| Statue of Jerry West | |
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 The sculpture in 2022 | |
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| Artist |
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| Subject | Jerry West |
| Location | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| 34°2′36.9″N118°15′58.4″W / 34.043583°N 118.266222°W | |
A bronze statue of Jerry West by Omri Amrany and Julie Rotblatt Amrany [1] is installed outside Los Angeles' Crypto.com Arena, in the U.S. state of California. [2] The sculpture was unveiled in 2011. [3] [4]
Jerome Alan West is an American basketball executive and former player. He played professionally for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). His nicknames included "the Logo", in reference to his silhouette being the basis for the NBA logo; "Mr. Clutch", for his ability to make a big play in a key situation such as his famous buzzer-beating 60-foot shot that tied Game 3 of the 1970 NBA Finals against the New York Knicks; "Mr. Outside", in reference to his perimeter play with the Los Angeles Lakers and "Zeke from Cabin Creek" for the creek near his birthplace of Chelyan, West Virginia. West played the small forward position early in his career: he was a standout at East Bank High School and at West Virginia University, where he led the Mountaineers to the 1959 NCAA championship game. He earned the NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player honor despite the loss in the championship. He then embarked on a 14-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers and was the co-captain of the 1960 U.S. Olympic gold medal team, a squad that was inducted as a unit into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2010.
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