Legendary Los Angeles Lakers player and executive Jerry West, who has passed away at the age of 86, was the inspiration for the NBA’s logo.

How Lakers star inspired league's iconic silhouette design Jacob Camenker Jerry West — one of the greatest Lakers of all time and the only player to win NBA Finals MVP while playing for a losing ...

How Jerry West’s silhouette came to be the NBA logo - West once called the logo ‘flattering’ but didn’t love all the ...

LOS ANGELES — Since 1969, Jerry West has been the faceless face of the NBA. For those 5 1/2 decades, the NBA's logo has been a blank white silhouette of a player flanked by panels of blue and red.

Legendary Los Angeles Lakers player and executive Jerry West, who has passed away at the age of 86, was the inspiration for the NBA’s logo.

Legendary Los Angeles Lakers player and executive Jerry West, who has passed away at the age of 86, was the inspiration for the NBA’s logo. CNN values your feedback 1.

Legendary Los Angeles Lakers player and executive Jerry West, who has passed away at the age of 86, was the inspiration for the NBA’s logo.

Legendary Los Angeles Lakers player and executive Jerry West, who has passed away at the age of 86, was the inspiration for the NBA’s logo.

By Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — You can’t tell the story of the modern NBA without legendary Los Angeles Lakers player and executive Jerry West, who has passed away at the age of 86. If you’re ...