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Los Angeles Lakers legend Elgin Baylor is an all-time great and was a bit unlucky.
Elgin Baylor certainly ranks in the lists of the greatest basketball players, scorers, rebounders and also Los Angeles Lakers of all time.
He single-handedly saved the Los Angeles Lakers from a destiny of mediocrity and probably bankruptcy. The George Mikan days were long gone when he was drafted first overall pick by the Minneapolis Lakers in 1958 and, as declared by then-owner Bob Short, without him the organization would have risked going bankrupt.