Baylor played at Seattle University from to , averaging Baylor was named Most Outstanding Player. After the season, the Minneapolis Lakers, who were near bankruptcy after a steep fall from their first championship era, picked Baylor first in the NBA draft. Baylor immediately saved the Lakers with his scoring and style. It was actually the second time the Lakers had chosen Baylor in a draft.
They picked him in the 14th round in , but Baylor chose to continue playing in college at the time. Baylor, who was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in , became the sixth person to be honored by the Lakers with a statue, which was unveiled in April In , the team retired his No. Skip to main content Skip to navigation. Lakers star, Clippers executive Baylor dies at Los Angeles Lakers.
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Players , Teams , Seasons , Leaders , Awards He could pass like Magic [Johnson] and dribble with the best guards in the league. Elgin Baylor was born in in Washington, D. An inadequate scholastic record kept him out of college until a friend arranged a scholarship at the College of Idaho, where he was expected to play basketball and football.
After one season, the school dismissed the head basketball coach and restricted the scholarships. Seattle car dealer Ralph Monroe interested Baylor in Seattle University, and Baylor sat out a year to play for an amateur team while establishing eligibility at Seattle.
In his three collegiate seasons, one at Idaho and two at Seattle, Baylor averaged The Minneapolis Lakers used the No. The Lakers, several years removed from the glory days of George Mikan, were in trouble on the court and at the gate.
He was and he did. As a rookie in Baylor was sensational. He finished fourth in the league in scoring The Lakers finished second in the Western Division at , 14 victories better than the previous season. Louis Hawks. He averaged The Lakers finished the regular season at but still made the playoffs as the third-place finisher in the four-team Western Division.
They upset the Pistons in the division semifinals, then lost to the Hawks in a seven-game division finals. Baylor averaged Then came the move west. Following teams in other professional sports that moved to the Pacific rim, the Lakers opened up NBA basketball to the other half of the country when they shifted to Los Angeles for the season.
On November 15, , Baylor scored 71 points against the Knicks in New York, setting a new record for the most points scored in a single contest. He also snared 25 rebounds that night. In a historic performance in , Elgin Baylor scored 71 points vs the Knicks. Each particular shot had nothing amazing about it. It was just that Elgin was such an amazing player. The Lakers lost to St. Louis in seven games in the Western Division Finals that season, dropping Game 6 in overtime, , and Game 7, In , Baylor hit his stride along with hotshot second-year guard Jerry West.
Unfortunately, Baylor was playing at a time when eligible males were required to perform military service, and his season was curtailed. He spent half of the year stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington, playing only when he could obtain a weekend pass. He appeared in 48 games that season. Still, with Baylor
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