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re: Bob Pettit. Why does he not get more love on here?
Posted on 5/10/24 at 8:41 am to outerstater
Posted on 5/10/24 at 8:41 am to outerstater
He lives in Nola. He's a gentle giant and is in better shape than most people his age. Sort of like Archie Manning, I see him around often and he puts on no airs despite being a living legend.
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Posted on 5/10/24 at 8:51 am to Tvilletiger
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Is there anybody on here that did?
Yes, I saw him play in high school and college. Never saw him play in the pros except on TV.
Posted on 5/10/24 at 8:58 am to Tvilletiger
Bob Pettit played from 1954-65 (11 seasons)
Bill Russell played from 1956-69 (13 seasons)
1st team All-NBA
Bob Pettit: 10 times
Bill Russell: 3 times
2nd team All-NBA
Bob Pettit: 1 time
Bill Russell: 8 times
Bill Russell played from 1956-69 (13 seasons)
1st team All-NBA
Bob Pettit: 10 times
Bill Russell: 3 times
2nd team All-NBA
Bob Pettit: 1 time
Bill Russell: 8 times
Posted on 5/10/24 at 9:33 am to Tvilletiger
I never saw him play
Ur answer…….
Ur answer…….
Posted on 5/10/24 at 9:46 am to Tvilletiger
He does deserve more love, but he suffers from the same problem many tiger greats do. He played before most on this board were born.
Posted on 5/10/24 at 10:04 am to ChiefCornerstone
yes, he still lives here in town. He goes to the baseball games. I sit on the same row as him. He don’t miss many games.
Posted on 5/10/24 at 10:14 am to geaux74
Great Tiger and pro. Others have posted his stats and accomplishments. He deserves for all Tigers to read this thread at least twice.
He deserves a statue, and deserves to be able to stand in front of it.
Let’s lobby for these things and a Day of Appreciation.
He deserves a statue, and deserves to be able to stand in front of it.
Let’s lobby for these things and a Day of Appreciation.
Posted on 5/10/24 at 10:20 am to SportsGuyNOLA
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I remember hearing he is the only player in NBA history to average over 20 ppg every season of his entire career.
maybe when he retired. But Michael Jordan definitely did, hit 20 on the nose his last year. Petit also retired at a fairly early age.
Posted on 5/10/24 at 10:32 am to Tvilletiger
I used to see him pretty often on Poydras Street. I believe he was with one of the banks downtown. Very trim and easy to spot being so tall.
Posted on 5/10/24 at 10:39 am to jimlsu1
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our all-time starting 5 with, Pete, Shaq, Chris and Rudy.
Damn, that’s a great starting 5.
That is the best starting five any college could put together over the lifetime of their basketball program. Only UCLA could put an all-time team close to LSU's all-time starting five.
Posted on 5/10/24 at 10:44 am to Tvilletiger
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I never saw him play. Is there anybody on here that did?
This answers your question.
Posted on 5/10/24 at 10:56 am to Tvilletiger
I think you would have to be in your 80's to have seen him play at LSU. When he turned pro none of the games were televised in Baton Rouge that I know of. Imagine you young guys of an era when there were two tv stations that came in on an antenna, the NBA was not that popular and all of the teams were in the north, midwest or west. I remember as a small kid that I was thrilled because I got to see a short clip of Bob Cousy of the Boston Celtics on the sports news. I think I also saw a couple on Petit. That was it period other than reading about the games in the newspaper.
Posted on 5/10/24 at 10:57 am to Tvilletiger
He needs a new street that doesn't go through Somalia.
Posted on 5/10/24 at 10:57 am to Tvilletiger
Even in his old age , he is jacked. Not just tall. Built. Hands are gigantic. Also very nice guy
Posted on 5/10/24 at 11:03 am to Tvilletiger
He does all the time. But people who watched him play barely can use a phone.
Posted on 5/10/24 at 11:24 am to TigerMac81
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Because young people now think the world started when they were born.
Bingo
Posted on 5/10/24 at 11:39 am to Tiger1988
[quote]I did.
You can still see what he would do to this league on YouTube. He was deadly from 10-15’.
Congrats on still being alive!
You can still see what he would do to this league on YouTube. He was deadly from 10-15’.
Congrats on still being alive!
Posted on 5/10/24 at 11:41 am to Tvilletiger
BOB PETTIT NBA Records
1958 NBA Championship
2x NBA MVP
11x NBA All-Star
10x All NBA First Team
2x NBA Scoring Champion
4x NBA All-Star Game MVP
1958 NBA Championship
2x NBA MVP
11x NBA All-Star
10x All NBA First Team
2x NBA Scoring Champion
4x NBA All-Star Game MVP
Posted on 5/10/24 at 11:54 am to Tiger1988
When I first started collecting sports cards I wanted to get all of the NBA’s 50 greatest players (autographed), and then I found out Bob Pettit went to LSU, even weirder is that at the time I had no idea.
I’m way too young to have seen him play, so I went on several deep dives of highlights with this guy. His footwork was incredible in the post, and the drop step, up-and-under, he was great. His hook shot was Kareem-esque — it was basically unguardable. He had a great fadeaway. Great jump shooter. Deceptively quick. Great rebounder. He was a spectacular player from what I’ve seen.
Pete Maravich is obviously the GOAT but I didn’t even know Pettit played for LSU for the longest time, there’s really no excuse for that, dude was a legend.
I’m way too young to have seen him play, so I went on several deep dives of highlights with this guy. His footwork was incredible in the post, and the drop step, up-and-under, he was great. His hook shot was Kareem-esque — it was basically unguardable. He had a great fadeaway. Great jump shooter. Deceptively quick. Great rebounder. He was a spectacular player from what I’ve seen.
Pete Maravich is obviously the GOAT but I didn’t even know Pettit played for LSU for the longest time, there’s really no excuse for that, dude was a legend.
Posted on 5/10/24 at 11:57 am to Tvilletiger
Robert E. Lee Pettit was also a DKE
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