Dr. J looks back on how his 1981 MVP opened the door for non-centers after years of dominance by the NBA’s giants.

Regular-season Kia NBA Most Valuable Player Award winners: Atlanta Hawks Bob Pettit stands alone in Hawks history as their only regular-season MVP—winning the award not just once, but twice.

We are a quarter of the way through this century and the century did not start off well for the Atlanta Hawks, they have been ...

Bob Pettit, Hawks, 79 FTA (1958) Pettit put the Hawks on his back during the 1958 NBA Finals, leading St. Louis to a championship against the favored Celtics after Bill Russell went down with an ...

Joining Stern in the unveiling of the 50 Greatest Players, which tipped off the League’s season-long NBA at 50 celebration, ...

That’s tied for third on the NBA all-time list: Kobe Bryant and Bob Pettit were both four-time All-Star MVPs.

Cliff Hagan and Bob Pettit, Hawks Not the Atlanta Hawks, the St. Louis Hawks. Hagan and Pettit were the first members of the finals 40-30 club.

Among the highlights was his 1957 NBA Championship ring, awarded after the Celtics defeated the Bob Pettit-led St. Louis Hawks in that year's Finals.

Bob Pettit had the third-highest scoring total in a Game 7. He had 39 for the St. Louis Hawks against the Celtics in 1957 … and Boston won that game as well.

When the Pacers and Thunder play Sunday, it will be the 20th Game 7 in NBA Finals history. Take a look at how the other 19 played out.

Earlier this year, Bleacher Report released its list of the top 100 players in NBA history. And now, it's time to break it ...