An 11-time NBA All-Star and one of the league’s greatest scorers and rebounders in its history has died.
Bob Pettit, the first NBA MVP winner, died at the age of 93, the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame announced on Thursday.
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Pettit spent 11 seasons in the NBA, all with the Hawks organization, first in Milwaukee and then in St. Louis.
He helped lead the Hawks to four NBA Finals appearances and a league title in 1958 when his team toppled the Celtics. Pettit scored what was a playoff record at the time 50 points in Game 6 of that series.
Pettit took home the first-ever NBA MVP award during the 1955-56 season and then won it again…
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