The Golden State Warriors hired Jerry West as a consultant soon after hiring Bob Myers as general manager.

West is a longtime friend of Arn Tellem, who was the boss of Myers as an agent.

West had left his position with the Memphis Grizzlies but remained one of the NBA's most widely respected and experienced builder of teams.

“I give Peter (Guber) a lot of credit on the Jerry thing,” Joe Lacob said. “Just the concept–I think he once said to me, ‘He might be a great consultant and adviser to us, but more than anything he’d be a great–and this is a great term–a great cover of darkness.’

“Meaning, if you have Jerry West, you get a little leeway. Me. I get a little leeway. Bob gets a little leeway. Or whoever the GM is.

“Because Jerry has the experience and people will assume that he has knowledge and will be giving us guidance. Which is, in fact, what he did.”