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Bob Pettit. Why does he not get more love on here?
Posted on 5/9/24 at 10:53 pm
Posted on 5/9/24 at 10:53 pm
I never saw him play. Is there anybody on here that did? What was his style? He was mvp of the NBA. Seems like he would be more revered?
This post was edited on 5/9/24 at 10:54 pm
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Posted on 5/9/24 at 10:57 pm to Tvilletiger
Just like 1908. No one pushes it
Posted on 5/9/24 at 10:59 pm to Tvilletiger
I think he is still living here in town.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 11:00 pm to Tvilletiger
I would say an overwhelming majority of the board never saw him play.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 11:30 pm to Tvilletiger
Second generation of the game… doesn’t correlate any longer with the game. Don’t take anything away, cause those cats could play defense and understand efficiency, just different speed.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 11:37 pm to Tvilletiger
Because young people now think the world started when they were born.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 11:45 pm to Tvilletiger
He banged against Russell and Chamberlain in the 1950’s and 60’s, won an NBA championship and NBA MVP awards.
Considered one of the Top 50 NBA players of all time.
I remember hearing he is the only player in NBA history to average over 20 ppg every season of his entire career.
I think he was an NBA All-Star every year of his career too. Not sure if anyone else did that.
Truly one of the NBA all-time greats.
Probably doesn’t get more attention because so few people on here ever got to see him play- he retired in 1965 which was almost 60 years ago.
Considered one of the Top 50 NBA players of all time.
I remember hearing he is the only player in NBA history to average over 20 ppg every season of his entire career.
I think he was an NBA All-Star every year of his career too. Not sure if anyone else did that.
Truly one of the NBA all-time greats.
Probably doesn’t get more attention because so few people on here ever got to see him play- he retired in 1965 which was almost 60 years ago.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 11:47 pm to Tvilletiger
I feel the same way about Steve van Buren. He was the Jim Brown of his era.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 11:49 pm to Tvilletiger
Because most people on here are of the age where they think Neck and STTDB is a real tradition.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 11:53 pm to Tvilletiger
Because no one on here is 105 years old.
Posted on 5/10/24 at 1:55 am to Tvilletiger
Bc I’m sure he’s out of eligibility
Posted on 5/10/24 at 2:41 am to Tvilletiger
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Bob Pettit. Why does he not get more love on here?
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never saw him play
ETA: Being the NBA’s first ever MVP probably qualifies the guy as being pretty old.
This post was edited on 5/10/24 at 2:51 am
Posted on 5/10/24 at 6:22 am to Tvilletiger
I do think most people on here, at least those that know LSU existed in the 1900’s, put him in our all-time starting 5 with, Pete, Shaq, Chris and Rudy.
Damn, that’s a great starting 5.
Damn, that’s a great starting 5.
This post was edited on 5/10/24 at 7:29 am
Posted on 5/10/24 at 6:33 am to Tvilletiger
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I never saw him play. Is there anybody on here that did?
You answered your own question in a way. Recency bias. It has and always will influence the conversation. As does nostalgia, but Pettit did not play when most or even many games were recorded. So someone like me, I'm 62, was 3 years old when his career ended. Most guys on this forum are younger than I am.
Another thing is that most guys here are primarily football fans and to a lesser degree basketball fans. Many are only casual baseball fans. So a lot do not know about many guys pre-Shaq besides Pistol Pete unless they were students or fans before that.
But to the more informed or nostalgic fans, Pettit is revered, and rightfully so.
This post was edited on 5/10/24 at 6:38 am
Posted on 5/10/24 at 6:48 am to Tvilletiger
because a lot of the younger posters on here never saw him play, and believe college sports started in 1990.
Posted on 5/10/24 at 6:53 am to Tvilletiger
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Seems like he would be more revered?
He should be - he was very simply one of the best players of his generation. And he played against the Bill Russell's, Wilt Chamberlains and Walt Bellamy's he wasn't just doing at against lilly white competition. You go back and read comments from Russell and Chamberlain on Petit, they recognized his greatness. He's still at a lot of LSU basketball games just sitting right there in the arena and most people there don't even know who he is.
Posted on 5/10/24 at 7:15 am to Tvilletiger
Posted on 5/10/24 at 7:51 am to Tvilletiger
Same reason Pheidippides doesn’t. He was a long time ago.
Posted on 5/10/24 at 7:57 am to Tvilletiger
That's Robert E. Lee Petit to you (his actual name btw)
Posted on 5/10/24 at 8:24 am to Tvilletiger
He’s a hall of famer on the Mt Rushmore of LSU Athletes but he’s 90 years old and has never been one to be in the spotlight once he entered his private life.
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