Considered the greatest forward of his era, Bob Pettit won one NBA championship and was a two-time MVP. From NBA.com Staff Bob Pettit was the first player to score 20,000 points and never finished ...

Bob Pettit, of the St. Louis Hawks, holds his trophy after being named most valuable player in National Basketball Association All-Star Game in St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 22, 1958. (AP Photo) Staff ...

NBA 75th Anniversary Team: Bob Pettit; You were a 6-foot-9 scoring and rebounding machine. You were the first player in League history to score over 20,000 points and you won two scoring titles.

St. Louis Hawks legend Bob Pettit, who was the NBA’s first-ever Most Valuable Player, was recently named to the NBA’s 75th Anniversary Team.. Pettit, a 6-foot-9 forward originally from ...

Seventy years after entering LSU as a heralded freshman Bob Pettit is still representing for his generation (1954-1965), his state (Louisiana), and his game (basketball). Pettit was chosen as a ...

And the Hawks’ first (and only) NBA championship. “God bless Bob Pettit,” teammate Jack McMahon told The Associated Press after the Hawks’ title. Game 6 was a 110-109 triumph for the Hawks.

The NBA is celebrating players from the NBA 75 list almost daily from now until the end of the season. Today's honoree is St. Louis Hawks big man Bob Pettit. This story about Pettit, on announcing ...

Hawks rising star Bob Pettit got high praise in 1955 from his coach, teammates and opponents in The Sporting News, like the NBA team also based in St. Louis at the time.

Part of the NBA’s 75th anniversary celebration includes a quintet of the greatest players in league history being named ambassadors. Clyde Drexler, Magic Johnson, Dirk Nowitzki, Bob Pettit, and ...

Pettit’s NBA career with the St. Louis Hawks includes an NBA championship, two NBA MVP honors, four NBA All-Star MVP awards as he was both an 11-time NBA All-Star and All-NBA selection.

First NBA MVP winners Bob Pettit, Bob Cousy praise Nuggets' 3-time winner Nikola Jokic: 'Love to watch him' Bob Cousy doesn’t know where his MVP trophy is and believes it might have been stolen.