[[tmz:video id="0_hb2lbzi5"]] When it comes to retiring jerseys, the Lakers are taking two steps forward with Kobe Bryant -- and two steps Way Back with Paula Abdul!! Here's the deal ... did you know the Lakers retired Paula's legendary Laker Girl uniform back in the day? Of course you don't because for some reason, it's not hanging in the rafters at Staples Center next to the other greats like Magic, Shaq, Kareem and Jerry West. When we saw Paula at Lax on Tuesday,...
- 9/13/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
[[tmz:video id="0_1fkp5l78"]] NBA player Steven Adams just got an offer to make big bucks playing another pro sport ... 'cause Rick Fox wants the killer Kiwi to join his pro gaming team. Fox is the owner of team Echo Fox, a team that competes in Major League gaming ... and when we got him out at Lax and told him Adams is a huge gamer, Rick went all Jerry West. "He's got time, I'll talk to him." Rick's logic?...
- 7/31/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
[[tmz:video id="0_3cbqnjrk"]] Jerry West insists he knows Nothing about the Clippers reportedly trying to steal him away from the Golden State Warriors ... but watch the video -- and pay attention to that smirk! West is currently an executive board member for the Warriors -- but Espn's Marc Stein reported the Clippers are actively courting him to L.A. So, when we saw West in Beverly Hills on Wednesday, we had to ask him straight-up -- what's the deal?...
- 6/1/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Here it is ... the long-awaited Dunking Shaq statue at Staples Center!! The 9-foot tall, 1,200 Pound statue has been in the works for months ... it will officially be unveiled on Friday night! A bunch of Lakers greats -- including Kobe Bryant, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Jerry West -- are expected to attend the event. Shaq tweeted his gratitude to Laker ownership about the honor ... "Thank You Buss Family! #speechless" Read more...
- 3/22/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
NBA legend Jerry West was hospitalized Tuesday after a medical scare at an exclusive L.A. country club, TMZ Sports has learned ... but we're told he's doing much better now and has been released. Multiple sources tell us 78-year-old West was at a private country club when something went wrong. One source says he collapsed. Another says he fell. Either way, paramedics were called to the scene and he was transported to a nearby hospital via ambulance.
- 1/25/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
As Kobe Bryant prepares to play his last game, Magic Johnson has penned an open letter to the Lakers star. The essay, published on The Playbook, touts Bryant's skill as a basketball player as Johnson commends his "commitment to success, outstanding work ethic, and winning attitude." Johnson, 56, also included Bryant's philanthropic accomplishments as well as listing all of his accolades as a basketball player. Tonight will be full of emotions , happy ones & and sad ones but we celebrate the career of one the games greatest players and a true Laker ... It's been an honor watching this man win championships and...
- 4/14/2016
- by Naja Rayne, @najarayne
- PEOPLE.com
As Kobe Bryant prepares to play his last game, Magic Johnson has penned an open letter to Lakers star. The essay, published on The Playbook, touts Bryant's skill as a basketball player as Johnson commends his "commitment to success, outstanding work ethic, and winning attitude." Johnson, 56, also included Bryant's philanthropic accomplishments as well as listing all of his accolades as a basketball player. Tonight will be full of emotions , happy ones & and sad ones but we celebrate the career of one the games greatest players and a true Laker ... It's been an honor watching this man win championships and to...
- 4/14/2016
- by Naja Rayne, @najarayne
- PEOPLE.com
[[tmz:video id="0_3iqrn4dk"]] Anyone hoping for a Kobe comeback after his farewell tour is over brace yourself ... 'cause current Warriors -- and former Lakers Gm Jerry West says It Ain't Gonna Happen. Jerry was arriving into Lax when we had to ask whether he thought there was any chance Mamba could pull a Jordan ... and come back after a couple years away from the NBA. West is a guy who'd know ... he's the dude who made the move...
- 2/19/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Liev Schreiber narrates the HBO original documentary Kareem: Minority of One, premiering Tuesday, Nov. 3, at 10pm Et/Pt, about basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the NBA’s all-time leading scorer who played with the Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers from 1969-89. This HBO exclusive film marks the first time Abdul-Jabbar has participated in a documentary about his life story. Interviews include Pat Riley, Magic Johnson, James Worthy, Jerry West, Bill Walton, Larry Bird, Oscar Robertson and Billy Crystal. “Kareem waited more than 20 years to tell his story and we’re delighted to present it on the HBO platform,” says producer Deborah Morales, … Continue reading →
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- 11/3/2015
- by Ryan Berenz
- ChannelGuideMag
Last night, LeBron James came as close as any player has in 46 years (since Jerry West in '69) to winning the NBA Finals Mvp for a losing team. What he did in carrying a team of scrubs and/or Knicks castoffs to within two games of a championship was otherworldly, not just for his own play, but for the complete ineptitude of his supporting cast whenever he wasn't on the floor. It had me wondering if there was a TV equivalent. I'm not talking about a great performance in an otherwise bad show, because we've seen plenty of those (Matthew Perry in "Studio 60," for instance), but a Hall of Fame performance that transforms a show that would otherwise be unwatchable into something seemingly great in its own right. I put the question out on Twitter this morning, and got some interesting responses: @sepinwall Orphan Black ... — Tormund Clientsbane (@LukeMayeux) June 17, 2015 Certainly,...
- 6/17/2015
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Crowdfunder has raised $3.5 million — $1 million more than it intended to — in its Series A round of financing. The money came pouring in on the heels of successful campaigns from Barbara Corcoran of “Shark Tank,” Neil Young, former CEO of Maker Studios Danny Zappin, Mark Cuban, TechStars, Tim Draper (who is also counted among this round's investors), Sequoia Capital, Tech Coast Angels, former vice chairman of Nasdaq David Weild, Jerry West, and others. The crowdfunding website, which is intended to be the crowdfunding destination specifically for startups and small businesses, made the announcement at TheWrap‘s TheGrill media conference on Tuesday.
- 10/7/2014
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Kobe Bryant won't need to clear space in his jewelry box for another NBA championship ring -- because his days of winning titles are likely over ... so says Lakers legend Jerry West. The NBA Hall of Famer was out in Beverly Hills yesterday when we asked if he were in Kobe's shoes ... would he stay in L.A. or demand a trade to a better squad so he could end his career with a shot at competing for a title.
- 7/16/2014
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Jerry West may be 50 years too late in his fight with the NBA over his image on the official logo ... so says Dr. J who tells TMZ Sports, "I blame his agent and his manager for dropping the ball."The Good Doc was leaving Lax this weekend when we talked about West's bitter battle with the league over the fact he gets No residuals ... and the league refuses to acknowledge the famous silhouette is even Jerry.
- 6/2/2014
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
NBA Hall of Famer Jerry West tells TMZ Sports ... he doesn't get a single cent in residuals for being featured on the official NBA logo ... and you can tell by his tone, he's not happy about it. West was leaving a birthday dinner at Madeo in Beverly Hills this week -- when we asked him about the perks of having one of the most famous silhouettes in all of sports. But the question seemed to...
- 5/30/2014
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
When the Garden Was Eden
Directed by Michael Rapaport
USA, 2014
It was Game 5 of the 1970 NBA finals. A tight series between the Los Angeles Lakers and New York Knicks might have turned when Knicks star Willis Reed went down with a leg injury. Reed—the captain of the team, the league Mvp, and the toughest bastard in basketball—missed the rest of the game (a Knicks win), as well as the next won (which the Lakers took), and he was officially listed as unlikely to play in the seventh and deciding game of the series.
It wasn’t Reed’s style to give in so easily, however. During warmups, he hobbled onto the court at Madison Square Garden, and the crowd went bananas. The call from ABC announcer Marv Albert (a lifelong Knicks fan) is iconic: “Here comes Willis!”
Reed scored the first two baskets of the game as he...
Directed by Michael Rapaport
USA, 2014
It was Game 5 of the 1970 NBA finals. A tight series between the Los Angeles Lakers and New York Knicks might have turned when Knicks star Willis Reed went down with a leg injury. Reed—the captain of the team, the league Mvp, and the toughest bastard in basketball—missed the rest of the game (a Knicks win), as well as the next won (which the Lakers took), and he was officially listed as unlikely to play in the seventh and deciding game of the series.
It wasn’t Reed’s style to give in so easily, however. During warmups, he hobbled onto the court at Madison Square Garden, and the crowd went bananas. The call from ABC announcer Marv Albert (a lifelong Knicks fan) is iconic: “Here comes Willis!”
Reed scored the first two baskets of the game as he...
- 4/19/2014
- by John Gilpatrick
- SoundOnSight
Jerry West was heartbroken when his beloved Australian cattle dog, Whitey, suddenly lost her ability to walk due to cancer in December 2010. "She seemed okay one day, and the next moment she was dragging her butt on the ground," says West, 44, a supervisor for a power-line equipment company in Burleson, Texas. "It was shocking," he says. After learning that a doggie wheelchair would cost several hundred dollars and take two weeks to receive, West built his own out of heavy-duty plastic piping and lawnmower wheels in his garage. Soon, "Whitey was zipping around in her new wheelchair," he says. "It...
- 2/27/2014
- by Ken Lee
- PEOPLE.com
Steven M. Goldberg has returned to Los Angeles law firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, Llp, as partner, the company announced on Monday. Golberg will handle entertainment litigation with Lindsay Connor. He has been a partner with the firm twice before. First in the 1980s, and again from 2000 to 2003. Also read: We Staffed a Whole Movie Studio With Ousted Executives – And It’s a Dream Team His client roster has included notable sports figures including former Lakers player Jerry West, Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak and Kobe Bryant’s father, Joe “Jellybean” Bryant. Goldberg joins Manatt on the heels of two other litigation partner.
- 10/7/2013
- by Greg Gilman
- The Wrap
Michael Jordan says there's only one guy who would beat him in a game of 1-on-1 ... and it ain't LeBron James -- it's Kobe Bryant.Mj made the statement in a video promoting the NBA 2K14 -- while talking about a bunch of NBA legends he would've liked to ball against in their prime, including Jerry West, D-Wade, Carmelo, Kobe, LeBron and more. "I don't think I would lose," Jordan says ... adding, "other than to...
- 10/1/2013
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
L.A. Lakers legend Jerry West is a slam dunk for best dad ever ... dropping $1.3 mil on a condo for his 24-year-old son. No justice.The 3,000-square-foot condo sits on a golf course in the exclusive MountainGate complex on L.A.'s Westside. And speaking of West and side ... the condo is 5 minutes from Jerry's estate.The West kid will have 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, hardwood floors, high ceilings, spa tub, top-of-the-line finishes and golf course views.
- 3/30/2013
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
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