Everything you need to know about American basketball executive and former player Jerry West, his height, net worth, rings, stats and record in finals
Jerry West is in the headlines because of the new HBO sports series on the NBA franchise Lakers, named Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty, which released its 1 out of 10 episodes this week.
The “Showtime” Lakers series has provoked some criticism by some of the former team’s employees of the way it has portrayed Jerry West.
Jerry West managed the team as a coach from 1976 to 1979 and became the general manager of the 17 times NBA Championships winners in the 1980s.
Jerry West Biography, Age, Height, Family, Wife, Career, Stats, Rings, Finals Record And Net Worth
Jerome Alan West, simply known as Jerry West je an American basketball executive and a former player. He was a player for the National Basketball Association (NBA) team, Los Angeles Lakers. Jerry also coached the team later in the 1970s. He also was known as “Mr Clutch”.
Jerry West Age, Height, Family, Wife, Children
Born in Chelyan, West Virginia, 1938, May 28, Jerry West is 83 years old.
He is 6 ft and 3 in.
West got married to Martha Jane Kane in April 1960, who was his college love but it didn’t last and the couple got divorced in 1976. From Martha, Jerry has three sons namely David, Mark and Michael. He then tied the knot to Karen in the year 1978 having two sons, Ryan and Jonnie.
Jerry West Career, Awards, Highlights, Statistics
Jerry West’s NBA career was highly successful, making him ready for the NBA draft in 1960 and was picked by the Minneapolis Lakers.
West played as a point guard for the 17 times NBA Championships winners Los Angeles Lakers from 1960 to 1974. He won one ring as a player in 1972 while snagging six championship rings during his reign with the Los Angeles Lakers. With a 1-9 record, he has the worst record in the NBA finals till date.
Nine times in his 14 seasons West’s Lakers made the finals and they lost eight, the first six times to the Celtics.
As A Player:
NBA champion (1972)
NBA Finals MVP (1969)
14× NBA All-Star (1961–1974)
NBA All-Star Game MVP (1972)
10× All-NBA First Team (1962–1967, 1970–1973)
2× All-NBA Second Team (1968, 1969)
4× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1970–1973)
NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1969)
NBA scoring champion (1970)
NBA assists leader (1972)
NBA 35th Anniversary Team
NBA 50th Anniversary Team
NBA 75th Anniversary Team
No. 44 retired by Los Angeles Lakers
NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player (1959)
2× Consensus first-team All-American (1959, 1960)
Third-team All-American – AP, UPI (1958)
2× SoCon Player of the Year (1959, 1960)
No. 44 retired by West Virginia Mountaineers
Presidential Medal of Freedom (2019)
As A Executive
8× NBA champion (1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988, 2000, 2015, 2017)
2× NBA Executive of the Year (1995, 2004)
As A Coach
Jerry led the Los Angeles Lakers and star centre Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to a 145–101 record, making the playoffs in all 3 seasons and progressing to the Western Conference Finals once in 1977.
Jerry West Career Playing Stats
| Career playing statistics | |
|---|---|
| Points | 25,192 (27.0 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 5,366 (5.8 rpg) |
| Assists | 6,238 (6.7 apg) |
Jerry West Net Worth
Jerry West is said to have a net of $50 million dollars.
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