NBA Hall of Fame basketball player and executive Jerry West has died

Three-time Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer, NBA 50th Anniversary All-Time Team and 75th Anniversary All-Time Team member Jerry West died at 86, the Los Angeles Clippers announced on Wednesday.

West played for the Lakers from 1960 through 1974, winning his only NBA title in 1972, and played on the 1960 Rome Olympic US basketball gold medal squad. In later years, West served as an executive on several NBA clubs, most recently the Clippers.