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    Hang Time: My Life in Basketball
    Hang Time: My Life in Basketball
    Hang Time: My Life in Basketball
    Audiobook12 hours

    Hang Time: My Life in Basketball

    Written by Elgin Baylor and Alan Eisenstock

    Narrated by Peter Jay Fernandez

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    Elgin Baylor's memoir of an epic all-star career in the NBA-during which he transformed basketball from a horizontal game to a vertical one-and his fights against racism during his career as a player and as general manager of the LA Clippers under the infamous Donald Sterling People think of Elgin Baylor as one of the greatest basketball players in the history of the game-and one of the NBA's first black superstars-but the full extent of his legacy stretches beyond his spectacular, game-changing jump shots and dunks. With startling symmetry, Baylor recounts his story: flying back and forth between the U.S. Army and the Lakers, his time as a central figure in the great Celtics-Lakers rivalry and how he helped break down color barriers in the sport, his 1964 All-Star game boycott, his early years as an executive for the New Orleans Jazz, and twenty-two years as general manager for the notorious L.A. Clippers and Donald Sterling, spent fighting to draft and sign young, black phenoms-only to be hamstrung by his boss at every turn. No one has seen the league change, and has worked to bring change, more than Baylor. Year after year, he continued to fight and persevere against racism. At the beginning of his career, he was forced to stay in separate hotel rooms. From those days to today's superstardom, he has had a front-row view of the game's elevation to one of America's favorite sports. For the first time, Elgin Baylor tells his full story. He's played with the legends, lived with them, and knows more about the NBA than anyone living, and is finally ready to set the record straight.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateApr 10, 2018
    ISBN9781501994241
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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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    • 3/5
      I 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.