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Jerry West, Terry Stotts share special friendship

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“Never meet your heroes” is generally sound advice with professional athletes. The idol can rarely live up to sky-high expectations of the fan.

Fortunately for Terry Stotts, meeting his idol, Jerry West, had a happier ending. Stotts explained on a recent episode of the Scoop podcast that he grew up idolizing the former Lakers Legend.

“I wasn’t alone, I mean, in that era, in my era, Jerry West was the man,” Stotts said.

Jamie Hudson explains that once Stotts became an NBA staple he had the pleasure of meeting West, and the two struck-up a mutual admiration and friendship.