This is how the athletic career of Bob Pettit, one of the 50 greatest players in NBA history and a Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer, started in the late 1940s at Baton Rouge High. Ninth grade ...
bob_pettit_350.jpgWhen Pettit retired in 1965 after an 11-year career to become a banker, first in his native Baton Rouge and later in New Orleans, he was the NBA's all-time leading scorer with 20,880 ...
Scottie Barnes is the 9th player in NBA history (including playoffs) with a 23-point, 25-rebound, 10-assist game. Wilt did it 18 times. Elgin Baylor twice. Maurice Stokes, Bob Pettit, Bill Russell, ...