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Baylor transferred to Seattle and played from 1956-58, averaging 31.3 points per game and leading the team to the 1958 NCAA championship game, where it lost to coach Adolph Rupp’s Kentucky Wildcats.

I fell in love with Elgin Baylor’s talent in 1957. His college performance with Seattle University’s basketball team was spectacular.

Baylor’s prime was shortened by injuries and the fact that he did not play in an NBA game until he was already 24 years old. In the 1965 Western Division Finals, he suffered a knee injury that ...

Elgin Baylor stands next to a statue honoring the Minneapolis and Los Angeles Lakers great outside Staples Center in a 2018 ceremony. Reed Saxon — TheBillRussell (@RealBillRussell) March 22, 2021 ...

For the Lakers, Elgin Baylor came along at precisely the right time.Still in Minneapolis, where the George Mikan glory years were well past, they used the No. 1 overall pick in the 1958 draft to ge… ...

A statue of Baylor was unveiled outside Staples Center — the shared home of the Lakers and Clippers — in 2018. The basketball court at Seattle University bears his name.

Elgin Baylor’s N.B.A. legacy will loom large in basketball history. But the time our columnist’s father managed to defend Baylor for a half became a cherished part of family lore.

Before his NBA greatness, Baylor was a star college player who led Seattle University to the 1958 NCAA Championship Game. He was selected at the most outstanding player of the Final Four.