Here's how NBA legend Jerry West, who died Wednesday at the age of 86, earned the respect of Utah Jazz legend Jerry Sloan.
Jerry West speaks during a news conference to introduce him as an advisor to the Los Angeles Clippers, Monday, June 19, 2017, in Los Angeles. The NBA icon died Wednesday at the age of 86.
Before we get to it, it’s worth pointing out what everyone already knows — that West not only was the league’s logo, a representative for the league that gave the NBA buoyancy through some years when it needed whatever floatation it could get, back before massive numbers of fans were drawn in by the players’ remarkable athleticism and talent and competitiveness, he also went on to become a respected basketball mind, an executive who recognized talent and knew how to piece it together into...
The fact that it comes from Sloan is part of what makes it so extraordinary, so exceptional. As was Sloan’s way, words, especially the complimentary kind, didn’t carry enough authentic weight for him to throw them around much. He was a leathery-tough version of Yoda long before the Star Wars variety arrived on the scene, saying: “No. Try not. Do or do not, there is no try.” The way Sloan saw it, the only thing worse than simply trying, and using it as an excuse to fail, was talking.
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