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Also Known As Mr. Clutch • Jerome Alan West • Zeke from Cabin Creek
Born May 28, 1938 • West Virginia
Died June 12, 2024 (aged 86)
Awards And Honors Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (1980)

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Phil Jackson wearing glasses, a dark suit, and a patterned tie, looking to the side against a dark background.
Phil Jackson
American basketball player and coach
Riley, Pat
Pat Riley
American basketball player, coach, and executive
Magic Johnson in a yellow Los Angeles Lakers uniform dribbles a basketball up the court during a game.
Magic Johnson
American basketball player
Russell Westbrook of the Houston Rockets, wearing jersey number 0, dribbles a basketball down the court during a game, with spectators visible in the background.
Russell Westbrook
American basketball player
Doc Rivers
Doc Rivers
American basketball player and coach
Bill Russell
Bill Russell
American basketball player
Spencer Haywood smiles while holding up a basketball jersey with his name and the number 15 during the Basketball Hall of Fame 2014 class announcement event.
Spencer Haywood
American basketball player
University of Kentucky basketball head coach John Calipari stands on a ladder waving, holding part of the basketball net after cutting it down beneath the hoop.
John Calipari
American basketball coach
Gregg Popovich
Gregg Popovich
American basketball coach
Kobe Bryant
Kobe Bryant
American basketball player
Larry Brown
Larry Brown
American basketball player and coach
Grant Hill
Grant Hill
American basketball player
Jason Kidd of the New Jersey Nets dribbles a basketball on court during a game against the Charlotte Bobcats, wearing a navy blue uniform with number 5.
Jason Kidd
American basketball player and coach
Connecticut head coach Geno Auriemma stands on a ladder, smiling and holding up the basketball net he has just cut down after winning the national championship.
Geno Auriemma
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Louisville head coach Rick Pitino in a dark suit gestures and points during a basketball game, with spectators and media seated behind him.
Rick Pitino
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Don Nelson
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Connie Hawkins
American basketball player
Shaquille O'Neal smiling, wearing a dark suit and tie, at the 2019 Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year event in New York City.
Shaquille O’Neal
American basketball player
Bill Walton smiles at the camera, wearing a gray collared shirt and black blazer, outdoors in 2011.
Bill Walton
American basketball player
Dean Smith
Dean Smith
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