NBA legends like Dr. J agree: Elgin Baylor revolutionized game
LOS ANGELES — Elgin Baylor died Monday, but he's not gone. Never will be. In every dunk, every spin, every funky side-step, pieces of the Lakers legend live on.
The modern NBA is indebted as much to Baylor as it is to any player, one man who introduced eye-opening creativity and athleticism to a game obsessed with fundamentals. There's a good chance the players who are worshipped now either worshipped Baylor or worshipped someone who worshipped Baylor.
When it comes to greatness in the NBA, almost all roads point Baylor's direction, the lack of a championship ring unable to cloud the undeniable impact he had on generations of the game's legends. If you didn't get a chance to see it you missed something easily defined.
"It was the greatest show on Earth," Julius Erving said by phone on Monday
