Jerry West Statue coming to a Staples Center near you

The Skyhook · Post #1 » by **The Skyhook** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 4:50 am

http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/n ... id=5786305

LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Lakers will unveil a statue honoring Hall of Fame guard Jerry West during this season's NBA All-Star weekend, multiple sources confirmed to ESPNLosAngeles.com.

The man deserves it. Now Get Kareem a statue.

digcom · Post #2 » by **digcom** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 4:54 am

it's about time. since he is the nba logo, i would love to see the statue in the same position as the logo.

LA Forever · Post #3 » by **LA Forever** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 6:07 am

LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Lakers will unveil a statue honoring Hall of Fame guard Jerry West during this season's NBA All-Star weekend, multiple sources confirmed to ESPNLosAngeles.com.

Los Angeles is the host city for All-Star weekend, running from Feb. 18-20.

West retired as the Lakers all-time leading scorer before Kobe Bryant eclipsed his point total of 25,192 points during the 2009-10 season. Known as "Mr. Clutch" during his playing days, West won a championship with the Lakers in 1972 and holds the distinction of being the only player in league history to be named NBA Finals MVP while playing on the losing team (1969). West was a 14-time NBA All-Star and was named one of the 50 greatest players in NBA history in 1996.

West transitioned from Lakers backcourt to the front office and worked for the team as the head coach and a scout before being named general manager prior to the 1982-83 season. With West as the GM, the Lakers went on to win seven championships and he was named NBA Executive of the Year in 1995.

The statue will be the fifth to be erected at Staples Center and the third that is Lakers-related, following Wayne Gretzky, Magic Johnson, Oscar De La Hoya and broadcaster Chick Hearn.

More here: http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/n ... id=5786305

Hmmm... is there any doubt what pose West will be doing?

EDIT: Damn, I didn't see there was a thread already.

aroba · Post #4 » by **aroba** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 7:00 am

What about Wilt Chamberlain? He got the same rings in LAL than West!
Besides he's been greater (my personal opinion)

Penberthy · Post #5 » by **Penberthy** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 7:18 am

aroba wrote:What about Wilt Chamberlain? He got the same rings in LAL than West!
Besides he's been greater (my personal opinion)

Without Jerry West there is no Magic Johnson, Shaq, Kobe, and on and on.

solidrake13 · Post #6 » by **solidrake13** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 8:10 am

Without Jerry West there is no Magic Johnson, Shaq, Kobe, and on and on.

Well Jerry West is "the icon" of NBA. he deserves a statue.

Post #7 » by **semi-sentient** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 3:17 pm

What a coincidence. Here we are bitching about West not having a statue (in the Kobe statue thread) and BOOM, Lakers announce that The Logo will get his. Clearly, the Buss family has a secret spy on RealGM.

Desiderium · Post #8 » by **Desiderium** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 4:06 pm

^^ damn i've been caught
I am ScandaBuss!

Hunter103 · Post #9 » by **Hunter103** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 4:06 pm

semi-sentient wrote:What a coincidence. Here we are bitching about West not having a statue (in the Kobe statue thread) and BOOM, Lakers announce that The Logo will get his. Clearly, the Buss family has a secret spy on RealGM.

Hi Jeanie! :wave:

Does the team have to shell out for it, or are these statues paid for by AEG/Staples group? Gretzky I can understand the Kings buying, but who paid for the de la Hoya statue?

H00PDREAMS · Post #10 » by **H00PDREAMS** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 4:09 pm

Overdue, well deserved, and thank you to the Lakers org.

Is this announcement setting a precedent on what it takes and how long it will take for Kobe to get his statue? Meaning we will see a Kareem statue loooong before we ever see a Kobe statue?

H00PDREAMS · Post #11 » by **H00PDREAMS** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 4:11 pm

Hunter103 wrote:who paid for the de la Hoya statue?

Oscar bought it himself.... :roll:

LApwnd · Post #12 » by **LApwnd** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 4:37 pm

The Skyhook wrote:http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/news/story?id=5786305

LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Lakers will unveil a statue honoring Hall of Fame guard Jerry West during this season's NBA All-Star weekend, multiple sources confirmed to ESPNLosAngeles.com.

The man deserves it. Now Get Kareem a statue.

agreed, I thought its been long over due.

LApwnd · Post #13 » by **LApwnd** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 4:39 pm

digcom wrote:it's about time. since he is the nba logo, i would love to see the statue in the same position as the logo.

I rather see something different, we all seen and know that image.....anyways we shoud boot Oscar out of there, his statue belongs in his home town not the staple center, I mean how many times did he even box at Staples?

Kalidogg24 · Post #14 » by **Kalidogg24** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 7:04 pm

Salute!

Sedale Threatt · Post #15 » by **Sedale Threatt** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 7:09 pm

Hook Kareem up and we'll be set.

Mahhcuss · Post #16 » by **Mahhcuss** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 8:24 pm

Kalidogg24 wrote:Salute!

Going to be an awesome event :rockon:

well deserved!

LAkersWorld1 · Post #17 » by **LAkersWorld1** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 8:48 pm

I know I'm not the only one that thinks this but I'll say it anyway, it's been long over due for Mr. Logo.

To also echo Sedale Threatt from an earlier post, Kareem should have one. No doubt.

How about another LAker HOF, Big Game James?!

:wordyo:

LA Forever · Post #18 » by **LA Forever** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 9:07 pm

I think the only other Lakers that will get a statue will be Abdul-Jabbar and Bryant.

The Skyhook · Post #19 » by **The Skyhook** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 10:53 pm

Sedale Threatt wrote:Hook Kareem up and we'll be set.

The pose of his statue is going to be awesome

magic1fan · Post #20 » by **magic1fan** » Sat Nov 13, 2010 8:12 pm

long overdue