1. Bob Pettit
Bob Pettit played 11 seasons in the NBA, all with the Hawks, and each included a trip to the All-Star Game.
Pretty impressive, isn’t it?
Pretty impressive, isn’t it?
Pettit did it all with the St. Louis Hawks. A two-time MVP, a four-time All-Star Game MVP, a member of 10 First Team All-NBA rosters, a selection for the 25th, 35th, 50th, and 75th NBA Anniversary Team, and the leader of the Hawks’ (to date) only Championship.
How can we pick anyone else?
There is more.
In a season, Pettit never finished below 20 Points per Game. He was never out of the top ten in scoring. He never finished with fewer than 12 Rebounds per Game. He never stopped being classy. The 1971 Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame inductee and two-time Scoring champion averaged 26.4 Points and 16.2 Rebounds per Game. Pettit would have his number 9 retired by the team, the first in franchise history to earn this accolade.
Not bad for a player who was cut from both his freshman and sophomore high school teams!
The Bullet Points
- Position: Center, Power Forward
- Acquired: Drafted in the 1st Round, 2nd Overall 4/24/54.
- Departed: Retired after the 1964/65 Season.
- Games Played: 792
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Per Game Averages: 38.3 MP
.436 eFG%
.761 FT%
26.4 PTS
16.2 RB
3.0 AST
N/A STL*
N/A BLK*
88 Playoff Games
40.3 MP
.418 eFG%
.774 FT%
25.5 PTS
14.3 RB
2.7 AST
N/A STL*
N/A BLK*
*Steals and Blocks were not stats when Pettit played.
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Advanced Stats: 25.3 PER
.511 TS%
N/A VORP**
136.0 WS
88 Playoff Games
22.6 PER
.501 TS%
N/A VORP**
11.7 WS
**VORP was not a stat when Pettit played. -
Major Accolades and Awards: NBA Champion (1958)
MVP (1954-55 & 1958-59)
The Sporting News MVP (1958-59)
Rookie of the Year (1954-55)
All-Star Game MVP (1956, 1958, 1969 & 1962)
First Team All-NBA (1954-55, 1955-56, 1956-57, 1957-58, 1958-59, 1959-60, 1960-61, 1961-62, 1962-63 & 1963-64)
Second Team All-NBA (1964-65)
Most Field Goals Made (1955-56, 1956-57 & 1958-59)
Most Field Goals Attempted (1955-56 & 1956-57)
Most Free Throws (1955-56, 1958-59 & 1962-63)
Most Free Throws Attempted (1955-56 & 1958-59)
Most Rebounds (1955-56)
Most Points (1955-56 & 1958-59)
Highest Points per Game (1955-56 & 1958 & 1959)
Highest PER (1955-56, 1956-57, 1957-58 & 1958-59)
Most Win Shares (1958-59)
* There were no Steals and Blocks recorded during the time that Pettit played.
** VORP was not an available statistic during the time that Pettit played. -
Other Points of Note: Top Ten MVP Finishes:
1st in 1956, 2nd in 1957, 4th in 1958, 1st in 1959, 3rd in 1960, 2nd in 1961, 6th in 1962, 4th in 1963 & 4th in 1964
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