If Jerry West finalizes his deal to sign as a consultant with the Clippers, as multiple outlets are reporting is very close, it will be a major loss for the Warriors, but also a sign of how much he helped change everything here.
I mean, just by itself his arrival six years ago as a consultant and executive board member for the new Joe Lacob/Peter Guber enterprise signaled a change.
It showed that the new Warriors leaders valued league-wide credibility, honesty, risk-taking, aggression and a connection to greatness.
It showed that this really, really wasn’t Chris Cohan’s Warriors any more, mostly.