homage:

47 years ago today, St. Louis Hawks forward/center Bob Pettit became the first player in NBA history to score 20,000 career points. Pettit, the league’s first MVP, would retire at the end of the ’74-75 season with a career 26.4 scoring average; his 12,849 were second most in league history when he retired.

homage:

47 years ago today, St. Louis Hawks forward/center Bob Pettit became the first player in NBA history to score 20,000 career points. Pettit, the league’s first MVP, would retire at the end of the ’74-75 season with a career 26.4 scoring average; his 12,849 were second most in league history when he retired.