Elgin Baylor changed basketball. It's not something uttered flippantly, it's something he really did. His arrival in the late 1950s came, appropriately, as the game was leaving its own feet.

“Elgin was THE ... Everyone talked about his basketball accolades, but he was just a kind person," basketball great and Inside the NBA co-host Charles Barkley said of Baylor during a television ...

Elgin Baylor, an influential yet often overlooked basketball legend, is finally being recognized for his contributions. Baylor’s alma mater officially renamed its basketball arena in his honor.