Episode 3 - Bob Pettit, The NBA's Forgotten Superstar

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The Stepback Pod

Satirayan Ravichandiren and Sam Withers

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Step back in time with Sati and Sam as we profile the great players in NBA history. The Stepback Pod will aim to provide historical context for all of your debates about the greatest players in NBA history. We will be discussing everything you need to compare players across eras: stats, accolades, rules, schemes and conditions. More than that, we will be celebrating the NBA and the great players who have shaped it, starting with George Mikan at the inception of the league and making our way forward to modern greats such as Steph Curry. We look forward to having you along on this journey!

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Episode 3 - Bob Pettit, The NBA's Forgotten Superstar

The Stepback Pod

1 hour 14 minutes 45 seconds

4 years ago

Episode 3 - Bob Pettit, The NBA's Forgotten Superstar

Imagine a Power Forward who has the following accolades:

1. 11 All NBA selections (include 10 straight All NBA first teams) and 11 All Star selections (including 4 All Star MVPs) in 11 seasons.

2. Two MVP awards.

3. One NBA championship out of 4 NBA finals appearances.

4. Leading the league in scoring twice and being one of two players to average over 20 points every season of their career.

5. Being third all time in rebounds per game behind only Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain.

Is he one of the best players of all time? Definitely. Is he the greatest Power Forward of all time? Behind only Tim Duncan and Karl Malone surely. Is the one of the most popular players of all time? Surprisingly not.

Bob Pettit was one of the most consistently dominant players of the 1950s and 1960s, comparable in his era only to legends such as Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, Jerry West, Elgin Baylor and Oscar Robertson. Yet for some reason, Bob Pettit's name is not one that many modern fans will have heard of. His careers and achievements are lost to time and only pop up in the occasional "Top Power Forwards of All Time" ranking lists.

In this episode we give Bob Pettit his due recognition and discuss a career that is matched only by a handful of all time greats. We also do a deep dive into why we remember certain players and seem to forget others - what is it about the Bob Pettits and Moses Malones of the world that incline us to disregard their legacies?