By: HENRY VALIER New Orleans Pelicans Robert (Bob) E. Lee Pettit Jr., an LSU star who went on to an amazing NBA career that earned him an induction into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame and his selection as one of the greatest 75 NBA players of all time, died on Sept. 24, 2026. He was 93. Born in Baton Rouge, on Dec. 12, 1932, Pettit devoted all of his time and energy into becoming a better ba…