The NBA logo, which features a faceless player dribbling a ball against a red and blue background, is well known to be the silhouette of one of the league's first icons: Jerry West—who died aged ...

D’Angelo Russell speaks on how special of a player San Antonio big man Victor Wembanyama is and how he will one day be ...

The NBA logo is one of the most iconic designs in sports, worn on basketball jerseys around the globe. The man who has long been associated as the source of inspiration for the league's "the Logo ...

The silhouette that graces the logo of the NBA was taken from a photograph clicked during West's playing career, an image ...

The NBA has never officially acknowledged that its classic red, white and blue logo was modeled after Jerry West, the Los Angeles Lakers legend who died Wednesday at 86, but the man who designed ...

David Stern went to his grave without admitting that Jerry West was the inspiration for the NBA logo. West died Wednesday at 86 knowing with certainty that he was “The Logo” — and he wasn ...

How is that possible? The answer: West inspired the NBA's iconic logo. Here's how West earned that prestigious honor and how he felt about being the face (or at least the silhouette) of the league.