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DME, @theathleticnba "The Basketball 100" editorial director. Fan of hoops, @tcm and Wisc. stuff. Have you tried 22 tonight? I said 22. Rank sentimentalist.
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Bob Pettit, NBA’s first Most Valuable Player, dies at 93 Original

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By Tyler Batiste Verified, Rob Peterson Verified
| The Athletic Verified
Bob Pettit learned to play basketball in his parents’ backyard in south Louisiana, with a light streaming from a bedroom window illuminating a hoop and a backboard. No formal coaching. No film study. No prep AAU circuit to fine-tune his skills. That was the norm eight decades ago, but what Pettit accomplished with that foundation was anything but typical. “Probably as fierce a competitor as (has) ever played,” Boston Celtics legend Bill Russell once said of Pettit. “He knew what he was doing.
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By Rob Peterson Verified
| The Athletic Verified
With Friday’s news of LeBron James taking his talents to South Philly, it wouldn’t be too far-fetched to note that the four-time MVP and four-time champ’s signing with the 76ers is one of the most significant transactions in franchise history. The Sixers, however, are no strangers to making huge moves. They have three NBA championships — one as the Syracuse Nationals in 1955 and two as the 76ers (1967 and 1983) — and the franchise made a deal that led to all three titles.
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NBA expansion and relocation: A chaotic start to possibly Las Vegas and Seattle (again)

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By Rob Peterson Verified
| Breaking One
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