Sports The Los Angeles Lakers will honor Jerry West within the upcoming season with a uniform band that consists of his No. 44.
The Lakers introduced their belief Tuesday to keep in mind West, who died in June at 86.
The red band on the left shoulder of the Lakers’ uniforms has No. 44 in gold on the center. West played his entire 14-year NBA career for the Lakers, turning into one amongst the finest scorers and most versatile guards of his know-how while incomes 14 All-Principal individual selections and incomes the nickname “Mr. Grab.”
West went on to be a coach and an govt with the Lakers, most critically constructing the Eighties “Showtime” roster around Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. The Lakers acquired 5 NBA championships and reached nine NBA Finals in a 12-year span.
West stayed on for the starting of the Lakers’ next championship know-how, procuring Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal earlier than departing in 2000.
Colin Cowherd remembers ‘The Logo’ Jerry West | The Herd The Lakers also belief to have a proper ceremony honoring West at their season opener in opposition to Minnesota on Oct. 22. West labored for the Grizzlies, Warriors and Clippers within the two a protracted time earlier than his loss of life.
The Lakers also confirmed their previously reported belief to retire Michael Cooper’s No. 21 jersey on Jan. 13.
Cooper, the shooting guard on the Lakers’ most attention-grabbing Showtime-know-how teams, became elected to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Popularity earlier this year. The Lakers utterly retire the jerseys of Hall of Popularity gamers.
Reporting by The Associated Press.
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