Jerry West Told Kobe Bryant Not to Join the LA Clippers

Jerry West strongly advised Kobe Bryant not to sign with the LA Clippers as an unrestricted free agent in the summer of 2004. West told Bryant he shouldn’t join a team owned, at the time, by the despicable Donald Sterling. The Clips had an initial shot at nabbing a 17-year-old Kobe, but told him they […] The post Jerry West Told Kobe Bryant Not to Join the LA Clippers appeared first on SLAM.