Jerry West passed away

[Gladeskat]

The NBA icon is dead. I saw the 6th game winning shot from 60 feet. Great jump shooter but not near Steph Curry. Game 7 was the Willis Reed game. Super electric moment in sports. The game was over after Willis hit those two shots from the top of the key in the first quarter.

 

[Catreporter]

Watched him play in person against the Cats in the old Chicago Stadium., NU won the game 118-109 in triple overtime. West Virginia went on to play and lose the 1959 NCAA championship game. That was a really good Cats team (last second place Big Ten team before 2023!) that might have won the league had our star forward not suffered a broken arm in January, 1959.

 

[NUCat320]

Jerry chose death over watching the Celtics win a title. Nothing but respect. ✊ 🫡

 

[hdhntr1]

The NBA icon is dead. I saw the 6th game winning shot from 60 feet. Great jump shooter but not near Steph Curry. Game 7 was the Willis Reed game. Super electric moment in sports. The game was over after Willis hit those two shots from the top of the key in the first quarter.

He was the best at the time and isn't the NBA logo still him? What is interesting is that he was THE Laker but has had nothing to do with them for more than 20 years and most recently associated with the Clippers

 

[hdhntr1]

Watched him play in person against the Cats in the old Chicago Stadium., NU won the game 118-109 in triple overtime. West Virginia went on to play and lose the 1959 NCAA championship game. That was a really good Cats team (last second place Big Ten team before 2023!) that might have won the league had our star forward not suffered a broken arm in January, 1959.

And at that time only one team went to dance, Similar to 70 in FB. How would our history have been different if more than one team went back then?

 

[docrugby1]

Jerry West, Oscar Robertson, Elgin Baylor, Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell , Bob Petit, Willis Reed, Dave Bing and so many more. There were fewer teams and you got to know the rosters of the various teams