Word: pettits
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...fine rebounder and good playmaker, Schayes leads the league in foul shooting, is respected by the pros as one of the game's greats (ten years an all-star). But fans are apt to be more impressed by the flashy feats of St. Louis' Bob Pettit or Minneapolis' Elgin Baylor. Says Syracuse's Schayes wistfully: "My ambition has always been to some day walk down the street and for someone to say, 'There goes the greatest basketball player there is.' I may play until that happens...
...practiced his soft shots so diligently that in his senior year he averaged 24.6 points a game. Turning pro in 1955, Twyman doggedly worked on his touch long hours after his teammates had quit, showed steady improvement every year, last season trailed only St. Louis' great Bob Pettit in total points (2,105 v. 1,857). One of the most respected men in basketball, the industrious Twyman is the Royals' player-representative in dealings with the owners and the N.B.A. When Teammate Maurice Stokes was paralyzed with a brain disease in 1958, Twyman became his legal guardian...