The NBA Finals are the biggest stage in basketball, and for a while, the championship series had courts that fit the occasion. After decades of on-court decals, the NBA had a brief stint where a ...

That season, the Lakers won 54 regular-season games and locked in a first-round bye in the 1962 NBA Playoffs. West was also given the nickname “the Logo” in reference to the NBA logo his ...

Jerry West — one of the greatest Lakers of all time and the only player to win NBA Finals MVP while playing ... The answer: West inspired the NBA's iconic logo. Here's how West earned that ...

Jerry West, the 1969 NBA Finals MVP and 1972 NBA champion, has died. He was 86 years old. West, who remains the logo of the league, was one of the most accomplished individuals in basketball history.

If you’re unfamiliar with West’s influence on the NBA landscape, consider this – West’s most recognizable nickname is “The Logo” because ... to the 1959 Final Four, where he was ...

Jerry West, the iconic Los Angeles Lakers guard who inspired the NBA’s silhouetted logo and later built one ... was All-NBA First Team 10 times, won NBA Finals MVP in 1969 — in a series ...

After decades of on-court decals, the NBA had a brief stint where a massive decal of the Larry O’Brien Trophy would sit beneath the home team’s logo at midcourt for Finals games. It served as ...