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“A superior account of one of American sports'most compelling, complicated figures... by turns, smart, beautifully reported, well-written and psychologically shrewd.”—Los Angeles Times When in 1969 the NBA sought an emblem for the league, one man was chosen above all as the icon of his sport: Jerry West. Silhouetted in white against a red-and-blue backdrop, West's signature gait and left-handed dribble are still the NBA logo, seen on merchandise around the world.In this marvelous book—the first biography of the basketball legend—award-winning reporter and author Roland Lazenby traces Jerry West's brilliant career from the coalfields near Cabin Creek, West Virginia, to the bare-knuckled pre-expansion era of the NBA, from the Lakers'Riley-Magic-Kareem Showtime era to Jackson–Kobe–Shaq teams of the early twenty-first century, and beyond.But fame was not all glory.Called “Mr. Clutch,” West was the centerpiece of Lakers teams that starred such players as Elgin Baylor and Wilt Chamberlain, and he went on to nine NBA Finals. Yet in losing eight of those series, including six in a row to the detested Boston Celtics, West became as famous for his failures as for his triumphs. Yet as the aut

Author

Roland Lazenby

Publisher

New York: ESPN Books ; Ballantine Books

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9780345519269

Subjects

Sports, History, Biography

Rating

4.13 / 5 (97 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14