Baylor would not make the trip, as at the end of the 1979 season, the Jazz informed Baylor that his services would no longer be needed. A Hall of Fame player, Baylor’s greatest legacy will always be ...

2/4.) Elgin Baylor | 1974, 1976-79 Technically, Baylor was the second head coach in the history of the Jazz, although he only served as the leading man for one game in 1974 following the firing of ...

Elgin Baylor, the Lakers’ 11-time NBA All-Star, died Monday of natural causes. He was 86.The Lakers announced that Baylor died in Los Angeles with his wife, Elaine, and daughter Krystal by his ...

Elgin Baylor maneuvering between Bill Bradley, left, and Dick Barnett of the Knicks during the 1970 N.B.A. finals. ... He coached three losing teams with the New Orleans Jazz ...

Elgin Baylor's coaching career began when the expansion New Orleans Jazz hired him as an assistant coach for their debut season in 1974.

Elgin Baylor in 1960. ... Baylor (center), the Jazz coach, shakes hands with (from left) Kent Benson, Tommy Green and Jimmy McElroy before a 1979 game against the Bucks.

Elgin Baylor of the Los Angeles Lakers drives past McCoy McLemore of the San Francisco Warriors during the season-opening game in 1965. ... Mr. Baylor coached the Jazz for three seasons, ...

Baylor became vice president of basketball operations with the Clippers in 1986 after an outstanding 14-year playing career with the Lakers and a brief stint as coach of the New Orleans Jazz.

In 1965, Elgin Baylor's coach, Fred Schaus, describes Baylor's game and what he meant to the Lakers In 1965-66 Baylor’s knee problems limited him to 65 games and a 16.6 scoring average.

LOS ANGELES — Elgin Baylor, the Lakers’ 11-time NBA All-Star who soared through the 1960s with a high-scoring style of basketball that became the model for the modern player, died Monday. He ...

Elgin Baylor and Gail Goodrich were Los Angeles Lakers teammates from 1970 to 1972, and upon the late forward’s death this week, the former guard shared a story about the team playing poker.

Elgin Baylor, the Lakers’ 11-time NBA All-Star who soared through the 1960s with a high-scoring style of basketball that became the model for the modern player, died Monday. He was 86.