Lakers
The Lakers will honor the late Jerry West on opening night with a ceremony and all season with a band on the left shoulder of their uniforms, the team announced Tuesday.
Sports
Jerry West built the Lakers into an institution as a player. He constructed the Lakers’ greatness as a general manager.
Letters to the Editor
Readers recall Jerry West showing them his Laker-gold Porsche or answering kids’ questions late into the night after a playoff win.
A T-shirt with Jerry West’s face is placed on a baseline seat at Thomas and Mack Center along with a Dairy Queen cup because the Lakers legend enjoyed eating ice cream.
Readers of the Los Angeles Times Sports section share their thoughts and opinions on the life of Jerry West, the Lakers’ coaching search and Caitlin Clark.
Obituaries
Jerry West took the Lakers to stunning heights season after season as a player, coach and general manager.
Kurt Rambis, Byron Scott, Michael Cooper and Magic Johnson praised Jerry West, the general manager who added them to the Showtime Lakers roster.
Magic Johnson recalls his first meeting with Lakers legend Jerry West, who died Wednesday morning, plus their relationship as player and mentor.
When Lakers legend Jerry West died Wednesday morning, it sadly was the Clippers and not the Lakers front office that delivered the news.
David Stern spent 30 years as the NBA’s longest-serving commissioner, but he refused to admit the obvious: Lakers legend Jerry West was the inspiration for the logo.