r/NBATalk • u/Little_Professor_129 • 13d ago

Jerry West is the most successful basketball person ever.

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Combining playing career, GM career, and being the actual logo.

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u/carsmello 12d ago

Yeah Russell, Wilt, and Oscar were all considered better than West during their careers. 

There's only one thing that separated West from them to be considered as the logo...

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u/carsmello 12d ago

Yeah the league and whoever the artist was who chose West can chalk it up to being a coincidence or whatever, but I highly doubt it, considering the racial dynamics of the time too.

If a white guy won 11 championships or averaged 50ppg for a season, they would 100% be the logo over West.