Jerry West on the Dan Patrick Show Full Interview | 08/01/22

[@jingqi9106]

Jerry West was an underrated athlete. Mr clutch could easily touch the top the square above the hoop when he played, he was quick as a cat, the Logo was fast, and jerry had a high Bball IQ that allowed him to play a couple moves ahead of other players. Combine his athletic ability with is true height of over 6'4' barefoot and you had a player that was good inside like he was outside, was a good rebounder for a guard, and Jerry West was ademon in the passing lanes on defense and always was threat to steal the ball.

[@josedomingues23]

Mr. Jerry West is so very special.

[@jasonuptdc4560]

This is why im here.. your Jerry West interviews are awesomeness personified. RIP Bill

[@emersondemathias]

GREAT Jerry West!

[@buckwildboys1]

Yo Im 29 years old, but I know my basketball history. Dont get it twisted Jerry West is a dawg. Even at this age you can hear the competitive/ champion spirit in his voice. Respect to Mr. West 🔥

[@iceman463864]

Lakers biggest mistake was letting Jerry West go to an another organization( as an exec). Jeanie asking her girlfriends for advice instead

[@Venividivici55555]

Yup.

[@bobbowie9350]

Let's get real. Nba office makes the transactions. Lakers will always get the best players somehow

[@iceman463864]

@@bobbowie9350 bro what world you living in. As a laker fan let me tell you this is not true or remotely close regardless how many times ive prayed on it lmao They were mediocre for nearly a decade before Bron came. All those big moves you're thinking of in laker history WERE JERRY WEST!

[@iceman463864]

@@JCreole nahh i blame jeanie.. phil been gone for years yet she continues to reach out to KURT RAMBIS. KURT MF'N RAMBIS on how to run the team. Rob Pelinka is a horrible gm who was her hire. They never land the key players or key coaches. They always have to settle( didnt get lue) ( couldnt finalize kawhi etc) Only good things was bron coming which was because of LA not lakers and HE BROUGHT AD not the organization.

[@patguitare]

The worst decision ever by The Lakers, Mr. West has an eye for talent...he has seen it so many times and his way to organize trades and build great teams is phenomenal. The Lakers did a great disservice To Jerry.

[@johnmcgarry9519]

I was a tiny white kid shooting free-throws like Rick Berry. Saw JW on a Wide World of Sports episode. Bend knees, elbow 90°, wrist to middle finger follow thru. 89% lifer now.

[@flamcity]

Jerry is class

[@ksalzman1]

Love Jerry West and all of Dan's Interviews

[@polotrey]

Jerry West.. what a man. I always enjoy hearing him talk

[@SupermanHopkins]

The Logo! 🏀

[@ABrownVB63]

If West played with Russell they might have won 15 titles at least. Jerry and the big O are the last remaining elder statesman of the NBA.

[@monolithgeometry3221]

Yeah that would've been great for Basketball. Just get em all on the same team . Oh, that's kind of the modern era isnt it, yeah. Goofith

[@rayspruce1]

The GREAT Jerry West...the incomparable Elgin Baylor🙌🏽 They had those averages WITHOUT a 3PT LINE FOLKS!!

[@elprez1]

I remember reading an interview with Bill Russell; he talked about his love and respect for Jerry West. After the Celtics beat the Lakers in the finals one year, maybe it was Russell's last year as a player, Russell consoled West after the game.

[@eddievangundy4510]

Yeah he loved him so much he beat the heck out of him year after year after year. As West says here, that was very hard to deal with.

[@Wentworth117BC]

Great interview. You can feel his passion for the game.

[@johnlane4264]

Bill issa goat 🐐 basketball is a team sport not a individual sport

[@nathanpetronzio6442]

Should have a Adam McKay on for a 3 way interview lol

[@patguitare]

Always glad to see Mr. West in interviews and hear his opinions and memories. Dan always asks great questions with respect and doesn't pry too deep. Hang around for a while Jerry, we love you!

[@Captain-wc6vj]

Jerry may have had "dark days" in his life, but I see a Much better man than the way he was portrayed in "Winning Time."

[@glenngrinter6818]

He would have so many more points all time with the three point shot when he played.🏀🏀🏀🏀

[@djnkosi]

Wonderful interview with the legend, Jerry West. RIP Bill Russell 🙏🏽

[@codybuffenbarger1831]

Dan has always been incredible and one of my favorite sports personal. One of my favorite things he does when he interviews, he listens to his guest. He asked questions based on what the guest talks about it. It’s truly incredible. For example, when he talks about what Bill wrote Jerry about being happy. Not many people when catch that and talk more about it. Most interviewers have a set of questions to talk about it kind of boring. Dan is one of a kind.

[@weneeda5th]

I can listen to the logo talk basketball all day.

[@Gnofg]

I always try to tell people that Elgin was the original Dr. J.

[@patguitare]

The inventor of "hang time"...

[@lenflakisinski6260]

Disagree with Jerry West about Ohtani. Baseball isn't the same as basketball. 1 player has a much bigger impact over the sport in basketball, than baseball. Ohtani had of the best seasons ever, once in a lifetime season that is never happenning again

[@lilbru]

Jerry West has lost Kobe, Elgin Baylor & now BIll Russell in these last two years alone. That man knows alot about pain & misery, need a movie on that man's life...Jerry West is one of the greatest 10 guards in NBA history. Not taking many guards over him

[@belchmelch]

Maybe only MJ and Kobe better… West could shoot anywhere… defend… handles (before the days of palming/traveling)…

[@mikep6979]

He wanted you to happy so long as you lost. West fell for the same stuff Wilt did.

[@Evebr]

Jerry West is a gentleman. i hope he is proud of himself.

[@johnnoone4323]

I am a diehard LA Lakers fan going back to the 1960s. The year 1969 when the Celtics beat the Lakers in the finals was particularly painful and frustrating for me. In the end Bill Russell always ended up winning. It makes me wonder if Bill Russell decided to play 14 or more years that he would have won more championships. Bill Russell deserves credit for all his accomplishments.

[@robertjrobicheau8456]

Jerry comes across like he really, really, still wants to play bad. I'm not sure I recall a retired player whose fire still seems to burn to play so long after retirement.

[@derrickj127]

Love you Jerry West ❤ Rest in Heaven to the Godfather of the NBA

[@klicknkreate7077]

"Mr Outside" was Jerry West and "Mr Inside" was Elgin Baylor on those outstanding Lakers teams that lost 6 times to the Celtics in the '60s. To be honest, those Celtics teams had a number of HOF players including the most important player in Bill Russell but they were a loaded team with a lot more than Russell including Bob Cousy, Tom Heinson, Satch Sanders, Sam Jones, John Havlicek, etc... The Lakers had nowhere near the talent the Celtics did. Russell was the center piece and without Russell the Celtics might not have won any chips.

[@prateshramjohn]

JW leaving/being kicked out of Lakers front office will forever be a bad decision.

[@brian7333]

"Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!" (works here too!)

[@williamdillard5060]

Jerry West is the PERFECT man to be The LOGO because he all about BASKETBALL. As a kid I was a huge Jerry West fan because he always seemed to hit tthe big shot. It's obvious that the passing of his friend and colleague Bill Russell has effected him. RiP Big Bill.

[@tyronevaldez-kruger5313]

West is the perfect ambassador not only for the NBA. A class act and humble representative for this beautiful game in general. Rip Bill Russell 🙏🏾

[@mreppen1]

Jerry hates the Lakers now.

[@paulrogers6037]

Basketball's Mt. Rushmore: Russell, Kareem, Wilt, and MJ.

[@jarrodhumphrey9350]

If you don’t think LeBron is on the Mt Rushmore I’m not sure you’ve been watching this century

[@eddievangundy4510]

@@jarrodhumphrey9350 Bron, like Wilt, is the king of stats.

[@Antbeast23]

@@eddievangundy4510 really? And not those other guys? Being a complete all around players that wins rings count?

[@onionrovirosa]

Mt Rushmore: Bill, Jordan, Magic, Kareem

[@MannyMensah94]

The logo 🏀🏀🏀🏀

[@mikestansberry8656]

I know Jerry carries a lot of disappointments in his life as documented by his interviews. I can be certain to say as a fellow West Virginian Jerry is an icon and we are proud of his accomplishments and also the way he is respected by everyone who he has touched as a person. #logo!!

[@tommclain8893]

Class act as long as I can remember.

[@Obi2020-c8x]

You can still feel him hurting on those final losses... We feel your pain

[@dominicmartinez8401]

No winning time questions Dan?

[@tomspencer4371]

Right! It seems like they nailed him tbh lol

[@genius179]

Jerry even said in his own book, he’d destroy golf clubs in frustration about every other time he went on the course

[@87talvarez]

The Logo

[@bigfundonttrip6297]

Jerry did bird talk trash

[@joeymiddleton5821]

dam jerry 8 times. lebron must be your hero with the most chokes

[@danielhuerta1506]

Jerry one of the nba’s greatest players obviously, but one of the games greatest competitors!!!!! Would love to sit and talk not just hoops, but life!!!! Legend

[@mickylawless1941]

Bill Russell is THE G.O.A.T.! His domination of the game has never been seen since.

[@ARIZJOE]

Yes, many have forgotten Elgin. Not me. My first game, Lakers versus Royals at Cleveland. We knew what Mr. Inside could do. It's unbelievable that two complete, consummate, well-rounded, almost perfect players were on one team. West and Baylor on the Los Angeles Lakers.

[@JDL0427]

I could cry.

[@Acshaun]

I have great respect for Mr. West. Well said and done!!

[@abjustdoit1294]

I love Jerry like a grandpa but you know what if Trout and Ohtani aren’t good enough to win their teammates must be a bunch of firemen and plumbers just like his 😂

[@waltciii3]

Shoot. They can't even get to the playoffs!

[@IAAP.]

Love him like a grandpa? Have you ever met Jerry West?

[@abjustdoit1294]

@@IAAP. as a basketball grandpa guy sheesh keep up

[@abjustdoit1294]

@@waltciii3 yeah but it’s baseball it’s nothing like how a superstar can effect a basketball game so for him to say that was straight hater shit

[@1godi]

That conversation was absolutely Dope!!!

[@tomspencer4371]

Lol he is sooo much like his character from Winning Time 😂 i dunno why he got soo pissed.

[@stingrey1571]

good to have jerry west on to speak about russell. dan has routinely dismissed his accomplishments.

[@robertjustice6489]

FOR ME,GREATEST PLAYERS OF ALL TIME,TURN GREAT DEFENSE GENIUS, INTO OFFENSE CHAMPIONSHIPS=BILL RUSSELL,LAWRENCE TAYLOR,BOBBY ORR,CLYDE FRAZIER,WILLIE MAYS!!PURE GENIUSES!RIP RUSS/MAN FOR ALL SEASONS IN LIFE!!

[@youngzeus87]

Logo wins 2-3 more rings he's the number 2 SG and PG.

[@waltciii3]

No... But he's happier!

[@markedwards2194]

THE LOGO 💪🤘

[@eddievangundy4510]

Yeah, Bill wanted him to be "happy" after beating the heck out of him year after year. Well, those Celtics teams were loaded and were seldom beaten by anybody.

[@guyhealy5999]

Russell had 40 rebounds in the Game 7 that JW talks about. 40.

[@TurboTimmy]

I have known Mr. Clutch for many years...very nice and accessible....never a better shooter in the league !

[@TempeSoldier123]

Yeah, sure. Now tell us the one about Goldie Locks and the Three Bears.

[@TurboTimmy]

@@TempeSoldier123 Not sure what your "issue " is ....Jerry was always at UCLA basketball games and would stand behind the stands where I sat....most people would not talk to him......several of the players ended up being my clients and that when we became friends....Not trying to impress anyone here....just the facts!

[@TempeSoldier123]

@@TurboTimmy got it. I remember when I was walking down the street once and I saw Muhammad Ali, Jerry West, and Bill Russell sitting in a restaurant. The motioned for me to come inside and allowed me to eat with them. They even offered me a glass of wine and a cigarette. The crazy thing is I went on to represent them all in their contract negotiations. The really weird thing is I was only 8 at the time. I know you probably don’t believe me. I just told Michael Jordan you’re probably not going to believe me.

[@TurboTimmy]

Graymont....whats your deal ? if you need to rip people on this site you need help !!

[@ForensicVoid]

I love Russell but I feel like at least 5 minutes could have been on more recent events, the Clippers.

[@marcosgarcia-3696]

A literal human legend!...

[@okay5045]

Mr. Russell was A MAN. He risked his career and spoke out when it counted. Mr. Russell was a TEAM player Michael Jordan changed the game for the worst he turned a team sport into an individual game...a very selfish game. Mr. Russell said things that will be remember Micheal Jordan hasn't said one thing during his career that ever mattered or made a difference accept when asked to make a stand for what was right that "everyone buy sneakers". Mr. Jordan. Great athlete Mr. Russell a great MAN.

[@dancaulfield1008]

Nice digs Jerry

[@ryanritschard7534]

The Full Revelation of the Lord Jesus Christ will replace the voids/disappointments in your life Mr. West✓

[@Riles3152]

Love Jerry West. Even though he was far before my time, even as a kid I was able to learn about his impact in the game and of course being a fan of the Lakers going back to the Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant days, I realized how important he was to the decision making within the organization that propelled them to compete for and win championships. Much respect always to the great Mr. Jerry West.

[@TempeSoldier123]

There are very few white men in America who aren’t racist. Jerry is one of the ones who aren’t racist. He’s probably one of four or five. Always a joy listening to him. Goo Bless him and the soul of Bill Russell.

[@lumpymattress5649]

Tired of Jerry. Sorry

[@abjustdoit1294]

I love Jerry like a grandpa but you know what if Trout and Ohtani aren’t good enough to win their teammates must be a bunch of firemen and plumbers just like his 😂

[@eddievangundy4510]

Well Mel Counts was the center for the Lakers against Bill Russell for most of those years. And yes he was like a plumber or a fireman.