Jerry West remembers friend and Lakers great Elgin Baylor: 'A great, great player and a better teammate' the logo and Baylor were teammates for ~ 12 years; together their team reached the NBA Finals six times, losing all of them to the Bos Celtics, 4 were decided by game 7 before Jerry was known as the logo, his nicknames were tweety bird, the zeke from Cabin Creek and Mr Clutch, all given by Elgin Baylor at one time, the 6' 5" SF Baylor (w a career scoring avg > 24 ppg) was the second leading rebounder in NBA history. RIP
