Bob Pettit, the first NBA player to score more than 20,000 points and the first recipient of the league's Most Valuable Player award, died on Wednesday at his home in Metairie, Louisiana, the Naismith...

Pettit, the NBA ’s first Most Valuable Player in 1956 and the first player in league history to reach the 20,000-point plateau, died Wednesday, the Basketball Hall of Fame announced.