Jerry West Unleashed Hell on Lakers For Revoking His Lifetime Season Tickets

Jerry West is not happy with his old squad.

In an interview with The Athletic, the Basketball Hall of Famer West opened up about his contentious relationship with the Lakers of late and ripped the franchise over one particular issue.

West is upset at the Lakers who recently repealed the lifetime season tickets that were given to him by the late Dr. Jerry Buss.

West said that his wife, Karen, received a text message from the Lakers last season informing her that the West family’s seats were being revoked, without warning or explanation.

“Then in April, after Jeanie Buss left West off her list of top five important Lakers of all time on the “All The Smoke” podcast, West fired back on the “Hoop Du Jour” podcast by calling it “one of the most offensive things I’ve ever heard in my life.” Buss had named Abdul-Jabbar, Kobe, Magic, James and her ex-fiancé and Lakers legend Phil Jackson. Back and forth, in the headlines and the hallways, the acrimony just kept building.

For West, though, the final straw came when the Lakers repealed the lifetime season tickets he said the late Dr. Buss had promised him so many years ago. Without any warning or explanation, his wife, Karen, received a text message from the Lakers last season informing her that the family’s seats for their games would no longer be granted.

It was a cold phone text to my wife,” said West. “No one had the nerve to call me, but that’s how petty they are, OK? And I love the Lakers, OK? I love to see them do well. It’s great for basketball. I’m proud of everything that happened when I was there. I’m proud of everything that happened when I wasn’t there — the positives.

But sometimes you feel like you’re discarded, like a piece of trash,” West added. “And there’s a couple of people over there — not [Lakers controlling owner] Jeanie [Buss] — but there’s a couple of people over there that, uh … I don’t get it. I don’t. … I always had a great relationship with Jeanie — at least I thought I did. I don’t know where it is now.”

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— Rodney Barnes (@TheRodneyBarnes) February 1, 2022

The Lakers probably have their own side of the story.

Taking away his season tickets just seems petty though. West is the fricking NBA logo, treat him as such.

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