"If they would want to change it, I wish they would," West said. "In many ways, I wish they would." The NBA logos before Jerry West were all simple designs that saw the phrase "National Basketball ...

The NBA has never officially acknowledged that its classic red, white and blue logo was modeled after Jerry West, the Los Angeles ... Minneapolis to Los Angeles before the 1960-61 season.

A game-used Jerry West jersey, photo-matched to four games during the Los Angeles Lakers' 1969-70 season, will sell at ...

David Stern spent 30 years as the NBA’s longest-serving commissioner, but he refused to admit the obvious: Lakers legend Jerry West was the inspiration for the logo. June 12, 2024 But he also se ...

Sixty-five years and a week ago, on April 11, 1960, was a date celebrated in both college basketball and in the NBA as the ...

Yet given a moment to reflect, Curry became emotional because along the way he passed the late Jerry West for 25th on the ... the inspiration behind the NBA logo. But he also served as a Warriors ...

He made 12 three-point shots, two shy of former teammate Klay Thompson’s single-game NBA ... West family. "So that is special. Just understanding what his career was, that’s The Logo, so ...