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It's my very sad duty to inform all of you of the passing of basketball legend ELGIN BAYLOR who died today. I'm really dating myself on this one. Because I've been a hard core L.A. Lakers fan since the days of Elgin Baylor, Wilt Chamberlain, and the immortal Jerry West (1960s to early 70s).

Elgin Baylor gained the respect of all his peers and even most of his opponents throughout his playing career. He also worked with other NBA teams as a general manager after his playing career was over. Elgin Baylor and Jerry West were arguably one of the very best duos in Basketball history. The 71-72 Lakers still hold the record of 33 straight consecutive wins and these guys helped make it possible. Elgin Baylor and Jerry West both really made each other's career and will always be remembered in Laker's history. Elgin Baylor and Jerry West both had a true passion for the game and for their team as well.

Elgin Baylor dead at the age of 86. GOD love him and all his teammates. This guy was a real class act.

R.I.P. Elgin Baylor.

MacLaren wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 22, 2021 7:25 pm

R.I.P. Elgin Baylor.

I encourage any of you who were born after that era with Elgin Baylor and Jerry West to pull up some old Youtube videos of those guys playing together. And when Wilt Chamberlain joined the team they got to another level entirely. Elgin Baylor was indeed one of the L.A. Lakers most classy players. He was doing Jordan-like maneuvers way back in the 60s. He was truly ahead of his time.

I just saw the comments that Jerry West just made about his old teammate to the media. You could tell that Jerry West was truly sad about the news. Both of those guys were just great players and great human beings. If they would have had the 3 point play back in those days both Baylor and West would have tore it up. RIP to one of the best :cool:

JD Spydo wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 22, 2021 8:57 pm

MacLaren wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 22, 2021 7:25 pm

R.I.P. Elgin Baylor.

I encourage any of you who were born after that era with Elgin Baylor and Jerry West to pull up some old Youtube videos of those guys playing together. And when Wilt Chamberlain joined the team they got to another level entirely. Elgin Baylor was indeed one of the L.A. Lakers most classy players. He was doing Jordan-like maneuvers way back in the 60s. He was truly ahead of his time.

I just saw the comments that Jerry West just made about his old teammate to the media. You could tell that Jerry West was truly sad about the news. Both of those guys were just great players and great human beings. If they would have had the 3 point play back in those days both Baylor and West would have tore it up. RIP to one of the best :cool:

Yeah, I was gonna say Joe, that Baylor, West and Chamberlain were all before my time.
I'll try and check it out. I don't doubt ya one bit though.

RIP champ.

kerlejef wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 08, 2022 5:02 am

I am a big fan of Elgin Baylor. some of his career achievement are given below.
NBA Rookie of the Year in 1959
11 times NBA All-Star
10 times All-NBA first team.

I think it's fair to say that Elgin Baylor was the "Doctor J" of his time slot way before Doctor J (Julius Erving) arrived in the NBA. His acrobatic abilities as well as his expert handling of the ball was ahead of it's time ( 60s & 70s).

I became an avid L.A. Lakers fan during the era of Elgin Baylor, Jerry West, Wilt Chamberlin. It was the 71-72 Lakers who established the record of winning 33 games in a row which is still a standing record today. Baylor and Jerry West were like the John Stockton-Karl Malone duo of their time and it was like pure artistry watching those guys destroy opponents the way they did. I think they were even better than Stockton & Malone.

Jerry West I'm glad to say is still with us and appears on TV Shows every now and then. Jerry West's greatest accomplishment is when he discovered Kobe Bryant and made sure he became a Laker when he was in the Front office of the Lakers >> the rest is history as they say.