There are gamers who go away their stamp on the game of basketball after which there are those that turn into synonymous with the game itself. The NBA world misplaced a quintessential legend on Wednesday. Bob Pettit, 93, was one of many earliest superstars of the sport. In 1954, the LSU standout was drafted second general by the Milwaukee Hawks. He was named 1955 Rookie of the 12 months.
He and the Hawks made a transfer to St. Louis that summer time and the next season he was named the league’s inaugural Most Priceless Participant, an honor he picked up once more three years later.
In 1958, Pettit and the Hawks received their solely NBA championship, although Pettit appeared in 4 NBA Finals collection throughout his profession. He garnered eleven All-Star appearances, each season of his profession, and was the league’s scoring champion in 1956 and 1959, the identical years he was named MVP.
Pettit holds the highest two NBA All-Star Recreation rebounding performances – 26 in 1958 and 27 in 1962 in addition to the second-highest All-Star Recreation factors per sport common. Pettit averaged over 20 factors and 12 rebounds per sport in every of his eleven seasons. Pettit is the one retired participant in NBA historical past (with greater than two seasons) to common greater than 20 factors per sport in each season they’ve performed.
He was the primary NBA participant to hit the 20,000 level mark. And in 1970, Pettit was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Corridor of Fame. Pettit, together with Bob Cousy, George Mikan, and Invoice Russell is certainly one of 4 gamers who was named to all 4 NBA anniversary groups.
Pettit’s #9 was retired by the Hawks, certainly one of solely 5 gamers within the franchise historical past.
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