Elgin Baylor
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Oct 7, 2026
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Basketball, a game of giants.
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And there's number 99, George Mikan, one of the greatest Perhaps the most complete player the game has ever seen, the Lakers captain, Elgin Baylor.
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Two seconds, one second.
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West throws it up.
speaker_3PANELIST
Ooh.
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Elgin Baylor.
Chris CodyPANELIST
[mimics buzzer]
Jonathan ZaslowPANELIST
[laughs]
Darius SorianoHOST
These are simple plays, but also in the moment when both teams are playing really fast, it wouldn't surprise me if those things get botched, and they didn't.
Darius SorianoHOST
Lot of really good offensive plays where I thought the combination of ball and player movement, players cutting when the passer expected them to cut, being there as a release valve.
Darius SorianoHOST
There was all kinds of stuff where I'm just like, "These guys are comfortable right now." And this is independent of the Kings.
Darius SorianoHOST
The Kings, they showed some shot-making ability early.
Darius SorianoHOST
... that Bronny was much better at that.
Darius SorianoHOST
And I understand the philosophy, and I can get on board with that.
Darius SorianoHOST
I think players of that size, it's gonna come in so handy against the SGAs and all the jumbo initiators around the league.
Darius SorianoHOST
Like, Jayson Tatum's gonna get a bunch of offensive initiation chances.
Marques JohnsonGUEST
But anyway, but it's interesting, John, is that the emphasis on rings is I don't know if it's because of Bill Russell and the Celtics and even post-Bill Russell, the way the Celtics dominated the 60s and early 70s.
Marques JohnsonGUEST
We were big Laker fans here and always came up short Jerry West and Elgin Baylor and wasn't until 71, 72 in Wilton.
Marques JohnsonGUEST
got here with Gil Goodrich that they were able to break through.
Marques JohnsonGUEST
But the emphasis on rings and winning, again, I played for John Wooden, and that whole thing was just, you know, in terms of team success, you go out there, you play as hard as you can play, you do the best you can do, and then you live with the results.
Darius SorianoHOST
Mike did a very good job of crystallizing the idea of, yep, we got two or three shot creators.
Darius SorianoHOST
We got a couple of bigs who none of them are featured offensive players outside of the context of them setting screens and so them being in ball screen actions and them being a part then of what the primary first part of the set looks like.
Darius SorianoHOST
But neither Kessler or Looney are gonna be catching the ball as hub players in the same way that Anthony Davis did a couple of seasons ago before the Lakers got Luka or how Jokic or Embiid or Wemby or these other high-usage centers are used.
Darius SorianoHOST
And so they're going to be sort of satellite offensive players, even if they're setting ball screens.
Darius SorianoHOST
And all the wings, none of them are primary shot creators at all.
Darius SorianoHOST
You could say that Grimes has some of that in his game, but if he's in the starting group with Luka and Austin, I don't expect him to be doing much of that at all.
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Pete ZayasHOST
I'm not sure how much Sexton's gonna play, if at all.
Pete ZayasHOST
I've gotten the impression that he hasn't been a big part of much of what they've done so far in terms of five on five.
John VerduinGUEST
Yeah, I was kind of born with a basketball in my hand.
John VerduinGUEST
My mom was All-American at Seattle U. She's got her jersey retired up next to Elgin Baylor in the gym.
John VerduinGUEST
So basketball was always a given.
John VerduinGUEST
But I grew up playing soccer, baseball.
Bruce BernsteinHOST
They were even worse in the ownership suite.
Bruce BernsteinHOST
Their former general manager, the late great Elgin Baylor, sadly was a regular every year at the draft lottery.
Bruce BernsteinHOST
You could see how his fashion, you know, they would every year, like they would say, Oh, Elgin's at the lottery again, which is such a shame because he was one of the most dignified, great players, great men in basketball history.
Bruce BernsteinHOST
But you know, the guy that he was working for was just such a jerk.
DwyerHOST
You know, you hear the backstories.
DwyerHOST
He once got in an argument with Wilt Chamberlain over who was the better player, right? But when the mic was on and they asked Jordan whether he was the best player all time, Jordan had the presence of mind to pivot and to say, any statement I make would be unfair to to Jerry West, Elgin Baylor.
DwyerHOST
Jordan had his own list that he would run down.
DwyerHOST
He would use the opportunity to remind you of who the great players were.
Darius SorianoHOST
in the last four seasons, or do you like him because you liked him four years ago in the draft? Now, I get it.
Darius SorianoHOST
You can take chances on players like that.
Darius SorianoHOST
Rui was a player like this, and I was just like, "I like Rui.
Darius SorianoHOST
I think that he could be a helpful player," and he was a helpful player.
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Darius SorianoHOST
I would say that the Lakers have a similar case with Jaden Hardy.
Darius SorianoHOST
Like, when Hardy's name has come up, he's been mentioned behind Bronny.
Darius SorianoHOST
JJ was talking about players who could run the offense in times where Luka and Austin sit, and I think it was posed to him if both of them sat at the same time, right? Which he implied that's not gonna happen very much, that they'll likely be a true stagger.
Darius SorianoHOST
But obviously, Sexton can do it, but then after that, he brought up Bronny.
Mike TrudellGUEST
And now I'm gonna push back and kinda give you guys this point too, though.
Mike TrudellGUEST
Ultimately, the fit on the court and the talent of the players is still the most important thing.
Mike TrudellGUEST
The vibes part helps, it's great, it's certainly never a deterrent, but it's not the most important thing.
Mike TrudellGUEST
So I actually think that the layout and the structure of the team, and Redick has been really locked in on this in actually communicating to us, I think, what it is that they've wanted to put together and how that's playing out so far.
Darius SorianoHOST
It's been interesting to hear JJ and Luka, Austin got asked about this yesterday in terms of the championship aspirations of the group and those guys not hiding from that idea as that being the ultimate goal.
Darius SorianoHOST
And no one's gonna sit there and say, "I don't think we can win it," but I think that they're appropriately using that as a North Star.
Darius SorianoHOST
And I think it's right in the middle of the Venn diagram, Pete, between what Mike is talking about with opportunity, sort of the attitude of all of these players of wanting to get after it, the collective work ethic, and then again, this belief that I was talking about.
Darius SorianoHOST
And I think right in the middle of that is where the vibes live and all of these guys see it for them and that's sort of my interpretation of how camp has started with these first couple of days.
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