Jerry West, about two years ago, was on a podcast talking about Bill Russell. He called Russell the greatest winner to ever play professional basketball. West, also on that podcast, then said this ...

Literally! That's his silhouette that graces the logo. So how did that happen? Hear from West himself in an appearance on Paul George's podcast. But below that is more from a Los Angeles Times ...

West is remembered not only as an all-time great player (his silhouette is the NBA logo!) and executive, but as the greatest combination of player and front-office exec in NBA history and possibly ...