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Removing this: "In 1980, the Lakers won the NBA Championship led by Magic Johnson, who became the first and only rookie to be named the NBA Finals MVP."
Doesn't seem to have anything to do with Jerry West. 65.88.178.10 20:41, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
Most likely a Magic Johnson fanatic. If you made a section called "other NBA legends," that would be perfect. You can make a links section for that. ~Regulus.
In his book Mr. Clutch West reports his name as "Jerry Alan West". I imagine that if his name were Jerome he'd be the first to know about it. RandyBeegle 05:45, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
"Due to West's tremendous play in the state championship, the school of East Bank changes its name every year on that same day to West Bank."
East Bank doesn't exist anymore. I'm considering the best way to keep this neat bit of trivia while reflecting the fact that it's out of date.
According to the following link, he retired because he could not recover from an abdominal strain. Right/wrong? Should this be added to his page? [1]-- Halmass ( talk) 13:35, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
After a big big rewrite, this article is a current good article candidate, see this link. Copyediting and constructive criticism are appreciated. — Onomatopoeia ( talk) 23:38, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
...from one of yesterday afternoon's episodes of the new Trivial Pursuit: I find it hard to believe the NBA used an actual player—this very guy—in their logo! -- Slgrandson ( How's my egg-throwing coleslaw?) 04:56, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
Hello, I will be reviewing this article. Check back soon (My apologies for the delay in starting this... had some personal business to take care of!) CarpetCrawler ( talk) 00:45, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
This article is VERY well written, and very accurately sourced, however, I just have a few issues that I'd like to see resolved, before I can pass this article. They are as follows.
When my requirements are met, I will DEFINITELY pass this article, as it is fantastic and VERY well-written. Wonderful job by everyone who worked on it. Please send me a message on my talkpage, if you have finished fixing up the article, or if you have any questions. Thanks, and good luck! CarpetCrawler ( talk) 23:42, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
After the successful GA push, this article is currently going into peer review. Click this link to enter the peer review page. Additional input is always welcomed! — Onomatopoeia ( talk) 20:11, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
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I added a link to West's college statistics to the article. I realize that the link provided to basketball-reference.com has college stats, but the stats at WVUstats.com include single game highs in college and awards and honors not listed at basketball-reference. I also figured that if someone was interested enough in Jerry West's college career, they might be interested in WVU basketball stats in general. So I hope that at least one person finds that link useful.-- RandyBeegle ( talk) 03:27, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
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Egad...too many statistics. The article goes on and on and on. This is supposed to be a biography, not a play by play synopsis of every basketball game Jerry West ever played, and certainly not every blasted shot he took. Throw out 30-40% of the statistical stuff, and clean up the play by play action. Also, the pictures???? Boring. Unless they relate to something specific within the article, they do not belong. It's a good article, sure, but it needs drastic editing. For example, count the number of times the word but is used (or yet, or however). The sentence structure is overly long, complex, and goes on and on and on. By the time, a reader gets to the halfway point, the poor reader is exhausted with sentences that say something like: well, Jerry missed 30.5 fouls from the free throw line, but his overall scoring for that half was 16.7 assists and 69 points; yet, when he tried to pull himself together (as the champion, NBA, small forward that he was, from years gone by); and in the second half, when he stepped to the free throw line, his average got even worse (45 missed fouls???) (and 16 were even 3-point conversions!!!!!); nevertheless, (or should we say, however) as the game came to a thundering close, Jerry West, Mr. MVP for the day, scored the final basket with a mid-court SLAM, making Air Jordan's similar feats from yesteryear look almost elementary. JiggleJog ( talk) 16:43, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
umm, jerry's bio on nba.com makes no mention of his likeness being the basis for the logo. can anyone point me to a proper source on this?? 114.30.119.167 ( talk) 02:47, 8 June 2009 (UTC)bilby jones
"I found the original photograph in the archives of Sport Magazine," (logo designer Alan) Siegel said. "It was an action shot of Jerry West dribbling down the court from one of the Lakers' games. I sketched it, cleaned it up a bit and stylized it. I streamlined the tracing I made -- (and) slimmed it down a little bit -- so it would work in all applications."
"If it is me, I'm obviously honored that they would have thought enough of me to place me there," he said, "But I don't think they've ever officially confirmed that it's me. I can tell you that a lot of people say it's me."
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There is a discrepancy here. This article states that West logged a 'quadruple double' (double digits in 4 of the following in one game: points, steals, assists, rebounds, or blocked shots), but in the citation (NBA.com) it states:
only four players have officially recorded a quadruple-double in National Basketball Association (NBA) history. The first American male player above the high school level to officially record a quadruple-double was Nate Thurmond, who achieved this feat in 1974 while playing for the NBA's Chicago Bulls.
It doesn't say whether he was one of those players, but he retired in 1974, so unless he did it in his final year of play (and the two first quad-doubles took place in the same year, which you'd think the NBA.com article would mention), this seems erroneous. At very least, the citation doesn't contain the info stated. Skabbonica ( talk) 13:51, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
The article has been pretty vague on the topic of the logo, as far as it is concerned. If West actually is the face of the logo, then there should be proper information on it. If possible, it would be better if the actual picture that inspired the logo also was included.
On the other hand, if the logo story is an urban myth, as is suggested in one of the other talk threads, it should be clarified as to what the myth actually is, and who said what.
The logo, as a whole, generates enough interest and deserves a full explanation, if not an article by itself, IMHO.
TheOriginalSoni ( talk) 18:07, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
Please add NBA career statistics. Nintendoswitchfan ( talk) 07:21, 22 September 2017 (UTC)
There is no summary by Bagumba for this edit. Why was the reversion made? Yet someone else wrote only a few hours before on a related article (see https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Mariano_Rivera&diff=next&oldid=1024521223, also most recently edited by Bagumba) "Now it reads like Trump is the highest civilian award in the US". Lacking any other rationale, this is on odd statement as well as an odd reason for a reversion. The added context was historically accurate (ie. noting the president at the time the award was made). Why would you remove that accurate context Bagumba? Please explain.— Preceding unsigned comment added by GeorgeSchiro ( talk • contribs) 16:33, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
The less information it contains, the more effectively it serves that purpose, allowing readers to identify key facts at a glance.The most important fact is West receiving the award, not who bestowed it, and the details remain in the body. For the record, the inclusion of the president was reverted in other articles as well, suggesting there is not an obvious consensus for this in the infobox.— Bagumba ( talk) 06:41, 2 June 2021 (UTC)
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Jerry West passed away at 86 years old 203.211.109.34 ( talk) 14:05, 12 June 2024 (UTC)