Been a while since I posted - just finished a Bob Pettit mix

[dantheman9758]

Bob Pettit, along with Elgin Baylor are the two least talked about and probably least understood of the players with elite game from that mid 50's, 60's to early 70's period of NBA basketball. I spent quite a bit of time hunting for footage of both and making mixes so people could see how they played the game. I already posted Baylors mixes so here's an even rarer look at Bob Pettit who played from 1954 to 1965 in the NBA.

 

[Da_Eggman]

insanely underrated

 

[dantheman9758]

insanely underrated

His resume is hard to ignore

1958 NBA Champion (with a then Finals record 50pts 25rebs in clinching game, 19pts of his teams 20 in 4th quarter)
(let's be serious, 1 FMVP if that trophy would've existed in 1958)
2x NBA MVP (1st recepient of the trophy - lead league in scoring AND rebounding first time he won it, and won another scoring title the 2nd time he won MVP)
4x All-Star MVP (tied for record of most ASG MVP's with Kobe Bryant)
1954 Rookie of the Year
11x NBA All-Star (all 11 seasons of his career)
10x All-NBA 1st team
2 x NBA scoring champion
1x NBA rebounding champion
Hall of Famer
NBA 25th Anniversary Team
NBA 35th Anniversary Team
NBA 50th Anniversary All-Time Team
Jersey Retired by the Atlanta Hawks
5 NBA Finals appearances
First player to ever score 20,000 points (and did so in only 11 seasons)

20880 points @ 26.4 PPG
12849 @ 16.2 RPG
2369 @ 3.2 APG

 

[Knights89]

led the only team to get one away from the Celtics in during their dynasty

 

[dantheman9758]

led the only team to get one away from the Celtics in during their dynasty

Aside from Wilt in '67 - but yeah those are the only two times Boston was ever toppled in the Bill Russell Celtics era

 

[Malta]

He's the prototype of the modern PF, dude was a beast.