Jerry West Looks Back on His Time with Elgin Baylor

There may be no other player to spend as much time on and off the court with Elgin Baylor as Jerry West. Jim Hill got Jerry's thoughts on his legendary friend and teammate in this exclusive interview

[@MartinVengadesan]

A moving tribute. RIP the great Elgin Baylor and now the great Jerry West too. From Malaysia.

[@stevenkanzaki9349]

Jerry's has had a tuff last 2 years. First Kobe now Elgin take care Jerry...

[@BRobMint]

Man. He lost Kobe and Elgin. I feel for Mr. West

[@jaycrew6967]

Elgin was almost expected cause of his age but Kobe Bean was just horrific.

[@the_o_man]

@@jaycrew6967 I really thought Elgin had like 5 more years left. At least he lived a long life, but yea man, losing Kobe was horrific :(

[@aharonemanuel4010]

@@the_o_man 86 is old enough stop it 🤣😂

[@trapppatterson7208]

The man was who made the player! Elgin was probably the most underrated player in the NBA. The way Jerry talks about his character shows his legacy

[@1990758]

One of the greatest Lakers of all time but so disrespected

[@hlrahmed]

Jerry West is one of the few legends that ik had real care for teammates and players

[@ARIZJOE]

Jerry & Elgin are on a metal plaque together at the L.A. Coliseum, for a reason. Those two together made basketball a success on the West Coast. Those two were so close. They enjoyed being united on a monument, forever.

[@randysandberg5615]

Elgin was just one of the greats from the '60's who would be a star today. Don't forget about West, Robertson, Russell, Petit, Cousy, Barry, and others. Great is great.

[@abevillanueva1974]

Prayers and Blessings for Elgin! +++ Mr. West loved him dearly...both put LA on the map.

[@KBB4eva]

Elgin put LA basketball in the map. Without him there’d be no Lakers in LA

[@sudlooshrz7128]

Elgin and Kobe will never be gone their spirits are always with us.

[@benitobuenavides7690]

No Kobe is in hell.

[@sahibsingh9209]

@@benitobuenavides7690 Are you God bcz you have no idea where he is rn

[@KyleNamiteVlogs]

I feel the pain in his voice. I've expereinced this too. Losing a loved one.

[@douglaslowe5]

I was at game in 1971 When they held Elgin's retirement ceremony. It was just a few games into the season Ironically the Lakers went on an insane 33 game winning streak from there. It's a shame video of him pre injury is relatively rare..he was ahead of his time. RIP Mr. Baylor

[@leoderosia9279]

Elgin was one of the all time greats before his terrible knee injury in mid 60s, celtic fan. You do not get much better than Jerry West and Elgin Baylor ....one of my idols is Wilt Chamberlain and I took that hard when he and havlicek passed

[@1990758]

Exactly that's all chick Hearn with talk about West and Baylor today's generation did not even mention in the top five let alone the top 10

[@demarcusthe5th307]

My mind has broken 💔

[@donoosaur]

rest in peace elgin man... cant forget about the greatest players who came before.

[@marcelmiller7551]

We'll miss you Elgin. Please send our love to Kobe, Gigi, Wilt, Dr. Jerry and Chick

[@gynandroidhead]

What a powerful and wonderful testimonial to an NBA great, by another NBA great that went way beyond the game itself.

[@menace244]

I can’t believe he’s gone 💔

[@andrewtucker1828]

Black white brotherly love is beautiful

[@vvho2428]

Elgin’s up there with Kobe

[@BokuGlack]

@ViperRKO Gaming don’t forget Moses Malone

[@aharonemanuel4010]

@@BokuGlack Kareem jabar

[@aharonemanuel4010]

@ViperRKO Gaming magic Johnson

[@BokuGlack]

@@aharonemanuel4010 they ain’t dead lmao

[@KBB4eva]

Losing Elgin hurts him more

[@aharonemanuel4010]

I wish I took a picture 📷 with him when he was alive.

[@elsonaduraj8802]

RIP Elgin 🏀🏀

[@ELPIOJOBOLUDO]

Before there was Magic, Dr. J, Michael Jordan ........................................there was ELGIN!!! RIP SIR

[@trevordunn3728]

Exactly he turned the game into a vertical one

[@Papichulo-xc5nd]

RIP ELGIN

[@murph3001]

Heart felt

[@kurtadams3021]

RIP Legend

[@lefear356]

Wow R.I.P

[@youtuber2428]

Rip to the 60s mj + Bron 🐐

[@ohhhyeahhh1174]

No one thinks lebron is that, only his media groupies

[@youtuber2428]

@@ohhhyeahhh1174 the man is going to end his career with 40k points 10k rebounds and assists. Lol you Dont even hoop fam & you think Kobe is the goat so 🤷🏽‍♂️. All i know is mj & bron the only ones who have 4 mvps, 4 finals mvps & 4 rings.

[@ihatemrmike7369]

Elgin Baylor founded the Baylor University

[@lar7905]

Celtics fan here. When Dr J was coming into the NBA from the ABA the press was all over that . They were talking about J's moves to the basket , how he flew in for his dunks . I wasn't that impressed . Celtics fans had already seen and been tormented by Elgin . I'm thinking what is J going to do that Elgin didn't . Well Elgin was a terrific rebounder and played great defense . So for me the media hype was done . J was great but in my mind he wasn't Elgin . R.I.P. to both men . P.S. And there was only one Jerry West .too.

[@lilbru]

Man jerry west lost two of the closest people he trusted in consecutive years & two of the greatest players ever...elgin baylor & kobe Bryant

[@theklawclippers310]

Hopefully clippers win a championship in his RIP Baylor he went threw tuff times for 22 years as GM for the clips with Donald sterling lame owner that's why they clippers always sucked glad he's gone

[@miguelitoinguanti6171]

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