In a series of unpublished interviews with ESPN, West described reaching a crossroads in life and in work.
He had been deeply wounded, he said, by events the previous summer and continuing into that fall – ones that fully and finally severed any remaining ties to the Lakers, the franchise he spent 40 years helping to build.
During that tenure, first as a player, then a coach, then an executive, West had helped lift the organization to historic heights before this coldest of wars. In the years since, he had hoped for reconciliation. Then, in 2019, after his family became involved, one of the most famous Lakers in history shared a once-unthinkable sentiment, one that he’d repeat privately and publicly in the years ahead.
“I almost wish,” West told ESPN, “that I had never played or worked for them.”
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/41698701/jerry-west-los-angeles-lakers-simmering-20-year-feud
Lakers gonna be fucked once Lebron leaves
Yeah they were lucky lebron wanted to be in LA if not they’ll be garbage still like pre bron lakers.
For like 5 years until the allure of LA and being a Laker allows them to land a superstar free agent they had business being competitive for.
There will always be stars wanting to live and play in LA
To be totally fair they’re kinda already fucked
LeBron is holding them back so and it’s top destination so yeah they will