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If you’re unfamiliar with West’s influence on the NBA landscape, consider this – West’s most recognizable nickname is “The Logo” because his iconic silhouette was literally the inspiration for...
Unofficially, however, the logo is well known to be the silhouette of one of the league's first true icons: Jerry West, who died Wednesday at age 86. In 1969, the NBA hired a brand...
A growing, vocal crowd want the league’s silhouette of Jerry West replaced with Kobe Bryant in honor of the Lakers legend following the tragic 2020 helicopter accident which claimed his life.
Yes, West is the NBA logo. While league has never officially revealed him as such, the designer, Alan Siegel, admitted he used a photo of West as the basis for the player silhouette featured...
If you’re unfamiliar with West’s influence on the NBA landscape, consider this – West’s most recognizable nickname is “The Logo” because his iconic silhouette was literally the inspiration for...
The NBA logo we know today was created in 1969. This logo took a different approach in terms of imaging, color, and shape. Instead of a basketball it features the silhouette of a man dribbling a basketball. The colors changed to red, white, and blue to reflect a more patriotic emblem.
NBA legend Jerry West's silhouette has long been linked as the inspiration for the NBA logo. Why was he chosen and who created it? Here's what you should know.
The logo depicts an all-white silhouette of a player in motion, dribbling a basketball surrounded by red-and-blue color blocks. Siegel told the outlet that West was one of his favorite...
Jerry West has been the face—or at least the silhouette—of the NBA for more than 50 years, and surprisingly, the late basketball star had very mixed feelings about it.
Yet he refused to acknowledge that West was the one, the logo, the iconic silhouette developed in 1969 when West was at the peak of his 14-year Hall of Fame career with the Lakers.