The Greatest OVERALL Laker of All Time
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- Опубликовано: 26 сен 2024
- A tribute to "The Logo", and to the man I believe was the greatest overall Laker ever, Jerry West.
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What was the most impressive thing that West ever achieved during his career?? To Jerry West, thank you for everything… Us Laker faithful will ALWAYS be grateful for how you made our lives better.
So much to choose from that most answers are solid. I’ll say the Shaq and Kobe duo.
As a Warriors Fan, I’ll always be grateful for Jerry West since he played an indispensable role in making the Warriors a dynasty. Remember he was the one that talked us out of trading Klay for Love, among other things.
Pretty much every era where lakers were great he impacted. Lakers owe him so much. Unfortunately Jeannie buss sucks ar her job and is ungrearful. that really hurt west's relationship with the franchise he loved so much
Man please answer where do I find games of the old generations (lots of ppl talk about how good they are and I don’t understand cuz I never watch)
Building both Showtime and the Kobe Shaq dynasty to me, though I'll never forget the 1971-72 championship.
this man gave his blood, sweat, tears, and heart to this organization. and the people in charge, treat him like trash.
That's not cool at all
Look, the ppl who trashed him IS trash. You can teach a cat not to poop at the carpet by placing its bowl on top of it, but you can’t teach Jennie Buss to be grateful and respectful. Things don’t connect in her peasized brain. Jerry has all the glory. He’s a man of pride, of heart, of kindness, of wisdom, of courage, of skills and knowledge and of confidence. And yet he is still a humble person. He shouldn’t be recognized as a Laker. Just like Bill Russell not as a Celtic, MJ not as a Bull. Greatness belongs to the ppl who manifested, not to the uniform they happen to wear at the time.
Thats why always put the nost high 1st.
He is THE Laker.
Absolutely
Him & Kobe
@@melvinhhcp3615west more important
@@mkbzam Him & Kobe. West & Kobe were LEVELS greater than Magic on defense. Actually Kareem too. But KAJ was not a life long Laker. But still...
Imagine having at least a decent argument to be considered the greatest player and executive of the same organisation... RIP LOGO
Not trying to take anything away from West, but just considering the premise: Super Mario Lemieux.
He basically has zero argument for being the greatest laker player ever. That just isnt true
That's an exaggeration, I agree, but he's one of the most impactful Lakers in history, with countless playoff heroics and scoring numbers which with a 3pt line would only be surpassed by Kobe, none other great Lakers. Besides, the point is the impact of the LOGO no matter what on the Lakers organisation, whatever age or position, he just loved to honor the purple and gold
@@kaan4943cope. Faced greatest team ever
I remember the first time I saw Jerry west I realized how modern his game looked for the 60s
That’s CRAZY! Imagine a player making a 60 footer in the finals at the buzzer today! I think the internet would implode 😂
Sad that it didn’t win the game cuz there was not 3p
well a 50 footer happened today, while not being at the final buzzer its still something
@@bananalegend194not comparable. Wests was a buzzer beater to tie the game.
@@1234EggNogg ik its just kinda crazy this comment said that then something kinda similar happened
I’m a West Virginian, west was my dads player, he got me a book that showed how to shoot the perfect jumpshot. He would say “ that guys from right up the road”. In 6th grade I wrote Mr. West a letter, surprisingly I got a reply. Sent me back a letter, autographed pic, and a bunch of lakers swag. The next year I didn’t write but got a bunch of lakers stuff in the mail. Such a generous man, a total legend. Rip Mr Clutch. Thanks Johnny for this video.
That is so cool. I never met him, but know some who did and they all say the same thing. Jerry was the greatest of all time..
It's a disgrace Jeanie Buss did not have West in her top 5 Laker list.
Yeah, that was just a dumb list.
She's a trust fund bia
@@frankpagel39 ridiculously petty and dumb
@@frankpagel39Elgin Baylor should have been in the list too. Because he saved the Lakers from going bankrupt
She IS the disgrace.
I’m obviously not a Laker fan, but I can’t help but appreciate how great this man was at his profession. The final minute of the video almost got a tear from this Celtics fan. RIP legend.
Respect
RIP Mr. Logo 🫡
You guys can emote??
you haven't edited your name yet ?
Jerry West is the current LOGO OF THE NBA; THIS SHOULD NEVER CHANGE, this excellent documentary shows us why. It was a pleasure to watch, thanks!!
I think they should change it to curious george
Its a shame how the West/Laker front office stuff got so ugly and never had a chnace to rekindle any good relationship standing. Im disgusted how my Lakers treated West the last decade. West did the most for the Lakers for 40 years, he was always classy and lived by his morals always. RIP Mr. West
yep.like50 yrs😊
What causes West to get overlooked I feel is that his playing career was in the 60’s, and early 70’s and so much time has passed, let alone the NBA’s popularity has grown a lot since 1974.
But his impact was incredibly large, and he brought a lot to the game; both as a GM and a player.
Rest in Peace to Jerry West.
@@fortynights1513 It's been so long that a big portion of NBA fans are willing to change the logo without knowing anything about West. Also, skin color naturally plays a part, but still.
You make historic NBA videos like nobody else, man. Ive learned so much about what makes our game so special.
RIP Jerry, and thankyou Johnny for keeping that era alive.
I enjoyed winning time but the portrayal of Jerry west was ridiculous .He was a quiet measured individual not a raving nutcase. He was deeply affected by the defeats by the Celtics particularly in 69 .But what a great player and humble man he was.Thats how he should be remembered .A class act .
He doesn't necessarily come across as humble. He knew his worth, he knew he was great, and he said he was great. I'd say he was a class act, though.
West is a cautious reminder that even though you give your life to an organization and they still won’t care nor respect you. that’s hard times. you could work for 30 years and all you get in return is a watch. the current guard disrespects him despite the fact they wouldn’t be there if it wasn’t for his effort or the last name they have.
He revolutionized the outside game, he transformed what we thought possible for an executive, but most importantly, he gave the world something to enjoy. Even as a young man I have lot to learn from Mr. West, he will be remembered.
Can go as far as saying he's been the most impactful person in NBA history because of forming 2 Lakers dynasties and the GSW dynasty. That's 14 championships because of his eye for talent and building rosters.
If you watch til the end, you’ll see that I argue that same point. Such a legend
@@jonnyarnett You sure did and I'm glad for it
You can argue the 2009 & 2010 Lakers championships also, given he was the exec in Memphis traded Pau Gasol here.
Yeah but recruiting KD to the GSW arguably hurt them because it looks like they needed a super team to win.
@@turbotravis2323 Nobody says this about 08 Boston, 2012 & 2013 Miami, or the 2016 Cavs though.
Jerry West is and always will be The Logo. There's no one else who could be The Logo.
The NBA retired Bill Russell's number 6 league wide soon after he died. They should do the same to West's 44.
Imagine if there was a 3 point line in 1970 that buzzer beater will be the greatest game winner of all time
His impact is STAGGERING. Beautiful tribute.
Great tribute to one of the best.
Great video. RIP Jerry West. He made the Lakers great as a player and as a manager. Without him, we wouldn't have known Showtime or the Shaq-Kove era. As a Lakers and basketball fan, I will always be grateful.
I never watched Jerry west growing up or knew much about him but from everything I hear about him he seemed like an absolute tank of a man and an inspiration to everyone. I haven’t heard anything besides good things about the man, rip Jerry
RIP LOGO!
Thanks Johnny these videos are my favorite, and I am always looking forward to more. There are so many great players that don't get talked about like bob pettit, dave cowens, nate tiny archibald, walt bellamy, robert parish, artis gilmore and neil johnston and I can't wait for videos on how good are they really.
7:00 this just shows how people don’t really understand how good west was. I didn’t know he was a shot blocker. This incredible honestly
Rest in peace Jerry West. The Logo is a badass nickname. He's one of those guys from the 60s yet his game looked modern. Only guy to win Finals MVP with his team losing. That's how good he was
As a somewhat casual i never knew Jerry west did all this post retirement, yeah he's the greatest Laker of all time considering he was the reason for 2 of the greatest dynasties of all time. Along with being decades ahead of his time in the way he played basketball
Awesome dedication video, Jonny.
Travel In Peace, Mr. West 🕊
Excellent piece. Seen West in his prime. Best 2 way COMBO guard to ever lace them up & I rank him 3rd best 2 guard (only behind Jordan & Kobe). Nice job...as always.
He lived long enough to see the Lakers catch up to the Cs and in a final middle finger to Boston he said ✌🏼out just before they could take another lead. Thank you Mr. Clutch, you made my life as a basketball & Laker fan 11x more special than it would have been without you. #goat
Rip to mr inside and mr outside 😢
Leading an organization to nearly half a century of greatness and being treated like dirt for it is ridiculous. Your videos have given me such a colossal amount of respect for Jerry West, and it’s shameful how much he is disrespected. Rest in Peace Mr. West
I can't help but remember how hype it was Kenny Smith when they did the draft all time on tv when he got Jerry West for his team, he was genuinely excited 😂
An argument can be made that Jerry West is in the top 3 PG and SG, something people overlook is he played both positions amazingly.
The mastermind behind so many great things that have happened in the NBA. Rest In Paradise, Mr. West.
Beautiful and heart felt video…
RIP Logo.
This whole video encompasses why it's a tragedy that the NBA, to this day, still doesn't recognize Jerry West as the official logo of the NBA.
Outstanding career from both inside the court and off of it, and that's still a major understatement.
R.I.P. Logo
Jerry West was a great all-around player and a great basketball mind/executive. One of the areas where West excelled that flies under the radar was his excellent athletic ability. In his playing days era, dunking wasn't as in vogue as it would become but Mr Clutch had excellent hops, West was really fast as runner going downcourt, and West was super quick. When you combine that with his true height - his listed height of 6'2" or 6'3" was not accurate and West himself said he was at least 6'4" barefoot. With shoes on, that made West about 6'5" in Chuck Taylors so it was it was no surprise that West was a great shot blocker for a guard. Because West had a high basketball IQ and an uncanny basketball sense, it was also no surprise that West was a leader in steals as well. So West was way more than a "white body shooter" and was one of the best athletes, at the guard position, in the NBA.
This is one of the most heartfelt videos I've ever seen. Thank you for this. He will be missed as the greatest person in NBA history.
Excellent video, Jonny! Jerry West is a legend. He was a great athlete and superb executive and you did such a great job in discussing his career and impact on the game. Like celtics17banners84, I am not a Lakers fan (Kings fan), but I admire Jerry West and was deeply moved by your video. I've been thinking a lot about him this week and am heartbroken about his passing. He was amazing.
Great video again, Jonny! Have a nice week.
Thank you Jonny for telling Jerry West’s story. It’s up to us fans to keep his legacy alive. His fire, his hunger and competitive spirit is missing in the NBA today (although there are great exceptions). Thank you Mr. Clutch for giving your life to this great sport. We honor your legacy! 🙌
Great video and glad you didn't rush it. West deserves to be honored. In response to the final question, the only person that can match the giant of West is Red Auerbach, but no one comes even close to him with the combo of player, coach, and executive.
He was WOLVE! Rest well and thank you for everything you done for the game of basketball 🫡
Bro. U gonna make a grown man cry!
Jerry West is a top 15 NBA player of all time in my eyes. He was a legend on the court and a legend in the front office. Not many players have such a resume, Jerry West truly was special, and he earned the name the Logo.
I agree, I have him at #14 just ahead of Big O, KD, and M. Malone. He's behind Hakeem and Dr. J, but that's because I take into account Erving's accomplishments in the ABA and he gets knocked down quite a bit talking strictly about NBA ball.
Thank you Jonny! Appreciate you sharing this video. I felt sad when I heard of Jerry West’s passing along with Bill Walton and Chet Walker recent passing. More and more legends are starting to be gone now. Jerry West is the most important Laker of all time as he bridged the gap of the franchise from moving to Minneapolis after George Mikan era to Magic/Kareem to Kobe/Shaq eras.
An absolute titan of the game, I don't think anyone had a bigger impact on the NBA than Jerry West.
Love me some Jerry West. Him and Pete are the two players who would've benefitted the most from a 3pt line.
FACTS MACHINE, although Rick Barry and Oscar Roberson would've made it very interesting too
My dad's favorite player growing up! I still have the blue Jerry West jersey I've had since 7th grade.
Thanks for this video Jonny. After the Lakers absolutely horrendous job at honoring Jerry West, I feel like I needed to watch a video like this.
I'm not old enough to have lived through West's career as a player, but as someone who also love history, the Lakers and the league, West is just a colossal figure, just as you say in the video.
He also seemed to be an incredibly nice guy (but he was also one tough guy, and that was easy to notice).
At least this is not a tragedy as it was with Kobe. The man lived 86 great years, built an amazing legacy and I want to think he enjoyed his life to the fullest. He can now go and play some legenday pickup games with Kobe, Wilt, Russell, Walton and the other greats that have already passed. R.I.P. Logo.
This entry was simply amazing and needed to put his legacy into perspective. He was winner through and through, and that is all. He was one of a kind God bless Jerry West 🙏
Mr West is the most underrated guard all time. He’s top 15 in my mind. Rumor has it he couldn’t bare to c the Celtics raise another banner! RIP legend
The last minute of the video made me cry🥹 jerry west will always be in our hearts as a lakers fans
Magic is, by far, the greatest Laker ever.
He brought showtime to LA and revitalized the game.
His unique playing style, the razzle dazzle way of playing, was, and continues to be, one of the most spectacular things in basketball HISTORY...
Johnny… Great Video!
This is how a legend and the standard of the sport should be recognized.
😇🏀🏆
Rip West such a great basketball mind
The nba will never be the same
West is like if Red and Bill Russell were the same person
Watched your video about Jerry West being disrespected while he was still alive. Great tribute.
Thanks for making and sharing this video = what Jerry West did after he finished playing is astonishing= WOW!!!!
Rest in peace to a NBA legend ❤❤❤❤
I always knew Jerry West was underrated but I didn’t realize how criminally it was. I mean, dude’s resume is MJ-esq (averaging 40 for an entire playoff run?!?) if he just could have won a couple more of those finals. Great video, you do always do a great job educating us about the NBA greats. Poor Lebron, I once had him as the best ever (it was 2017 and I’m a huge Cavs fan🤷🏻) but he just keeps moving further and further down my list 😄
For me, he is single handily the most important person in NBA history by just his body of work.
Good job on the tribute. As a 33 year fan, feels weird he won’t be here. But I guess this is the way of things.
Top 10 player OAT and the GOAT PG. It's insane how underrated this man's career is
God this man has the hindsight of spiderman
If greatness is measured relative to the competition of your era, he’s got to be one of the best shooting guards ever
Outstanding video Johnny. Thanks for honoring Mr. West.
Imagine if Jerry West was our GM when we had 3 number 2 overall picks in a row, 2015-2017. It kills me that the Buss family has disrespected him so much. Greatest Laker of All Time.
I always thought Kobe should replace West as the logo, I was uninformed about the legend himself. RIP Jerry West.
Jonny I remember u making a video going into depth on why we need to stop disrespecting West while he was still alive. I hate that you called it and that no one listened! RIP !!
When you include his greatness on both ends of the court, his coaching, and his GM accomplishments, you could make the case West had the greatest overall career in basketball ever.
The only other person I can think of with similar greatness in every area of basketball is Bird. But as a GM, West had a much longer run and more success than Bird had.
It's kinda crazy that a guy with West's track record, who's also the F'N NBA LOGO is that underrated by many modern fans.
For all his successes, it seemed West had a tough life, and him being so tough on himself led to him not enjoying his accomplishments nearly as much as he should've.
I hope he's at peace now--Jerry West R.I.P...
Rip Mr. West. Basketball is larger than life. Either Mr. West or Mr. Red Auerbach are the greatests basketball minds to me.
RIP 1 OF MY FAVORITE && MOST UNDERRATED PLAYERS EVER 💔💔WE LOVE TO TALK ABOUT "GIVING FLOWERS" WELL JERRY WEST WAS 1 PLAYER I HAD TO GIVE HIS FLOWERS WHILE HE WAS HERE 🙏🏾🙏🏾I WISH WE WOULDVE GOT MORE JERRY WEST INTERVIEWS & PODCASTS 💔💔
Had the scoring of MJ, Kobe’s Mamba Mentality, and Lebron’s consistency of finals appearances. Mr. Outside will forever be a legend
My fav video you have done 🙌
Jerry West will truly be missed 😢
One of the smartest guy in the sport and business RIP legendary logo
Your tribute to Jerry West should be seen by everyone and not what the Lakers actually posted!
Beautiful video man, what a loss
Dope vid Johnny
Jerry West's final records reminds me of LeBron in MOST of those final losses they were the best player on the court from both opposing teams, but circumstances they couldn't control made other teams come out on top.
Don't compare lbj to West. He doesn't belong in the same convo.
A true LEGEND of the game RIP
RIP The Logo even though he hated the nickname. We need to give these former legends their due even without the added accolades or stats and to me at least its always been fun to guesstimate how their numbers and accolades would look had they been avail. I got Jerry avg 30/5/7/1.5/3.0 on close to 90/50/40 splits.
Dudes like Wilt, Russell, Mikan, Oscar, West, Pete, Kareem, Tiny, etc all suffered from a lack of defensive stats and accolades but even if you lowball their stats and accolades you can see how many would have better resumes than a lot of the top 75 players from the anniversary list.
Bill's likely sitting on something like 11 rings, 7 fmvp, 5-7 dpoty and 5 mvps
Wilt likely lead the league in 3-4 of the major stats in the same season. On top of avg a 30pt, 20reb and 10blks triple double...
Jerry likely would own the top 5 steal total seasons, have a few 100+blk/200stl seasons and totaling 30+ points to join or even overshadow Jordan in that dept.
Honestly mind boggling how these guys avg 40 ppg over a playoff run WITHOUT a 3 pt line.
If a player did it today we'd worship them...this guy did it with no 3s on good efficiency as well.
Just nuts
DO NOT take it the wrong way, but we do need to remember that they played more minutes and in an extremely fast era. I honestly think that is the most underappreciated thing about the 1960s greats, the fact that they were regularly playing 40+ minutes a night in Chuck Taylors in a hot gym, running up and down the court more than any other era ever. Insane endurance.
A great tribute!
9:43 this was the most underrated Lakers squad of all time. Eddie Jones and Nick Van Axel with Shaq and a little kid who couldn’t break through the ranks yet named Kobe Bryant.
I loved watching Jerry West, his play with Elgin Baylor was marvelous. He never complained about the refs or did anything but WORK HARDER TO GET BETTER! He never behaved like the current face of the Leakers, Mr. Whiner LeBrain. I used to enjoy watching the NBA when they played real BB; I now find the nba to be unwatchable, it’s boring long-range, “bombs away BB”. LeBrain specializes in the “crash and smash” drive to the basket; where he charges, travels, misses a short shot, falls on the floor acting injured, and then begins haranguing the refs, fans, and players. He loves to say: “That makes me the greatest of all time??” Nope: “EVER HEAR OF JERRY WEST; MISTER CLUTCH??” I am not surprised!! YES TO WEST; HE IS A TRULY GREAT LAKER! RIP
I bet u as a Lakers fan loved when LeBron signed with them and brought them back from being a lottery team to a championship.
As a magic fan i didn't like the lakers signing Shaq but i agree he is a really savvy GM. He knew talent
Jerry West SAVED Kobe's legacy!
Thanks for the video
It's funny how he was the logo wo NIL and he conquered basketball more than anyone ever
In terms of overall Laker contributions (both pre and post player retirements), Jerry West is #1
King of the Plumber Era
He’s the mold- and the god dam logo.
Nothing makes me sadder 😢 as a Lakers fan was West let go as GM for Mitch & the son. So sad 😞 he was let go in bad manner.
He is the laker in my opinion and thats no diss to kobe im sure he would agree
Jerry west is the greatest laker of all time and it’s not even close. He’s had a hand in almost every memorable thing that has to do with the LA lakers.
The man signed Shaq and traded for Kobe IN THE SAME WEEK.
The late Jerry West is the GOAT 🐐 Los Angeles Lakers personality. Won 🏆 1 title as a player + more as an executive.
Eliminated from the choices. 1 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar because he won 🏆 1 title and reached the finals again whe with the Milwaukee Bucks 🦌 2 Shaquille O'Neal. He was with the Orlando Magic before the Lakers.
for some reason. if curry and bron teamed up in the lakers. they can do a re run of the west and baylor era