show, selecting the 5 most important people in the history of the Lakers, and even missed West, who had publicly expressed his dissatisfaction at that time. What is even more annoying to West is that the Lakers executive recently canceled his lifetime season ticket with a text message. West said that the Lakers executives did not even have the courage to call him, he only had a deep love for the Lakers, full of pride in what he did in the Lakers, but he felt abandoned like garbage.
Instead of taking the finger at Jenny Bass, West targets "the man next to Jenny", who is believed to refer to the Rambis. Looking back on his NBA career, West said he didn't know why he got into this step with the Lakers, and now looking back, he thinks that maybe he should have played in other teams so that his efforts would not be ignored.
Asked if he would reconcile with the Lakers, West said: "It's impossible, it's late, and I don't need this." ”
No matter what happened later, West has dedicated a lot to the Lakers in his life, and his credit cannot be erased. I have to say that the lakers' high-level approach is indeed a bit impersonal. (Supine Braces/Hairy)