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O'Neal averaged 33 points and 15.8 rebounds per game over five games in the 2001 NBA Finals, and he holds the record for most ...
For the Lakers, Elgin Baylor came along at precisely the right time. Still in Minneapolis, where the George Mikan glory years were well past, they used the No. 1 overall pick in the 1958 draft to ...
For years it was the saddest sound in Los Angeles sports, the public greeting of the retired Elgin Baylor at a Lakers home game. Silence. The ovation given other Lakers legends was absent.
No appreciation of Elgin Baylor should go without mentioning that Baylor might be the most underrated NBA star ever. For his career, he averaged 27.4 points and 13.5 rebounds – one of two ...
One of the game's most gifted players, Elgin Baylor made 10 appearances on the All-NBA first team. From NBA.com Staff Elgin Baylor was drafted No. 1 overall in the 1958 NBA Draft. > Archive 75: ...
NBA icon Elgin Baylor, who died at 86 of natural causes on Monday, spent 22 years as the Clippers’ general manager, a tenure that included recognition as the NBA Executive of the Year and which ...
Elgin Baylor, a Hall of Fame forward who helped lead the Minneapolis and Los Angeles Lakers to eight NBA Finals, driving to the hoop and soaring above the rim with a gravity-defying style that ...
Los Angeles Lakers' Elgin Baylor, center, in a game against the New York Knicks on May 1, 1970. (Harold Filan/Associated Press) The tying shot at the buzzer in last week’s Virginia Tech-Florida ...
Elgin Baylor’s N.B.A. legacy will loom large in basketball history. But the time our columnist’s father managed to defend Baylor for a half became a cherished part of family lore. By Kurt ...
In front of the Crypto Arena sits a 2,300-pound, nearly 17-foot statue of Elgin Baylor, a tribute to a player who set the standard for aerial artistry in basketball. Unveiled in 2018, Baylor ...
That’s right, former Minneapolis and Los Angeles Lakers great Elgin Baylor is on his way. Now the question is: Do you need him? As is the case with these types of special cards, players will ...
Here's a look at which players attempted the most free throws in an NBA Finals, from Dwyane Wade to Elgin Baylor. Lakers legend Elgin Baylor scored an NBA Finals record 61 points in Game 5 against ...