Legendary Lakers player and executive Jerry West was enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Sunday night, becoming the first three-time inductee. The ceremony was filled with Lakers greats who paid tribute to West's impact on the game.
Jonnie West, left, speaks during his late father Jerry West ’s enshrinement in the Basketball Hall of Fame as, from second from left to right, Pat Riley, Bob McAdoo, Magic Johnson and James Worthy look on Sunday Oct. 13, 2024, in Springfield, Mass. SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — The stage was filled with Laker greats when Jerry West made history Sunday night by becoming the first three-time inductee to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Even as he prepared to call it quits in 2020 at 43, Carter was having trouble using the word “retire.” That changed, he said, after a conversation with Kobe Bryant during his final season in which Bryant assured him that life after playing was wonderful. Shortly after, Carter came to terms saying he was retiring.The class also included high-scoring Phoenix star Walter Davis and former Knicks champion Dick Barnett, with Seimone Augustus and Michele Timms making it from the WNBA.
West had already been inducted for his playing career with the Lakers that began in 1960, and then again in 2010 as a member of the 1960 U.S. team that won an Olympic gold medal at the very start of one of basketball’s most unparalleled careers. West loved to find players for the Lakers and mentor them once they were, from a No. 60 pick and defensive specialist out of New Mexico like Cooper, to a high school teenager like Bryant.
Billups had a rough start to his career, lasting just half a season in Boston before the Celtics traded the No. 3 pick in the 1997 draft. He didn’t last much longer in Toronto or Denver but eventually found his spot in Detroit, where the No. 1 jersey of the player nicknamed “Mr. Big Shot” hangs in the rafters.Carter ended up with plenty in his career, which he said included 261 teammates.
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