# Jerry West, Rest in Peace. 1938-2024. The Logo

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 12, 2024, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-west-rest-in-peace-1938-2024-the-logo/1002791 "2024-06-12T15:16:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-west-rest-in-peace-1938-2024-the-logo/1002791/21 "2024-06-13T07:12:09Z")

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A very nice story.

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**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-west-rest-in-peace-1938-2024-the-logo/1002791/22 "2024-06-13T13:12:04Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> I sort of feel like the logo was created from a slightly different shot, maybe a fraction of a second before or after that one, or maybe from another time when he made a similar maneuver. It’s clearly a similar pose, but different enough that I don’t think that the logo was created directly from that.

It’s likely it’s a different image, and even that the logo was an exact tracing of that other image. But if so, I would have chosen a different image than the one used. It’s either a bad drawing or a poorly chosen source image.

In any case, it’s still cool to be immortalized in a logo, becoming the avatar of the entire NBA. RIP Jerry West.

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-west-rest-in-peace-1938-2024-the-logo/1002791/23 "2024-06-14T08:46:54Z")

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Apparently Jerry West would rather die than see the Celtics win another championship, and you gotta respect that.

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**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-west-rest-in-peace-1938-2024-the-logo/1002791/24 "2024-06-14T08:53:39Z")

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yeah we had to forgive him for that … but la management …

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**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-west-rest-in-peace-1938-2024-the-logo/1002791/25 "2024-06-14T08:54:59Z")

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and that wins the thread …

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