Jerry West may want to return to the purple and gold, but the Los Angeles Lakers aren't interested.

According to Kurt Helin of NBC Sports, the Lakers will not be offering a job to West:

Report: Jerry West wants job offer from Lakers, but it’s not coming https://t.co/tX56sQZc85 — Kurt Helin (@basketballtalk) April 19, 2017

It's worth mentioning that West is still employed by the Golden State Warriors as a consultant and can't communicate with the Lakers until the Warriors' season is officially over. With the way things are going, that might not happen until June.

As far as what is known, there is no bad blood between West and the Lakers. The Hall-of-Fame point guard was present at Shaquille O'Neal statue ceremony at Staples Center recently and his son, Ryan, continues to work for the organization.

More than anything, this might have to do with the Lakers simply wanting to start anew with personnel that were not previously affiliated with the franchise. West previously served as the Lakers' general manager for nearly 20 years from 1982-83 until the early 2000's.