latimes.com - 10/8/2008
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Donald T. Sterling Sterling World Plaza Beverly Hills, Calif. Dear Donald, I hate to be the one to tell you this but Elgin Baylor just hung them up. Come on, you must remember. Tall, distinguished-looking former NBA great? Headed up your Clippers' front office the last 22 years? I knew you'd ...
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... Mark Heisler of the Los Angeles Times: "Dear Donald, I hate to be the one to tell you this but Elgin Baylor just hung them up. Come on, you must remember. Tall, distinguished-looking former NBA great? Headed up your Clippers' front office the last 22 years? I knew you'd remember! Oh, you knew about this? Actually, it turns out that you hung up Elgin's shoes with Elgin still in them, officially handing his duties to Coach Mike Dunleavy. Actually, Dunleavy has run the basketball operation for four seasons, if you count the last one when you put Mike on ...
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ClipperBlog.com Blog for the Los Angeles NBA Clippers Fans —
... was offered some sort of ambassadorial or emeritus role with the team. That this departure lacks ceremony and tact is little surprise, given Donald T. Sterling's history. You don't have to be a sentimentalist, though, to feel that the length of Baylor's tenure, coupled with his legacy as one of the most dynamic basketball players in Los Angeles history, warranted more menschkeit from the organization. Baylor Reax from around the web Mark Heisler: Elgin's problem was always two-fold: ...
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