In the NBA’s defense, Siegel says that he never told anyone at the league that the logo was modeled after West and never intended for it to be recognizable as the Lakers star. West retired from ...

14-time Los Angeles Lakers All-Star guard Jerry West passed ... also paid his respects to The Logo: Former All-Star L.A. point guard Nick Van Exel, who was drafted by West, also weighed in ...

Jerry West, the basketball legend who led the Los Angeles Lakers to a championship in 1972 ... manager and whose silhouette inspired the NBA logo, died Wednesday morning in Los Angeles.