Too many shots? Not for Jerry West

No one ever accused Jerry West of shooting too much. . . .

While scoring more points than any player in franchise history other than Kobe Bryant, West led the Lakers in shot attempts only four times in 14 seasons. . . .

Bryant, leading the Lakers in shots for the 10th consecutive season, is on pace to lead the NBA for the fourth time in five. . . . Surprisingly, though, Mr. Clutch hoisted shots at about the same rate as Bryant, averaging more than 20 a game. . . .

Bryant, since becoming a starter, has averaged 21. . . .

In a USA Today poll asking readers to pick a favorite between Bryant and LeBron James, 56% opted for James, 28% picked Bryant and 11% refused to choose. . . .

The other 5% said they didn’t care for either one. . . .

Speaking of James, the Cleveland Cavaliers star landed on GQ’s list of the world’s 25 most stylish men, as did fellow sportsmen Ichiro Suzuki, Tom Brady and David Beckham. . . .

Beckham maintains his style, the magazine reports, “even when he’s thrown his shirt in the crowd and is wearing nothing more than a pair of shorts and his game face.” . . .

Kudos to USC and UCLA, but is there anything in sports more over-hyped than college football signing day? . . .

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, telling the New York Post the league might consider awarding a Super Bowl to the new Meadowlands Stadium: “Some of the most famous games in NFL history involved adverse weather conditions, so you could argue that playing against the elements is part of our game.” . . .

In the New York metropolitan area, it should be noted, the average February temperature is 32 degrees. . . .

In a related story, 53% of 1,100 senior-level sports industry executives polled by Turnkey Sports say the NFL should not award Super Bowls to open-air stadiums in the North. . . .

Woodland Hills Taft High graduate Robin Yount, Locke’s Eddie Murray and Fremont’s Bobby Doerr all were enshrined at Cooperstown, but none was part of the inaugural class of inductees to the new L.A. high school sports hall of fame. . . .

Among those also excluded: four Pro Football Hall of Famers (Hamilton’s Warren Moon, Jordan’s Joe Perry, Marshall’s Mike Haynes and Washington’s James Lofton); two Wimbledon champions (L.A.’s Budge Patty and Franklin’s Bobby Riggs); a Heisman Trophy winner (San Fernando’s Charles White); an NBA rookie of the year (Hamilton’s Sidney Wicks); numerous Olympic gold medalists, among them Taft’s Quincy Watts, Grant’s Mitch Gaylord and Jordan’s Florence Griffith-Joyner. . . .

And the Grammy for best performance during an extended trip necessitated by Taylor Swift, Beyonce, Lady GaGa, etc., taking over Staples Center: Anze Kopitar and the surging Kings. . . .

Au revoir, Jean-Sebastien Giguere, and thanks for allowing Orange County hockey fans to get “Jiggy” with it during two memorable Stanley Cup playoff runs. . . .

Noting that Danica Patrick says she’ll enter at least 12 NASCAR races this season, Greg Cote of the Miami Herald suggests, “Her impact on IndyCar racing is expected to carry over, meaning she won’t win but will look good doing it.” . . .

An Associated Press college basketball poll excluding both UCLA and North Carolina is not all that uncommon, surprisingly, neither team having cracked the end-of-season top 25 rankings in 2000, 2002 and, most recently, 2003. . . .

Jon Strauss, Pepperdine assistant baseball coach, begs to differ with Point Loma Nazarene’s contention that its baseball stadium is “America’s most scenic ballpark,” casting his vote for Pepperdine’s picturesque Eddy D. Field Stadium. . . .

Cal Poly Pomona baseball Coach Mike Ashman, an Angels batting practice pitcher, has enlisted Mike Scioscia to be the keynote speaker at a fundraising dinner for the Broncos baseball program Saturday at Buca di Beppo in Claremont. . . .

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Vin Scully, accepting an award from the Southern California Sports Broadcasters this week for his 60-plus years with the Dodgers: “I was just thinking, I was broadcasting baseball before they had hair dryers in the dressing rooms.”

jerome.crowe@latimes.com