Elgin Baylor was the #1 draft pick in 1958 to the then Minneapolis Lakers. Known for his shooting, rebounding and hangtime, he was an immediate star player that helped take the team from last ...

It was an Elgin. "And that's what he named me after," said Baylor, no doubt relieved that ... The team was located in Minneapolis then, but after dominating the NBA in the early '50s, it fell ...

13.5 RPG | 4.3 APG Other Accolades "Elgin Baylor never won a ring. But just because Baylor technically never won a title in his 14 years with the Lakers, two of which he spent in Minneapolis, don ...

They had lost to the Hawks and were flying back home to Minneapolis. "We were playing cards, and then the lights went out, and it got cold," recalled Clippers general manager Elgin Baylor ...

Then, graceful and cunning as a cougar, Elgin Baylor begins to roam for the Minneapolis Lakers. His hands flicker with the slick skill of a shell-game operator. His dribble is a rapid rat-a-tattoo ...

NBA.com's Todd Spehr on Baylor: "It’s true, Elgin Baylor changed basketball. It’s not something uttered flippantly, it’s something he really did. His arrival in the late 1950s came ...

From Minneapolis to Los Angeles and 17 NBA Championships ... throughout Lakers History The first time Bill Bertka watched Elgin Baylor play in person was in the 1958 NCAA Final Four, 63 years ...

1959 — In the NBA All-Star game in Detroit, St. Louis’ Bob Pettit and Elgin Baylor of Minneapolis become the first co-winners of the MVP award, leading the West to a 124-108 victory.

1959 — In the NBA All-Star game in Detroit, St. Louis’ Bob Pettit and Elgin Baylor of Minneapolis become the first co-winners of the MVP award, leading the West to a 124-108 victory. 1979 — Willie ...