Bob Pettit
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Oct 9, 2026
Kareem Abdul-JabbarSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I saw Wilt play.
Kareem Abdul-JabbarSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I saw Bob Pettit.
Kareem Abdul-JabbarSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I saw Lenny Wilkins.
Kareem Abdul-JabbarSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Yeah, but, you know, how do you know how anybody, I don't think any of the big men playing today could have coped with the big men from that era.
HumphreyHOST
Um, a bit of breaking news as well unfortunately.
HumphreyHOST
Um, NBA legend, the first ever NBA MVP by the way as well, uh, Pop- Bob Pettit has unfortunately passed away at the age of 93 years old.
GabrielHOST
Oh.
HumphreyHOST
Uh, Atlanta Hawks legend.
GDHOST
Take care.
GDHOST
Oh, and by the way, we had the passing of the legend Bob Pettit.
GDHOST
I re-aired the episode that I did covering him.
GDHOST
So you can go check that out.
Scott DavisHOST
Wow.
Scott DavisHOST
Basketball player Bob Pettit died September 23rd, 2026 at the age of 93.
Scott DavisHOST
He was an All-American college basketball player and had his career at LSU.
Scott DavisHOST
He became one of the NBA's first greats.
Brian BecknerHOST
RIP.
Ed DalyHOST
Uh, RIP Bob Pettit, NBA Hall of Famer, two-time MVP.
Ed DalyHOST
He was 93.
Ed DalyHOST
When you look, when you're a kid and you look at, like- ...
Buddy BlattnerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
His shot is no good but a foul is called against Boston.
Buddy BlattnerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Now Pettit gets up.
Buddy BlattnerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They've been screaming for him.
Buddy BlattnerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We've got nine minutes and eleven seconds left to go and Bob will go all the way now.
Buddy BlattnerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Pettit comes in.
Buddy BlattnerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And Hagen comes out.
Buddy BlattnerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So up front we've got Pettit, McCauley and Coleman.
Buddy BlattnerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Dougie Martin at the line has three points thus far in the ballgame.
Aaron LittletonHOST
He was a good TTM-er through July.
Drew PeltoHOST
We also lost Bob Pettit here in the last couple of weeks.
Drew PeltoHOST
Pettit was a power forward for the St. Louis Hawks, the predecessor to the Atlanta Hawks.
Drew PeltoHOST
Played for them from 1954 to 65, inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1971.
Charles BarkleyHOST
Rest in peace.
Charles BarkleyHOST
So now this is the NBA family, Bob Pettit.
Charles BarkleyHOST
I met Mr. Pettit at a few NBA functions, one of the greatest NBA players ever.
Charles BarkleyHOST
He passed away this week.
GeraldPANELIST
Sadly, we lost Bob Pettit about a week and a half ago at the age of 93.
GeraldPANELIST
And I just want to go over his biography, which I've done before and add a couple of things.
GeraldPANELIST
So, His name, birth certificate name, was Robert E. Lee Pettit, Jr., or as we got to know him, Bob Pettit.
JoePANELIST
Wasn't it, huh?
GeraldPANELIST
I'm sorry? No.
7 MINS LATER
Marc GoldHOST
Anybody else have a comment for Gerald about the great Bob Pettit?
GeraldPANELIST
Let me ask one question.
GeraldPANELIST
Can anybody tell me how he got the name Robert E. Lee? No, I'm just kidding.
DarrenHOST
Hold on one second, and I'll get them up.
DarrenHOST
So, first and foremost, Bob Pettit passed away.
DarrenHOST
First league MVP ever in the NBA, 93 years old.
DarrenHOST
I've never even seen a highlight of Bob Pettit.
DarrenHOST
Didn't know what he looked like until I saw that he passed away.
DarrenHOST
But amazing player, always knew he was in the NBA's top 50, died at 93.
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