RealClearSports: Warriors Make a Legendary Hire
By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com
SAN FRANCISCO — He's always had what was required, as a player with a last-second jump shot — Jerry West wasn't nicknamed "Mr. Clutch for nothing — as an executive with a draft day trade for the rights to Kobe Bryant.
"A tremendous amount of good fortune,'' advised West, "can happen for a risk taker.''
A risk taker who knows the territory, which Jerry West certainly does.
Read the full story here.
© RealClearSports 2011
For RealClearSports.com
SAN FRANCISCO — He's always had what was required, as a player with a last-second jump shot — Jerry West wasn't nicknamed "Mr. Clutch for nothing — as an executive with a draft day trade for the rights to Kobe Bryant.
"A tremendous amount of good fortune,'' advised West, "can happen for a risk taker.''
A risk taker who knows the territory, which Jerry West certainly does.
Read the full story here.
© RealClearSports 2011