Jerry West Reportedly Will Leave Warriors for Job with Clippers

Shortly after the news of West’s departure broke, Lacob expressed a similar sentiment in a statement relayed by USA Today‘s Sam Amick:

Statement from Warriors owner Joe Lacob on the departure of Jerry West, who has been in deep talks with the Clippers

 

West, 79, will now head to the Clippers—who are facing a slew of big decisions this summer with Chris Paul, Blake Griffin and JJ Redick all slated to become unrestricted free agents on July 1.

The Logo could also be an asset to the Clippers when it comes to recruiting free agents. Last July, West reportedly made what turned out to be a successful pitch to Kevin Durant about joining the Warriors.

This summer, West could be tasked with giving LeBron James a call as the Clippers eye a viable path toward title contention.

On Wednesday’s episode of The Vertical Podcast with Woj (h/t NBC Sports’ Dan Feldman), The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski fueled speculation that LeBron could bolt for Hollywood this summer.

“Not only is there no guarantee he’s coming back, I’m not sure there’s an expectation he’s re-signing there,” Wojnarowski said. “I think they feel, I think within Cleveland and around the league, they feel that he’s very much in play to leave again and likely head out West to one of the two L.A. teams.”

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