Interview with Jerry West: Part 2
Heat Check with Trysta Krick
The 8 Side
2.2 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 12 August 2022
⏱️ 37 minutes
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The Logo does NOT disappoint. He gives his opinion on everything from the greatest team in NBA history, how he’d construct a roster around Lebron James, and what he thought about his portrayal in the HBO series Winning Time.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:04.0 | On this episode of the heat check, it's part two, part two of the logo interview with Jerry |
| 0:18.5 | fucking West. |
| 0:21.3 | And my goodness, the logo does not disappoint. |
| 0:28.3 | If you did not listen to part one, first of all, what are you doing with your life? |
| 0:33.7 | Second of all, just put the headphones in because the audio is a little not as clear as I am right now. |
| 0:41.8 | In this interview, Jerry West gives his opinion on everything from the greatest team in NBA history, which is an absolute shock. |
| 0:51.4 | How he would construct a roster around LeBron James from absolute scratch. |
| 0:59.3 | And what everyone wants to know, right? Every single person said you wouldn't, you couldn't, |
| 1:05.2 | you probably didn't. I ask him about winning time. Have to. Ask him about winning time. |
| 1:11.9 | If you think I wasn't going to ask about that, fam, I wait to the very last bit. |
| 1:17.7 | But we got there. |
| 1:19.1 | I'll repeat the caveat for the first interview. |
| 1:21.8 | Due to the nature of Summer League, not a ton of quiet places to sit down. |
| 1:26.7 | We ended up sitting inside of a Starbucks. One little |
| 1:31.1 | another aside. So we're at the Starbucks, right? And there's this guy in front of us. And we're waiting in line to get food. |
| 1:38.9 | I'm getting like an iced tea. He's getting his little muffin and his hot coffee. And the guy looks back at him, he's like, oh my God, Jerry West. |
| 1:48.9 | And he's like, yes. |
| 1:50.6 | And he goes, oh, my God, my whole life, I've worn 44, every single place I've gone and played. |
| 1:58.7 | You're my absolute idol. |
| 2:00.1 | Could you take a photo? Can we take a photo |
| 2:02.2 | together, blah, blah? So I take the photo of them. And he goes, the patron goes, can I buy you guys |
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