'West by West': 20 stories from Jerry West's autobiography

Basketball great Jerry West's autobiography is rife with revelations about the legend.

4. A dream game for the ages

Kobe Bryant David Zalubowski/AP

West muses about a Dream Game pitting the best players in NBA history. Only five current players make either of the 11-man East and West rosters: Kobe Bryant, Dwayne Wade, Tim Duncan, Steve Nash, and LeBron James.  The head coaches are Red Auerbach and Pat Riley, and the assistants Phil Jackson and Gregg Popovich. The only background noise, West says, would be organ music, as it was when he played, and not the earsplitting recorded music and sound effects that reverberate in today’s NBA arenas.  

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