[princess leah]

Back when the Lakers were worth watching.

[dfwgator]

A true legend. RIP.

[euclid216]

Wee need to ask the obvious question: If and when did he get the Covid shot?

Hank Aaron, Larry King and Marvin Hagler all died within two weeks of getting the shot.

[SeekAndFind]

They called him the man with a thousand moves.



He once scored 71 points for the Lakers, it was a team record that would not be surpassed until Kobe Bryant scored 81 points in against the Toronto Raptors in January 2006. The 61 points he scored in Game 5 of the NBA Finals in 1962 is still an NBA Finals record.

[Vermont Lt]

He was a gentleman the times I met him. Not like many of his co-enshinees.

[montag813]

No championships. But no felonies either.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

The Big E.

Thanks for the memories and RIP.

[clintonh8r]

I got to see him play a couple of times in 1970-71 when I was stationed in San Diego. That was the golden age of the NBA.

[OrangeHoof]

Fantastic talent. What a scoring machine.

[Kazan]

Great player, lousy GM.

[nd76]

Elgin Baylor once scored 75 points in a single game, which was 2nd best to Wilt the Stilt’s 100 points (scored at the Hershey Arena in Hershey PA on behalf of the Philadelphia Warriors v. the New York Knicks).

Rodney “Hot Rod” Hundley, who was Chick Hearn’s broadcast partner later in life, was a teammate of Elgin Baylor, and commented that he and Elgin teamed up for 76 points; I made a free throw, and Elgin had 75.

Elgin was from Washington, DC; he was a Los Angeles legend, as was another Washingtonian, Maury Wills.

Recquiescat in pace.

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.