Jerry West doesn’t care where he’s ranked all-time: ‘I don’t live in the past’

Each sport has its “best of all time” checklist that continues to be debated all through the years.

However the NBA’s checklist appears to hold essentially the most weight whereas creating the fiercest arguments.

The highest 10 checklist is a hotly debated subject, however one of many NBA’s all-time greats couldn’t care much less the place he lands.

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“No. Dan, I don’t dwell up to now,” West stated Friday on “The Dan Patrick Present” when requested whether or not he cares the place he’s ranked in basketball historical past.

“I’ve been a type of folks that’s lucky sufficient … I suppose my ego’s not large enough to even care about that stuff. I used to be simply completely happy I had an opportunity to play when the league was rising when it was like a highschool sport whenever you went within the gymnasium.”

West is taken into account one of many best to ever play the sport, spending his whole profession with the Los Angeles Lakers from 1960 to 1974.

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Jerry West seems on earlier than a NBA sport between the Phoenix Suns and the Los Angeles Clippers on October 23, 2022, at Crypto.com Enviornment in Los Angeles, CA. (Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire through Getty Photos)

He was a 14-time All-Star, winner of the 1972 NBA Finals, and a member of the NBA’s seventy fifth Anniversary Group.

After his taking part in profession got here to an finish, West grew to become a legendary basic supervisor, serving to to construct championship rosters in LA.

West was chargeable for the draft-day commerce that introduced five-time champion Kobe Bryant to the Lakers.

On Friday, West stated that Bryant was extra “superior” at 19 years outdated than Victor Wembanyama, who was taken first general by the san antonio spurs within the 2023 NBA Draft.

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Jerry West attends a basketball sport between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Phoenix Suns at Crypto.com Enviornment on April 20, 2023, in Los Angeles, California. (Allen Berezovsky/Getty Photos)

“Kobe was extra superior. He wasn’t that top,” West stated. “His physique was a bit larger. However they each carry a unique sort of pleasure to the sport, and I’m very hopeful that for the Spurs, and partially for the league, that he shall be a type of gamers that individuals wish to come see due to the individuality of the expertise.

“Something that’s good for basketball and significantly the expansion of the sport, I’m all for it.”

West is presently a marketing consultant for the Los Angeles Clippers.