The NBA lost The Logo.

Legendary coach, executive and the inspiration for the Association’s logo, Jerry West died Wednesday in Los Angeles. He was 86. Memorials from around the league poured in after the Clippers, the last team West worked for, announced his passing.

“Jerry West was a basketball genius and a defining figure in our league for more than 60 years,” commissioner Adam Silver said in a statement. “He distinguished himself not only as an NBA champion and an All-Star in all 14 of his playing seasons but also as a consummate competitor who embraced the biggest moments. He was the league’s first Finals MVP and made rising to the occasion his signature quality, earning him the nickname ‘Mr. Clutch.’”

In addition to leading the Lakers to the 1972 title, West also won a gold medal at the 1960 Olympics. Soon after his playing career ended in 1974, West coached the Lakers for a few seasons, including the 1979 playoff series against the Nuggets and briefly served as a scout for the franchise before becoming general manager in 1982. He built the Lakers teams that eliminated Denver from the playoffs in 1985 and 1987 and the Warriors squad that beat the Nuggets in 2013. He won eight more championships as an executive.

“The Denver Nuggets join the rest of the NBA community in mourning the passing of Jerry West,” the Nuggets statement reads. “A visionary as both a player and an executive, always ahead of his time, Jerry’s legacy flows into every facet of basketball from the way the game is played on the court to the NBA’s stature as a global brand built around its brightest stars.”

West will be the first person elected to the Naismith Hall of Fame as both a player and contributor later this year.