Elgin Baylor Passes Away at 86
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 6:36 pm
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Elgin Baylor Passes Away at 86
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Re: Elgin Baylor Passes Away (86 Y/O)
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 6:37 pm
R.I.P
Re: Elgin Baylor Passes Away at 86
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 6:39 pm
I'm old enough to have watched him and West play for the Lakers. Too bad they won the championship the year he retired. RIP to the original Mr. Laker.
Re: Elgin Baylor Passes Away at 86
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 6:40 pm
The all-time-greatest player who didn't win a ring, and one of the game's most underappreciated. He'd be in top-10 discussions if he had that jewelry.
Respects, Mr. Inside.
Respects, Mr. Inside.
Re: Elgin Baylor Passes Away at 86
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 6:41 pm
"Best all-Around player ever?"
No
RIP to a legend tho
No
RIP to a legend tho
Re: Elgin Baylor Passes Away at 86
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 6:42 pm
Rest in peace, legend.
Re: Elgin Baylor Passes Away at 86
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 6:43 pm
RIP NBA Legend.
Re: Elgin Baylor Passes Away at 86
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 6:47 pm
Wow this is incredibly sad and random.
RIP to a legend indeed.
RIP to a legend indeed.
Re: Elgin Baylor Passes Away at 86
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 6:50 pm
I never saw him play. Even I'm not that old but I just read he is the only player to score 61 points in a NBA finals.
Re: Elgin Baylor Passes Away at 86
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 6:50 pm
Dam i use him all the time over the years in my nba2k Myleague
Re: Elgin Baylor Passes Away at 86
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 6:51 pm
Probably the greatest player to never win a ring. Also averaged 20 Rbs/per one season at 6’5 and scored 61 pts in a Finals game. He was an all-time great. Rest easy legend.
Re: Elgin Baylor Passes Away at 86
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 6:52 pm
RIP to Mr. Elgin Baylor: the most underappreciated all-time NBA great in history (kind of an earlier mix of Dr J and Barkley with a bit of a point forward), the best player ever to never win a ring during his active career. 
Re: Elgin Baylor Passes Away at 86
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 6:53 pm
RIP to the legend
Re: Elgin Baylor Passes Away at 86
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 6:56 pm
He doesn't get enough credit for being the progenitor of the modern offensive move set imo. He was "Euro stepping" in the 60s. RIP.
Re: Elgin Baylor Passes Away at 86
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 7:01 pm
Wow, that's so unexpected... Rest in peace, one of the greatest players ever and the most influential basketball figures.
Re: Elgin Baylor Passes Away at 86
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 7:02 pm
Legend on and off the court.RIP
Re: Elgin Baylor Passes Away at 86
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 7:15 pm
Before my time but I was still always a fan since reading about him and seeing his footage when I was younger. Love using him in the video games too dating back to like NBA Live 2000 where you could add any one from the legends pool to a current squad or make your own custom one. great times.
With that being said, R.I.P sir.
With that being said, R.I.P sir.
Re: Elgin Baylor Passes Away at 86
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 7:27 pm
Everybody should read Terry Pluto's book "Tall Tales" about early NBA history. He has a section in it about Baylor- great, underrated player who had to deal with Jim Crow related indignities when playing in the south.
Pluto also wrote a great book about ABA history called "Loose Balls".
Pluto also wrote a great book about ABA history called "Loose Balls".
Re: Elgin Baylor Passes Away at 86
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 7:29 pm
RIP
Lebron before Lebron.
Lebron before Lebron.