Jerry West resigns
Press reports from Memphis confirm that Jerry West, the Lakers' Hall of Fame guard who then served ever so successfully as the general manager for the club, will leave his current post as the director of basketball operations for the Memphis Grizzlies on July 1. The Grizzlies had the worst record in the NBA this season amid reports that the club is for sale.
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