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Podcast: All Things Basketball with GD podcast
Episode: All Things Basketball with GD - Week 10 Player Spotlight, Bob Pettit
Description: Bob Pettit: 6'9", 205 lb (00:29)Played some center but mostly a power forwardBorn in Baton Rouge, LA on Dec 12, 1932Son of a county sheriff who comes from a modest upbringingAttended Baton Rouge HS; was cut from his varsity team twiceHis dad built him a hoop set in their backyard so he could practice his shootingGrowing to 6'4" he tried out again as a junior & made the team; incorporated a rigid practice regimeMade the All-City prep team as a junior; led his...