On a night of big NBA news with the draft lottery and the start of the Western Conference Finals, the Clippers quietly made some noise themselves with the news that legendary front office executive Jerry West will be staying on with the Clippers another season as a consultant.
It’s unclear how much influence Jerry has had in the moves the Clippers have made over the past two seasons, but his arrival in July 2017 was certainly a turning point for the franchise in terms of their legitimacy as an organization. And, regardless of how much say he has over day-to-day operations, the Clippers’ moves since he’s arrived have been nearly uniformly excellent, and he has to deserve at least some of the credit for them.