Pat Riley and Jerry West have a history dating to the 1970s. It was helped who helped build Riley into one of the greatest coaches in NBA history. On Tuesday, West passed away at the age of 86.

Pat Riley has released the following statement on the passing of Jerry West: “I loved Jerry West! We loved being Lakers together; it was sacred ground. We grew in life with each other and shared ...

In 1981, owner Jerry Buss held a confusing press conference in which he sought to explain he was splitting the coaching role between West and then-assistant Pat Riley. West wasn’t having it.

Former Lakers player and head coach Pat Riley expressed a heartfelt message ... Lakers’ LeBron James offers condolences after passing of Jerry West LeBron James came to Los Angeles because ...

Pat Riley, who was a teammate alongside West on ... Twitter and shared a number of pictures of the two of them. I met Jerry West for the first time in 1979 at the Forum where he introduced me ...

That, Pat Riley said, made Wednesday night’s formal ... coaching partner and friend, the late Jerry West. That, Riley said, takes a career full circle, even beyond these last 30 seasons as ...

Before he became a great Miami Heat executive, Pat Riley was under the wing of NBA icon Jerry West in Los Angeles. It was Pat's job to lead the team that West had created to an NBA Championship.

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The Los Angeles Lakers’ four-sentence statement on the death of Jerry West could ... and former Lakers coach Pat Riley offered in a lovely statement. West deserved more from the Lakers ...

Jerry West was more than just a Basketball Hall ... Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and James Worthy, with head coach Pat Riley roaming the sidelines. His front-office genius did not stop there, as he was ...