Seven game series. Jordan did it in a three game series.

Mine too

I got to see him hit the winning shot over Walt Frazier to win the AllStar game at the Forum.

He was greater as a player, Mr. Clutch, The Logo.

He was equally good at both.

Agreed. All around a great man.

honeslty that’s undercounting him as a player. this guy was so damn good people don’t even realize

@@vodka4680 Definitely. He was ridiculously good. Great passer and defender. One of the greatest scorers ever. His pull up jump shot was a thing of beauty.

You right Man!

This guy speaks well for an old man/legend. "I saw a game in football in the southwestern conference, it was 71-65...their basketball team don't even score 71 points!" typical spread offence results in football, Jerry West was spot on there

The 1971-72 Milwaukee Bucks.

An idiot that just wanted to be a contrarian.

The thumbs down might be for Dan Patrick for asking useless questions. Dan needed to ask good questions like: 1. How do you know a player will be a star or a superstar? 2. Who were some of the players that you drafted you thought were stars or superstars but were a bust.

They got Marc Gasol in return who is five years younger than Pau and has turned out to be just as good, if not better, for them, so it's hard to argue that the Grizzlies got robbed. What looked like a bad trade at the time turned out to be another Jerry West stroke of brilliance.

West obviously already had a relationship with Mitch Kupchak so it definitely made the deal easier, but really the deal was a good one for both teams. The Grizzlies at the time of the trade were 13-33 and going nowhere. It was looking like Pau, whose contract would expire in two years, would move on in free agency. If you wait until the year his contract expires, other teams know you're under duress and won't give you a good deal. So West put together the best trade he could at the time, giving the Grizz some solid building blocks as well as cap room, and, of course, the Lakers the missing piece to a championship contender. He also sent Pau, who had been the lone bright spot for Memphis, to a place he knew would be a good fit. The Lakers already had what they thought was going to be their big man of the future in Andrew Bynum, making Marc Gasol, a very promising prospect, expendable. They also wanted to get rid of Kwame Brown and Memphis was happy to take him since his contract was expiring, giving them flexibility to make deals. They thought they were getting a terrific young guard prospect in Javaris Crittendon, who ended up being an idiot. Luckily, they traded him for a first round pick before he started racking up criminal convictions. Anyway, many of West's deals during his career seemed odd at the time, even if they turned out great in retrospect. I remember many journalists thinking he had lost it when he dealt Vlade Divac to the Hornets to draft a 18 year old high school player that most in the league thought would be a good NBA player at best. They thought he was even loonier when he shipped Anthony Peeler and George Lynch for basically nothing in order to free up room to just make an offer to Shaq without knowing for sure he'd take it. That's three starters for a high school kid and just the chance to sign O'Neal. Hell, I remember people thinking he was nuts for drafting Divac, way before European big men were in vogue. I've just seen too many of his moves turn out to be great to doubt him.

There is no DOUBTing his brilliance, but he gave the Lakers a gift. Kevin and Minnesota gave former teammate Danny Ainge and Boston Garnett so it happens. But a gift is a gift whether from a genius or a dummy!!!

Kenny Jackson And Garnett is never anything but injured. This guy seems to miss more games than Bill Walton! With half of Walton's talent though.

You mean like allow hand checking right? Yeah we do. Handchecking is currently illegal. They need to make it so that it's allowed. That's what you're saying right?

Sometimes I wonder how many points Isaiah Thomas would have scored back in the 80's if they had those same rules.

Van PastorMan or Jordan

2dasimmons Not sure he was second to Oscar. Much better defender for one thing. But both best of their era obviously.

He's the best...

Wade H That's the logo on his paycheck.

And now he works for the Clippers.

MJ man, no question.

Probably jordan but damn west was a badass too.

tubenachos I dont even like mike,but c'mon man...

Exactly Manny, Jordan most of the time, but Jerry will get his too.

A better question is....... prime kobe vs prime Jordan!!!!

Better than Kobe

+Ray Petree Better than MJ

CutThroatKiller hahaha

He's just honest, no BS.

Calvin Chu I know that's why I like him. He's a straight shooter unlike most devils.

Larry Bird?

It's a shame you're a racist

Ray Petree Bird has said some lowkey racist stuff in the past but he's a legend no doubt.