7 Stories That Prove Pete Maravich WAS NOT HUMAN!
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I swear Mike probably got a 100 on every research paper he's ever had to write
Eevee Eons 😂😂😂😂😂
Eevee Eons xD na
Eevee Eons LOL!
lol true
Eevee Eons lol how long did it take u to think of that
Half of the NBA isn't human to mike
bballer32az W
Hasheem Thabeet facts haha
bballer32az true hahahaha
Lmao 😂
bballer32az Shawn Bradley isn't human to mike lol
bruh is it just me or is Pete underrated af?
For real
@dkdon2844 bruh, r u really telling me that averaging 40 points in the NBA is easy and makes someone overrated?
dkdon2844 you’re dumb lol
If he averaged 1 pass a game, how did he average 5.4 assist per game? The math just doesn’t make sense
He sure was! I had to give you a GREAT, BIG, HUMONGOUS "thumb's up" for saying what you did in that comment of yours!!!
Pete not only played in college without a 3pt line, he lived his life with only 1 aorta.
Simply remarkable.
lol humans have 1 aorta
he didnt have a coronary artery.
Still a beast
"Pete Maravich is the most skilled basketball player I've ever seen." ~ Julius "Dr. J' Erving
@montanadoctor How could he average 67% from three if their was no 3 point line?
@Makis Vlahoyiannatos Ok
High praise
montanadoctor imagine him in the league today tho😂 maybe a D league backup
@@JaX-cu7hb Hes 6'5 has above average handles pull up from 30. You dont make sense
Magic Johnson said to Pete’s kids: your Dad was the original Showtime.” A badass compliment
From the greatest PG of all time.
Watching this had me thinking how Magic was like 6'9" Pete.
How's magic the greatest when he copied Pistol Pete
@@jeromebreezedale4592 fmvp in rookie season
@@jeromebreezedale4592 if you don’t know why 🤦♂️
@@Skyhigh-hu6rf ,???
I love how at 2:00 he shoots but everyone new it was in so they walked away
Probably, but how fo you know. I like to think pistol was just that good
Oh. My. Gosh.
@@GD-ue4ty Good observation! You are 100% right!
Actually wrong. The officials stopped the game for, most probably, an offensive foul call and he shot that anyway. Basket didn't count.
They used to do that for Bird and currently do it for Curry.. It is remarkable but it isnt unique
In his last season with the Celtics, I was at a game where he did something I'd never seen before, and I've never seen since. It was something simple, and if you blinked you missed it, but I remember a collective gasp from the crowd when it happened.
I believe it was Dave Cowens who got the rebound, and whipped it to Pete, who was out on the right side near half court. The pass was behind him and headed to his right, toward the scorer's table. Instead of turning back to catch the pass, he extended his right arm out to his side, hand facing back, still running forward like a relay runner reaching behind for the baton, never breaking his stride, and simply brought the ball around into his dribble, in one smooth motion.
We've all seen guys make behind the back *passes,* but for me at least, Pete is the only player I've seen make *a behind the back catch-to-dribble in one move.*
Oh my god that is insane
Dennis I watched that game and saw that play also.
that should be on film somewhere.... all those games were on video by the team themselves back then..... I wish someone would dig it up.
I hope we can find that in videos on here
Dennis yea he was simply amazing man.
So Pete's dad was the original LaVar Ball?
W
LOL
Loantastic lol 😂
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhaahahaha
no petes dad is the new lavar smh
So his dad was the OG Lavar Ball
Avery Bradley’s Son AHAHAHAHA yessss!!!!
Nah the crack head Og Lavar ball 😂😂😂😂
ROFL
gund2281 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I agree
Pete was doing things in the 1970’s that NBA players are still not doing today. Think about that.
6’5
Great elevation and unlimited range
Would have scored in any era
The Pistol was a player for all decades, he could play the game period, God blessed this man with the abilities to hone his game and the love for it made him one of the best that we have seen.
No doubt.
I think Lemelo Ball is today's Pistol Pete
@@Leon-nv3vn stop 🛑
@@Leon-nv3vn The only comparison to Pete would be of two players, never only one. And those two would Stephen Curry and Steve Nash. But think about today’s health industry in athletics, he would be even faster than he already is, he could explosively dunk, today’s shot clock would give him more shots which is more ppg and apg, transitioning is simply more athletic and fast pace so his apg would skyrocket. He would probably have the greatest WS of all time.
Imagine pistol pete maravich and larry bird together 😬
Actually Pete played on the celtics with Byrd in his last season! Look up Pete Maravich last season/or game.
And sat on the bench
are u saying this cuz they are both very good white all stars ?😂
Joe Mama No, it’s a joke because it already happened.
Y2M his knee blew out.
His dad finessed the love of basketball into him
Sonic13672 I don't think I'd use the word, "finessed". Lol. More like enforced it.
Adrian Legarda more like beat an battered into it
It's not like he physically forced him into playing basketball, Hell it said he wouldn't even let him play, that he just had to watch his dad shoot....he envoked it mentally and it made Pete choose to play basketball bc in his mind BALL 🏀 was life
He evoked it alright. Once he found out his boy could play, he took the choice of any other sport away from him. I call that being a manipulative asshole.
yup he raised him in a way that made pete set up to fail after basketball
Do why air bud wasn't human
Connor lmao
Connor 😂😂
Connor im weakk
Connor because it's a dog
Klyzm this is why you're a failed youtuber
Shooting 3 pointers now in heaven. A true legend.
He is not a legend Michael Jordan is the greatest of all time
frank taylor I disagree with mike being the goat but you dont have to be to be a legend.
Krlllx Pete Maravich was a ball hogger
Jamie Mansker we have all sinned though.
So a comment giving their respects to Pete and then there's people in the replies who just insult the dude
I saw Pete when I was a student at Georgia Tech, and LSU played us at Alexander Memorial Fieldhouse. He was amazing.
One particular play stays in my memory clearly. We are shooting at the basket to my left, and LSU knocks a Tech pass towards out of bounds near center court. Pete is racing with a Tech player for the ball, he dives for it and as he is lungeing, parallel to the floor, in one motion he makes a no-look behind-the-back pass to a LSU teammate who was headed up court. It was a 'what did I just see?!' moment. It didn't appear in the box score but it was a testament to Pete's amazingness.
when Pete was a kid, he met Lefty Driesell. Driesell saw Pete throwing behind the back passes to himself at a wall. Lefty said, "That's not a pass you'd make in a game - why are you practicing that?" Pistol said "I'm going to be the first basketball player to get a million dollars and they're not going to give me a million dollars to pass like everyone else." Lefty told me that story when he coached at JMU.
FAYMprod that's cool
FAYMprod lol it’s in Pete Maravich’s autobiography
Maybe Chef that’s a great book
cool
Maybe Chef great book! He wore him self out in college!!
I remember reading about how if Maravich had played with a 3 point line, he'd have averaged 57 ppg for his career. Crazy af
SFA44 fake?
Chris, No it is true.
I think you mean college carreer
Alex Oparaoji Still 51 points per game
Alex Oparaoji no the nba didnt have a 3 point line until the 1980 season so it would've been his nba career
I respect Pistol because when he was growing up games were segregated and he fought and wanted to play the black teams. He didnt wanna just beat certain teams and say they were #1. He wanted to play who he seen as the best and beat them before calling himself #1. Mad respect for that.
u a G for this comment. Thanks for the insight. genuinely speaking.
♥️
Fun Fact
If you use Pete on 2k19 the back of his jersey says “Pistol”
How do you use him
@@elishamiller101 He is on the all time jazz.
Hip Hop Head and hawks
His Hawks throwback jersey says pistol, not sure if it’s accurate but just throwing it out there
Hip Hop Head what’s his name like mike pete
This man mike could make a video on why Anthony Bennett is one of the greatest of all time
Sheena Ruiz and he would make me believe it!
some say anthony bennett could've been better than lebron james.
Greatest bust of all time.
could probably make a video on why Brian scalabrine is the greatest too
Sheena Ruiz, i really don't understand , you mean that pistol wasn't one of the greatest player of all time
Reasons why Lavar ball IS HUMAN
Ethan Crowe no clearly lavar ball isn't a human cuz no real human will say some of the shit he has said.
James Burlingham only the president can be like that,
Ethan Crowe Trash
Ethan Crowe lavar is an ogre.
Chris Estrada lol true
One last note; in the 68 point game against the Knicks, 18 of the 24 field goals he made were beyond the current 3-point line. Add those 18 points and Pete has 86 points, and is second in all-time single game scoring behind Wilt Chamberlain.
I lived in an orphanage in 1969 and Pete came over and tried to teach us girls how to play basketball. It was hilarious.
I wish i could play basketball all day and not have to do homework because my dad was a savage and told them to mind their on Business
N/A Reactions own ****
N/A Reactions get adopted by lavar ball
TAProductions lavars sons are pretty smart according to him. Lonzo had a 4.0 GPA i think.
+Basic KL His sons are smart but how smart is Lavar saying he could have smoked Jordan 1v1? Even Magic and Bird don't claim that and they had a bit more than 2.2 ppg
Bus 62 damn just said that lonzo was smart wtf
Pete "Pistol" Maravich, simply an outstanding player !
(Really looking forward to this video Mike !)
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Low key clicked on this video hoping for a lizard person conspiracy video.....
Great jump shot tho
Will Howell
he was a lizard, he probably started drinking and eating babies that's why he didn't want to talk about it
😂😂😂I laughed so hard at this comment!!
Put the speed at .25 and start at 2:10 its pretty funny
Welcome to the garbage mike korzemba channel
Will Howell me too
The Lord needed a guard so He called Pete Home early.
When you really start thinking about Maravich, he was as talented as any player who ever walked onto a basketball court. M.J., LeBron, Bird, Magic, etc., etc., he's right there with them all.
Pistol Pete should've stayed one more season. The next season after his retirement, Bird's Celtics dynasty won their first championship.
He was finally getting healthy from the knee injury too.
That Celtics team would have been even more insane.
I heard a report that he had a major issue with the coach.
One time in practice a rookie got mad & kicked a ball.
The ball hit the coach & the coach blamed it on Pete.
He left the court & retired.
So sad because he was on his way to a 25-5-5 type of Season & ofcourse, the RING.
imarino 13 Oh yeah i remember McHale told that story one time, the coach yelled at him, someone kicked the basketball and it hit the coach and he thought Pete did it, that's a shame, really too bad he didn't stay another few years, he would have got a championship and really helped the Celtics alot.
@@Mrd9960 Probably so. At that point he could no longer carry a team after the knee injury in New Orleans. The 3rd guard, 6th man spot, was ideal for him at that point. And he did help the Celts that last year with some clutch scoring.
Pete was my hero when I 12 years old. He was 9 years older than me. I'm 64 now and still love watching videos of him. I'm glad he found peace with God before he died. Miss ya and still love you Pete. God bless you brother! JC
I guess we’re all going to mention how old each of us are in the comment section. I’m 26. God bless you brother! AS
The story about his dad making basketball seem like the most fun thing in the world and not letting him play is some next-level psychological manipulation. Brilliant, hilarious, devious, all at the same time.
on #2 U forgot Magic Johnson when he told to Pete's sons that the showtime Lakers were inspired by Maravich
Couple things you should have mentioned in this video (going from memory here, so hope I'm saying this right)
1. Dr. J should have been a team mate of Pete. I can't remember the specifics, but the Hawks had Julius Irving on their team with Pete, and decided to play Dr. J in a preseason before the league had approved him being on the Hawks. The NBA told the Hawks to not play Irving again until it was official, but they did anyway so the NBA wouldn't allow the doctor to be on the Hawks. During those few games, Pete Maravich averaged 18 assists a game.
2. You mentioned this a bit, but Pete's heart condition was known well before he died. Doctors picked up on it while he was at LSU, but I believe Press told them to keep it quiet and ignore it. He should have never been allowed to play basketball, and the condition most likely limited him to a degree.
3. He would have won a championship with the Boston Celtics if he had stayed for one more season. When they won it the year after his retirement, it threw Pete into more of a depression as he was a winner and wanted an NBA championship more than anything. Anyone who says that he wasn't a winner/just a showman doesn't know what they're talking about.
4. Dale Brown (former coach of LSU) did play-by-play analysis on Pete Maravich's college games. The analysis found that Pete would've averaged 13 three-point MAKES per game and 57 ppg. Obviously, most people weren't guarded heavily out on the 3 point line back then, but that's still crazy.
A couple other interesting things about some of his training and stories:
- Press used to have Pete dribble a basketball hanging out of their car while he drove as a ball handling exercise.
- Pete used to make bets with people as a kid to make money. He would bet them that he could make 24/25 free throws and swish 20 of them. He almost never lost a bet.
- Pete once made a bet that he could spin a ball on his finger for an hour. He won the bet. If you think that doesn't sound hard, try it and see how it burns your fingers.
- (may be wrong on this one) I believe he made a game winner in his first high school varsity game as a starter
- Along with the predicting his death thing, when Pete first saw the woman he would marry he said to someone that she was going to be his future wife.
- Pete was almost once killed. I can't remember the circumstances, but a guy pulled a gun out on him, put it in the temple of his head, and said he was going to kill him. Pete was so depressed, he didn't even care, and just looked at the guy like he didn't care. When the guy saw him look at him like that, it freaked him out, and he just left.
did you watch the video
Yes Kobe
WTF?!?!? 13?!? Thats the record now right? 😱
#deticated
That's some tricky reverse psychology that his dad played on his son, props to him for not pressuring him stupidly like most sports dads.
Yo his dad was playing mad mind games😂
Everything that this guy says is in all capitals
True 😂😂
He's annoying af but puts out decent content
This dude is a straight up douche...why are you yelling at me? The pistol was the man!
And has 7 E's. "Theeee basketball was..."
Sounds like mark dice blended with Michael "The Snot Bag McCrudden
The Real #1 - Pistol Pete Maravich ACTUALLY, WAS NOT HUMAN. . . Pretty sure that the autopsy proved that Pete did everything you just said with a heart that only had 2 major blood chambers when the normal amount is 4. . . Making him twice as good as everyone, with 1\2 less of a full working heart. . .
Excellent point!!!
He had only 2 chambers???
No, his heart had all four chambers, but he was born without a left coronary artery to supply blood to the heart tissues, which contributed to his early death... and this was unknown until his autopsy. His right coronary artery had greatly enlarged itself to compensate somewhat.
@@NondescriptMammal ohh okay
Thanks for the input
That wasn't the heart condition that befell him; Pete was born with two coronary arteries, when in every human being, it should be three major coronary arteries that nourish the heart. Upon autopsy, it was found he had this missing artery, and two grossly enlarged one's to compensate. The Doctor said he couldn't believe he had lived to forty with this rare condition when most don't even see 20. But to also to have played collegiate and professional basketball at the level he did is simply a miracle. He was truly amazing.
Great video. Most important point: If Pete had the threat of the three point line, he would have been unguardable. He could shoot like Steph, pass like Magic, drive to the hole like no other, and was deadly midrange. In today’s game, he’d be a world famous icon.
1:59 before the ball got to basket, they all turn around like “no need for rebounds”
Moroccan Queen95 fac
LOL that was foul
Also, Pete's college scoring got him a massive contract with the Hawks and straight away he was the highest payed player on they team by miles. This made his teammates jealous and they tried to keep the ball away from him in games.
Deluxe_Ryan87 damn Mike you missed this tidbit it speaks volumes if he was given even less opportunities to shoot thanks bro
Deluxe_Ryan87 By how much was his salary?
Cristian Solares $1.9 million in 1970 which is about $13 million in 2017.
Deluxe_Ryan87 Wow...thats still a lot in today basketball. too bad he didn't get a championship.
That's just stupid, he was the point guard, no one kept the ball away from Pete with the Hawks, he averaged 21 shot attempts per game with ATL his 4 years there, he was a ball-hogging shot jacking loser every year he spent in the NBA except that 1 year he played with rookie Larry Bird.
Thank you for making this video. It brings tears to my eyes when people remember this NBA star. He was my dad's idol and even I have a special place in my heart for Pistol. My lucky number is 7 for a reason because of Pistol Pete and I wore that number every time I played a sport. My dad is not around anymore and every time I think of Pete, I always think of my dad calling my name playing defense on the basketball courts or at bat at my little league baseball games. Once again, thanks for this.
I got no ears
PerfectOwnage that was really deep
I met Pistol Pete in Atlanta and I got his autograph.... he was so down to earth and cool as Hell... When you are the NCAA's all-time leading scorer,and you did it in only 3 seasons... that says something !!
PerfectOwnage wow 😞
Ronald Monroe. Imagine Pistol on the Hawks long enough to play with D Wilkins? That would have been a real test for Jordan and Pippen.
Outstanding apologetic for possibly the greatest player ever! I've soaked up a lot of Maravich info over the decades, but this is easily the best compilation (video footage and fact) I've come across. I watched Pete play many times, and I had a chance to interview him just a few months before he died. Whatever he did, he did it with his whole being. Thanks for highlighting the man so many today have barely heard of . . . but NEED to!
This nigga growing to 6'5 was God's greatest "got you fam" moment.
Pete's dad is smart and savage
Ken Able ya pretty much
Pete's dad sounds as messed up as Michael Jackson's dad.
He really had the psychology down
His dad did way more shit than that, it's a giant trade off - Pete became a giant drunk and died young.
Would love to see a 'What if Grant Hill was healthy with T-Mac in Orlando' those two guys completely healthy on the court together could have been scary.
KG Watson how about them being healthy and Tim Duncan deciding to go to Orlando? I see at least 3 rings.
I don't even want to think of that as a Magic fan lol, or if T-Mac stayed when we drafted Dwight and they were all healthy.
VictorShephard at least 3? that's it? what a bold prediction 😒😒😒. Duncan has 5. 4 with ginobili and parker. so saying at least 3 rings with a healthy Tmac and grant hill is not an amazing prediction.
J P 3s a floor not a ceiling.
And you could add Shawn Kemp into that mix! What if The Magic had decently shaped Kemp, TMac and healthy Grant Hill playing? Well that's a very 'scary' big 3 don't you think?
My ABSOLUTE favorite player of all time...and it ain't even close
Pistol Pete is the most overlooked All-Time Great player. It's sad that so many people don't know a thing about him, and that he's never mentioned when people talk about the greatest players.
Mike is like the best hype man lol
2:00 Thwy walked back before the ball went in. DAMN
Jordan Lexine dannnngggg
never seen that before and I won't ever again
glad you caught that, that is some funny stuff
It was probably an offensive foul.
A whistle
Pete Maravich was the greatest ball handler and true superstar of basketball
Greatest passer too.
The story of his dribbling a basketball everywhere reminds me of Jimi Hendrix who used to wake up and immediately strap on his guitar and take it with him everywhere he went that day. _Everywhere._ He took it to the bathroom, to the movie theater, he did not go anywhere without a guitar, and he played constantly. Almost as crazy as the stories about how Joe Satriani's friends used to come over his house and remind him to eat food each day because he would not stop playing guitar, even to _eat food._
If you're into something, and you have time then most people spend a lot of time at whatever they are into, in some cases basketball, sometimes it's guitar, or etc. It's easy to get obsessive.
Everybody talks about how T-Mac is the NBA's most tragic superstar, but you haven't seen anything about Pistol Pete.
D rose
I don't think the 2020 Miami heat were human. They blew a 3-0 lead!!
Ugliest Guy you are the ugliest guy
Julian Johnson ... yeah... and?
Shut up
Ugliest Guy what do you mean 2020 Miami heat?
Bryan Arango he's predicting the death of the 2020 heat.
He gave his life to the Lord...
That’s good
Yessir
My condolences.
Pete was an alcoholic. Very troubled. Found God, died on the court at his church.
@@spooge33 we can all change
Hey thanks dude, I'm not really into sports and don't have the experience to appreciate their talent. Your enthusiasm and historical recount has really made say wow about somebody I've never heard.
Most people who do this talk as if I should know this already, and frankly with that attitude I don't want to know.
I'm subscribing.
Keep it up.
nba 2k17 players about to get that pete maravich jumper now..
David i go off wit pistol pete on 18
David THATS WHAT I WAS THINKING TOO LMAO.
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Tigran Gemdzhyan he was a GOAT 🐐
Mikey Flyy Agreed
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Great video, Mike. There was another quote I heard from Pete recently, in an interview with I think Roy Firestone, where he said something about him "living 40, 50, or 60 years" which I find extremely unusual and also predictive of his death once again. I've never heard any other celebrity interviewee or anyone in personal conversation talk speculatively about a lifetime of that short a duration, but also (again) mentioning 40, the exact age he died, is simply, wildly uncanny.
I believe when he was playing at LSU his heart condition was identified. His father told them to brush it under the rug, not tell the public or NBA and they did that, but Pete probably knew tho, so that may have been why he always estimated his life expectancy to be low.
Pete Maravich was born 20 minutes from my house
Who is else going to put Pistol Pete in a present day MyLeague now
I saw this just as I started making him lol
Have for a while now, him and jerry west lmao
There's a historic Hawks team with him on it
Lmao the Hawks team they have him on is trash they should give him a Jazz version..... Doesn't that historic Hawks team have like 8 60's
Hoodie2k just u
Lavar Ball: My Son dont need reasons
Drippy TwoTimes no just stop
Drippy TwoTimes what the fuck does dat mean I fell like you is 8
•XXXmdoublelXXX• yep hes 8
Drippy TwoTimes
Go
Drippy TwoTimes i
I had a poster on my wall of Pistol Pete when I was growing up. I was born in 1957 and played basketball for several years. He was phenomenal!
My mum was born in 54 and played in high school. “He looked kind of funny but all the gals on the team had a crush on Pete.” My favorite quote about him is from her. He was truly a superstar.
@@Thor-Orion thats G my mom was born in 54 also. She went to Indiana University and saw Bobby Knight lead the team to a championship in 76
This was, once again, a great piece by a great channel and great host. The pistol has long been one of my favorite players and I learned even more about him from this video. Excellent work.
Underrated legend for SURE!
Pete was wonderful ❤!! Seriously!! Mic'2023 😊!!
Very well done Mike. I'm in my 60s and it has driven me nuts that people don't truly understand how good Pete really was.
Pete was all that ❤!! Seriously!! Mic'2023 😊!!
As a high school and college player during the early 70's, I witnessed Pete in real time at his best. He was truly amazing. When playing at LSU, the opposing teams knew he was going to shoot every opportunity that he could, but even triple teaming him didn't work. When he dribbled, it was as though the ball was an extension of his hand (a comparison I've heard made by several of his NBA peers). He moved with a fluid motion that I've seldom seen since or before.
I've never seen him play, wasn't alive at the same as him, but he is still my favorite player. Read his book, his biographies, and I have his cards.
I'm an old fart so I did see Pete play. Although people talk mostly about his scoring he was the most amazing passer I've ever seen. When he started his NBA career with the Hawks I saw him make countless brilliant no look passes that teammates apparently weren't alert enough to look for. They often bounced off their hands. A decade later Magic came into the league and got a zillion assists making similar passes. Obviously Magic had much better teammates. I have no doubt that if Pete came along in today's game he would probably score about 25 per game but probably also average a dozen assists.
@@moeball740 yea when i was young i made some crazy passes right to the players at times & they couldn't grasp it. Not the type of passes where u throw it like a rocket too hard, but too odd like over the head like a larry bird or magic or van exel. sometimes they'd catch the odd passes.
Is there an NBA player that Mike thinks is human?
jdollar1 javale mcgee
Noah Cunningham MCGEEEE!!!! 🙆🏽♂️
+Noah Cunningham nah we've all accepted that Javale is a god
jdollar1 Greg Monroe 😂
Kwame brown
LOL he makes steph curry and steve nash look like just regular all-stars
Heart touching my man! Thanks for making this vid cuz people should kno how great he was and "AHEAD OF HIS TIME IS TRUE" for sure
I was playing at the university of Kansas during Pete’s college days. He was the only player that me and my team mates would gather around the TV to watch. On my team was our great point guard Jo Jo White.
I'm seeing a lot of hate towards Pete in these comments... people saying he wouldn't be able to get past James Harden or Steph Curry and he wouldn't be able to play defense on anyone... let me just say that Pete Maravich would kill every defense if he played in our era. He was basically a Steve Nash/Larry Bird Hybrid with his basketball I.Q., shooting, passing and love of the game back then. What do you think he would be today? I mean, if he was in this era, he would have the strength and power that any devoted basketball player has today. Back then, they didn't rely on working out over the summer every day or playing defense as much as today and they didn't have the scoring icons and ability to watch all their games like us. We have so many clips of magic, mj, Kobe and lebron to watch and imitate our game after... Pete only had his dad to watch and maybe the nba finals back then. But think about who he would be imitating in our days. And his defense wasn't elite because It was all about scoring until the early 80's. I mean yea, the Celtics had defense, but that wa because there was hardly any offensive force unless your name was Wilt Chamberlain. They just ran plays and watched film before the 80's introduced different defensive ideas and strategies... But let's say if he was born in the 90's, add in his dad making him workout, dribble and practice on defense from early on like some 4 year olds are today, imagine how amazing he would have been. Imagine his love and devotion to the game. He'd be more in love than he was back then. And then add the fact that if he trained like any other player does nowadays, he'd be faster, stronger and healthier than he was in these clips... I say imagine because of course he wasn't born in today's world... but if he was, you know deep down that he would be a killer that nobody could stop without double or triple teaming. But even then he'd find the open man or just shoot over everyone... and don't let him get on that fast break cuz he'd have fun averaging 15 assists a game with the pace we play with nowadays. Shit, you think Lebron, Westbrook, Harden and Curry are hard to guard... imagine a 6'5" point guard who was built like Lebron with his I.Q., had Westbrooks speed and ferocity, could carry a team and draw fouls like Harden and could drop 30 ft. bombs like Curry after breaking your ankles... that's what Pistol Pete would do if he was in the nba today. That's what could have been.
Elijames 1287 that is the best thing I have heard all day. Not only do u agree with u but I love how u said he is hated today. His videos and his testimony changed my life and I live anyone who has as much respect for him as I do.
Elijames 1287 I'm not saying he's bad but he wouldn't be able to guard kyrie or Westbrook
Israel Corporan you only say that because back then they never emphasized defense as much as today while growing up. But like I said, he was devoted to every aspect of the game that his dad thought was important. If he was in our era, his father would have shown him Michael Jordan and his defensive prowess... or he would have just saw it himself and worked on it every day like he did with shooting an dribbling. Now tell me, if he adapted that devotion to defense, would Kyrie and Curry be able to go past a 6'5" Pete Maravich? He would basically be a 6'5" Kawhi because he also had huge hands, a high basketball IQ and he was already stealing and blocking the ball back then when he could to show off, imagine if he focused on that more. Deadly.
@Israel Corporan You may be correct. But in the same way, the wouldn't be able to cover him either. Even Walt Frazier who was known as a defensive genius (and who Maravich scored his 68 points against) said he didn't want any more of him. The players of his era describe him as a "mythological figure." Mainly that the stories and things he was able to do were unbelievable. But true. My favorite quote about him was from my daughter when she was like 15 years old I was watching films of him. She walked in the room and said, "What is wrong with that guy, it's like his arms are broken or something." Unbelievable.
Elijames 1287 No he wouldn't he's trash look up pistol Pete horse.
Not going to lie
Pistol Pete is one of the most underrated legends of all time if not IS the most underrated legend of all time
But Mike just made him like a MJ with saying the facts 👌
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fo sho. totally agree.
Earl Manny oh fo sho fo sho i used to love to watch him play
Mr.Tbone Boi is back that is true
Mr.Tbone Boi is back I didn't even know him before seeing this video
Mr.Tbone Boi is back He wasn't far off from Micheal Jordan.
I didn't know it was possible to be 5'6 and 85 like WTF even happened.
What would his psycho dad done, If Pete didn't keep growing?
From experience, in my middle school we had the best basketball player, the best guard in the county. Everyone predicted greatness. He loved, loved basketball. He never grew another inch. He was a tough smart PG for our high school, but was on the bench. Barely played. Only garbage time.
Blast from a past I witnessed first-hand: In 1980, Pete Maravich was claimed off waivers by the Boston Celtics, who by that time, were undergoing a incredible resurgence led by rookie Larry Bird. The game I saw with my late, great Dad was at the Hartford Civic center, and the Celtics were down about 15 points heading into the fourth quarter. Coach Bill Fitch put Maravich in, and he and Bird put on a clinic, with the Pistol scoring 30 points and Larry throwing unbelievable passes, and vise-versa. It was an incredible sight, and Pete really turned the clock back that night with the Celtics easily winning. At training camp for the 1980-81 season, Pete was there...but his passion for the game was gone, and he quit. Larry Bird was very disappointed, but years later Larry Legend said Maravich was a more skilled player than he, and could do things Bird could never do. Thankfully for younger fans, videos like yours show what a once-in-a-lifetime player he truly was. When he died in January of 1988, It was very sad, as he was only 40, but had an undetected heart defect in which he had been born with just two coronary arteries when the human heart is supposed to have three. He was incredible, and they didn't call him " The Pistol " for nothing.
I saw him play in the All college in OKC in 69 or 70, and it was a man playing among boys, and you literally never saw anyone else on the floor but Pete. Absolutely incredible!
Thanks for all of those wonderful memories. In the early 70's our coach reminded us every practice that we all needed to strive and emulate the Pistol Thanks Pete
Oscar was the best I ever played against, Jerry was the best I ever played with, and maravich was the greatest I've ever seen~~~ Elgin Baylor
I read that. too. I'll guess he meant in specific terms, Oscar his best opponent, West his best teammate, Pete the best he didn't play with or against.
@@Amick44 no.. it's clear what he meant.. Pete was the greatest of all time.. you have to understand, he never played with an all star on his team, do you understand that fact? Pete was blackballed by the NBA because he turned individual players into separate entity's thus starting the huge salary wars.. he was the greatest of all time pre jordan
@@Amick44 and his last year with the celtics don't count, he was drunk on coke the whole year in a huge depression
@@Amick44 he played against Elgin Baylor many times... all the old timers admit it.. he was the goat
@@paul-egz4264 Only his first and Elgin's last year.
He looks like Eric from That 70's Show
as a louisiana native pete maravich is celebrated as a wonderful man and a legend, his legacy will live on forever, he used to sell out LSU crowds my dad said putting LSu on the map,he was a die hard christian man and also a family man may his soul be in paradise.#RipPistolPete
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Thanks for all the Pistol highlights! Most channels rerun the same highlights throughout their videos of Pete.
That was awesome!!! Thanks for remembering The Pistol!! #Respect 💯
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Very thorough videos and great enthusiasm... This is awesome
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growing up in New Orleans I had the blessed opportunity to witness Pistol Pete from the very early days. he was truly unbelievably talented. People only know Larry bird these days, but there were lots of players back in the day who were BETTER THAN THE BIRD. PETE DID SHOT MOST BROTHERS COULDN'T DO. HE TOTALLY USED ANYONE WHO ATTEMPTED TO GUARD HIM ON THE COURT. HE TRULY WAS UNSTOPPABLE! PETE WANTED TO SCORE; PETE WAS GONNA SCORE AND THERE WASN'T ANYTHING YOU COULD D TO STOP HIM. LEGEND OF THE GREATEST KIND. A TRUE PLAYER!
Edward James There's this idiot on CZcams saying LeBron would dominate Pistol in a 1v1 match. Only people with no game think size and strength are the only things you need to win in 1 on 1 basketball. Your thoughts?
Who was better than Bird?
That's Gospel my brother,NOBODY,I MEAN NOBODY CAN DO THE SHIT HE DID ON A REGULAR DAY.MONSTER, GUYS WERE PISSED AT HIM FOR PASSES SLAPPING THERE SILLY ASSES IN THE FACE,WAS ACCUSED OF SHOWBOAT, HIS ANSWERS WERE FELLOW S THIS IS A ENTERTAINING LEAGUE ITS EHST EE FO. HE WAS HATED, SORRY BASTARDS
I witnessed his greatness in the Dome twice in 1977.
Truly amazing.
Imagine his handles if he could carry/palm the ball like today's players. He literally had to keep his hand on top of the ball while dribbling in these days. Dude was unreal
I read that once he went for a lay up and in mid air brought the ball around his back and layed it up and in with the other hand. The ref called him for walking. Pete yelled back at the ref, "how do you know if that's walking, you've never seen anyone do that before"!
Thanks for this piece ❤️
Hey Mike, I'm a huge fan from Canada. I was wondering if you could do a Top 5 Canadian players video or even a video on the Raptors?
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Good idea
I'm from Utah so do the 5 best Mormon players ever.
2 guys that could make me watch a basketball game: Pistol Pete and Dr. J
will27ns add Larry bird
I'll add George Gervin too at that time.
And they almost played together at the hawks....how incredible would that have been!
Good old days, right bro? I can sit and marvel at YT videos of those guys forever. And I watched the live games in the 70's/80's! Good gravy were they entertaining and straight up genius with the ball. My favorite memory is of watching Dr. J visit Chicago stadium. The whole joint held their breath when he touched ball! You were waiting for a mind-blowing, amazing basketball play! Don't blink!!!!!!!
It's the way Pistol or Bird could own anyone at anytime, or how Dr. J and the Iceman could make beautiful art just by jumping.
What a great video! It's great to see young ppl understand the history
Sellout crowds for his LSU frosh games. Ticket $ales were enough to build an arena/gym that still stands. The house that Peter built.
You should do a 2k simulation with him in the modern NBA
Poopdad Jones YES
I remember seeing him get double/ triple team him and he'd make them all look like fools. He had more moves than a chess master
Even Jordan, Bryant, Johnson and Bron fans admit he’s up there as the GOAT that’s respect
Great video. Thanks for putting it together.