By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.comSAN FRANCISCO — He's always had what was required, as a player with a last-second jump shot — Jerry West wasn't nicknamed "Mr. Clutch for nothing — as an executive with a draft day trade for the rights to Kobe Bryant.
"A tremendous amount of good fortune,'' advised West, "can happen for a risk taker.''
A risk taker who knows the territory, which Jerry West certainly does.
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