Hang Time: My Life in Basketball
Written by Elgin Baylor and Alan Eisenstock
Narrated by Peter Jay Fernandez
3.5/5
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Elgin Baylor
ELGIN BAYLOR (1934 - 2021) played thirteen seasons in the NBA for the Minnesota/Los Angeles Lakers, appearing in eight NBA finals. A #1 draft pick, NBA Rookie of the Year, and eleven-time NBA All-Star who was named to the All-NBA First Team ten times, Elgin is considered one of the game's all-time greatest players. After retiring from the NBA as a player, he coached the New Orleans Jazz, and then in 1986, became the general manager of the Los Angeles Clippers, a position he held for twenty-two years. In 2006, he was named NBA Executive of the Year.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I am old enough to remember a little bit about Elgin Baylor's career. I remember the 1960s Lakers had Jerry West, Gail Goodrich, Wilt Chamberlain and Elgin Baylor. It's a shame that Baylor was not able to win an NBA title. Throughout the book, you can tell it was very important for him. There are a lot of interesting stories in the book including Baylor's experiences with racism. There were also a number of interesting anecdotes about different NBA players including Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, Hot Rod Hundley and other players that he competed with and against.
The book focuses primarily on his playing experiences both in college and in the NBA. He makes short thrift of his time as general manager in San Diego and working for Donald Sterling. Baylor recounts a story about a women executive who had to pick up her child to which Sterling said that when she returns, tell her she is fired. Enough said about Donald Sterling.
A good read for someone like myself in his 60s and who remembers Elgin Baylor and the players he referenced in the book.