Career
He previously played in the National Basketball Association for the Atlanta Hawks and New Jersey Nets. West was a Douglas County player of the year as a senior at Douglas County High School. He also earned honorable mention all-state honors after averaging 22 points and 10 rebounds per game.
West was team captain as a junior and senior.
West played college basketball for Georgia Technology He joined the Technical squad as a walk-on in the fall of 2002, red-shirted in 2002-2003, and earned a scholarship for the 2003-2004 season.
He played in 103 games, averaging 3.2 points over his career, and 4.9 over his last two seasons. West departed Georgia Technical 16th on the school"s all-time list for steals despite averaging only 13.9 minutes per game in four years.
West went undrafted in the 2007 National Basketball Association draft but was quickly signed by the Atlanta Hawks, a team he spent his first two seasons with.
In that season, his career was basically ended when Shannon Brown rejected him on a fastbreak layup. West spent the first half of the 2009-2010 season playing in the National Basketball Association Development League for the Maine Red Claws, before re-joining the Hawks in January 2010. He remained with the Hawks for the rest of the season, and in 156 games for the team over three seasons, he averaged 0.8 points in 4.4 minutes per game.
West re-joined the Maine Red Claws for the 2010-2011 season, later signing with the New Jersey Nets in March 2011.
He appeared in six games for the Nets to complete the 2010-2011 season, averaging 3.7 points, 1.8 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.2 steals in 19.3 minutes per game. In June 2011, West joined Cocolos de San Pedro de Macorís of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto.
His stint lasted until early August. On August 2, 2011, West signed with Tezenis Verona of Italy for the 2011-2012 season.
In June 2012, West moved to the Philippines where he joined the Meralco Bolts.
Later that month, he joined Louisiana Villa for a short stint. In January 2013, West signed with Fuerza Regia of Mexico for the rest of the 2012-2013 season. In June 2013, he re-joined the Meralco Bolts.
He then returned to Fuerza Regia for the 2013-2014 season.
In March 2014, he moved to France and signed with SO Maritime Boulogne. In May 2014, he returned the Meralco Bolts for a third stint.
In October 2014, West signed with Louisiana Unión of Argentina for the 2014-2015 season. He sustained an injury in February 2015 and was ruled out for the rest of the season.
He remained in Argentina for the 2015-2016 season, signing with Juventud Sionista.