Last April, when Jeannie Buss named her top five most important Lakers of all-time on the “All the Smoke” podcast, Jerry West was conspicuously excluded in favor of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Kobe Bryant, Magic Johnson, LeBron James and Phil Jackson. Given his contributions to the franchise as both a player and executive, West called the slight “one of the most offensive things I’ve ever heard in my life.”
That wasn’t the start of West’s beef with the Lakers, and it certainly wasn’t the end, which doesn’t appear to be anywhere in sight. Named to the NBA’s 75th anniversary team, West, a current Clippers consultant, was recently slotted at No. 14 on The Athletic’s ranking of the top 75 players of all-time, which were initially unveiled by the NBA in no particular order.
In his interview with The Athletic, West called his relationship with the Lakers “horrible” and went so far as to suggest he regrets having played…
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