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LA Times Lakersblog Discusses West, Oscar & The ‘60 Olympic Team

August 12, 2010 – 3:20 pm

Mark Medina at the LA Times Lakers Blog interviewed me for a roundtable on the 1960 U.S. Olympic Team, which will be inducted into the Hall of Fame tomorrow. That team featured Jerry West and Oscar Robertson and was coached by the great Pete Newell, a former Lakers GM and longtime admirer of West.
Mark’s question [...]

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West Became A Laker 50 Years Ago This Week

April 13, 2010 – 5:19 am

An excerpt from my book, Jerry West, The Life And Legend Of A Basketball Icon, recently released by ESPN Books.
It was 50 years ago this month, in April of 1960, that Jerry West was drafted by the Minneapolis Lakers. The draft wasn’t a big deal back then. Al Attles, who would be taken in the [...]

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