Nicknamed "Mr. Clutch" and "Mr. Consistency," Jerry West (born 1938) is considered one of the best shooting guards in National Basketball Association (NBA) history. He excited fans during his playing career with the Los Angeles Lakers, and later...

One of the greatest guards ever to play in the National Basketball Association, Jerry West ("Mr. Clutch") was an All-Star player during his NBA career in the 1960s and early 1970s and later served as head coach and general manager of the...

Jerry Alan West (born May 28, 1938, in Chelyan, West Virginia) is a retired American basketball player who played his entire professional career for the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers. West has also had a successful career as a coach and as an executive. He...

Jerry West left retirement and the comforts of California to see if he could transform the woeful Memphis Grizzlies. Five years later, the Lakers great decided to stop trying.He said Tuesday he will leave as the Grizzlies' director of basketball operations July 1 at the...

The Memphis Grizzlies hired Chris Wallace on Monday to replace Jerry West as their general manager and vice president of basketball operations.Wallace, the former general manager of the Boston Celtics, will join new coach Marc Iavaroni in helping Memphis rebuild after finishing with the worst...

With the Memphis Grizzlies in the midst of a youth movement, Jerry West wants them playing at an uptempo pace. The team's president of basketball operations also decided Mike Fratello was not the right coach for the Grizzlies at this time, so he replaced him...

The Memphis Grizzlies fired coach Mike Fratello on Thursday after a league-worst 6-24 start, even though his team had been missing its best player for most of the season.Fratello was the Grizzlies' winningest coach with a 95-83 record and had guided them to consecutive playoff...