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That craving made him legendary on the NBA floor and inside the front office. That craving is what made him pick up a basketball in small-town West Virginia as a lonely kid with an uncaring father and begin the dream. Imagine this: No other person has managed to match his multiple layers of success in the NBA and yet what’s peculiar about West is how, despite this mountain of compelling evidence, he still craves the love and respect of those whose love and respect he has more than earned. I’m just happy and blessed they recognize me.” When someone asks for an autograph, I sign. “When someone wants to talk, I always say hello. “When people come up to me, I’m shocked,” he says. West has learned never to take anything for granted anymore, though, especially at this age, where he often wonders if anyone still remembers or cares. His typical greeting is, “Great to meet you, I’m Jerry West” just in case the one unaware soul on the basketball planet doesn’t have a clue.

He still has his hair, his LA looks, his aura and his way of making and leaving a lasting impression on those he meets for the first time or the umpteenth.

LOS ANGELES - He is 83, the oldest guy in most rooms he enters these days and most definitely the coolest. From his playing days in the 1960s to his current role as a team consultant, Jerry West has carved a special NBA legacy.