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An obvious set of questions arises when the topic of Jerry West packing up his surfboard and sunscreen to head back East, this time as head honcho of the Grizzlies, is broached. Mostly, these questions have the same plaintive word attached: Why?
Why would West join the Grizzlies, the league's worst franchise over the last seven years? Why would West want to be associated with any bottom-feeding team in the Western Conference, which is no place for the weak and bumbling? Why would West, a Laker for almost 40 years as a player, coach and executive before retiring after the team's championship in 2000, want to leave his current low-pressure gig as a Lakers ...