Duke Basketball Report · Apr 22, 2022
YouTube Gold: The Greatness Of Jerry West
UNITED STATES - APRIL 11: Basketball: NBA Playoffs, Closeup of Los Angeles Lakers Jerry West (44) in action, taking foul shot vs Chicago Bulls, Inglewood, CA 4/11/1973Yesterday we talked about how JJ Redick said that Bob Cousy played against plumbers and firemen, which was a great line if not entirely true.
What we forgot to say was that in Cousy’s rookie season, in 1950, the NBA was four years old. George Mikan was still playing.
Things changed quickly.
In 1956, Bill Russell entered the league and changed it forever. In 1959, Wilt Chamberlain came along and introduced a level of dominance that is still hard to believe.
And in 1960, Jerry West showed up, just 10 years after Cousy.