Jerry West told Kobe Bryant not to join the Clippers

Los Angeles Lakers legend Jerry West revealed Tuesday that he advised Kobe Bryant against signing with the Clippers, telling him “you can’t play for” former owner Donald Sterling. “I remember when he was going to leave the Lakers, and I’ve never really mentioned this to anyone, he was going to come and sign with the Clippers, who I’m now involved with as a consultant. And I told him, ‘Kobe, under no circumstances can you do this,’” West said on Inside the NBA. “And he was mad at everyone, the Lakers, the owner, everyone else. I said ‘Kobe you can’t go play with the Clippers. You can’t play for that owner, period.’ We had two conversations about it.”