Joe Kohen/WireImageBY: LEIGHTON SCHNEIDER, ABC NEWS
(LOS ANGELES) — Los Angeles Lakers legend Elgin Baylor has died, the team announced Monday.
He was 86.
“Elgin was the love of my life and my best friend,” said his wife Elaine, in a statement to the Lakers. “And like everyone else, I was in awe of his immense courage, dignity and the time he gave to all fans. At this time we ask that I and our family be allowed to mourn his passing in privacy.”
Baylor was drafted by the then Minneapolis Lakers first overall in 1958 and won the Rookie of the Year award
