"Tommy Hawkins, Baylor's teammate for six seasons and opponent for four (and later a basketball broadcaster) declared to the San Francisco Examiner that "[P]ound for pound, no one was ever as great as Elgin Baylor." He also said, "Elgin certainly didn't jump as high as Michael Jordan. But he had the greatest variety of shots of anyone. He would take it in and hang and shoot from all these angles. Put spin on the ball. Elgin had incredible strength. He could post up Bill Russell. He could pass like Magic and dribble with the best guards in the league.""
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Elgin Baylor
Elgin Gay Baylor (born September 16, 1934 – March 22, 2021) was a basketball player and later head coach. Widely considered one of the greatest players of all time, Baylor was an 11-time All Star.
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