NBA Legends On How Insanely Good Pistol Pete Maravich Was
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- NBA Legends explain how good Pistol Pete Maravich was. Pistol Pete was one of the best players of all time.
While at LSU, Pistol Pete Maravich set the basketball world on fire, and quickly became one of the most popular players in the Southeastern Conference. He eventually went on to score more points as a collegian than any other player in the history of college basketball.
In his three seasons at the varsity level (freshmen did not play varsity basketball at that time), he scored an incredible 3,667 points; an average of well over 44 points a game. He set a slew of SEC basketball records (34 to be exact), and nearly every LSU record imaginable. One of the most remarkable factors to consider when looking at that point total is that he scored that many points without the benefit of the three point line.
During his time at LSU, Maravich won a number of individual awards, being named The Sporting News player of the year, the USBWA College Player of the Year, and the Naismith Award winner.
Following his college career, Maravich went on to be drafted in the 1st round of the 1970 NBA Draft (he was the 3rd player taken overall) by the Atlanta Hawks. Maravich quickly picked up in the NBA where he left off in the NCAAs, rapidly ascending to star status in the professional league.
He was named to the All-Rookie team in his first season, scoring over 23 points per game. Eventually, during a rebuilding period for the Hawks, they dealt him to the New Orleans Jazz for 8 players, one of the largest recoups for a single player in NBA trade history.
In New Orleans, Maravich truly excelled and elevated to the level of NBA superstar. He made the All NBA First team in 1976 and 1977, and made the All NBA second team in 1973 and 1978. The 1976-1977 is considered by many to be his finest statistical season the NBA, when he scored a league high 31.1 points per game.
Maravich was traded to the Boston Celtics prior to the 1980 season, where he played alongside future superstar Larry Bird during Bird's rookie campaign. Following that season, in which he managed 11.5 games in only 26 games, he was forced to retire due to a nagging leg injury.
After retiring from the game, Maravich eventually found a second life in religion, eventually proclaiming himself a born again Christian, and spending much of his free time trying to spread the word of Christianity.
Maravich died in 1988 of a heart attack after playing a pickup basketball game in Pasadena, California. He was only 40 years old at the time of his death.
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Hero's get remembered, Legends never die. The Pistol lives on
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Maravich is one of the most influential basketball players of all time. His style was like Harlem Globetrotters, but better.
Some of the moves I haven't seen from anyone else.
And so does that quote lol.
As quoted by:
Babe Ruth
As played by:
Art LaFleur
circa: 1993
@@craigwheeler4760 "His style was like Harlem Globetrotters, but better." That is very insulting to PM.
Pete was definitely ahead of his time.
Indeed
He may have been too far ahead of his time. So much that his own teammates didn't know how to handle no look passes. In more recent generations it's become part of the game, so when you're trailing a play you know to look alive so that you can finish or make a touch pass. When Pete hit the league his teammates didn't seem to know that.
Pete's still ahead of our time. The best guys today aren't that fluid and creative and averaging those offensive numbers
How great was he?
His Freshman year -- 7000+ Fans attend the freshman game ;; 700 attend the Varsity game.
That's greatness.
Even ahead on most players of today skillwise
Marevich did stuff with the ball that I still haven't seen duplicated. The "wrist pass" where his arm goes one way but his hand and the ball go the other...no defender sees that coming. Awesome
Red Auerbach... Was impressed to the point where his jaw dropped at the moves that pistol Pete could do. There's a video with red and Pete talking and demonstrating moves. Red is continuously awed by several of the ball handling moves and circus shots that pistol Pete could make regularly.
The mid air body contortions that pistol Pete could perform while shooting and still make almost half his shots is in a league of its own.
I love Pete Maravich.. His style more like rock n roll band player than a basketball player.. He's so entertaining and the nickname he got make it seem so perfect "Pistol Pete"
I was one of the people as a freshman at LSU who watched Pete and the Jr. Varsity play in the old Cow Palace Arena and then left before the Varsity game. He was magic to watch. 💜🐯💛
👍🏾✊🏾💯
I am envy.
When I was a little kid, on the playground we were either Dr J or Pistol Pete
Thank you so much for recognizing Pistol Pete. I first watched "The Pistol" in '92,because I was in a slump playing basketball and almost quit until my teacher Mr. Near dedicated the movie for me and became a Pistol Pete fan since '92. Pistol Pete is definitely one of the elite pioneers of what the NBA is today.
Bssketball magician , pistol pete marivich
Pistol Pete was a basketbal GENIUS.
Larry Bird learned a lot from Pete when they were both on the Celtics.
@@BlazinRiver1 pistol pete maravich was not a larry bird fan;; it on youtube; saod larry bird was a poor dribbler : among other thing:: ❤ pistol pete maravich : lots of basketball players pioneers
Yo i had a series of instructional b-ball VHS vids of Pistol Pete’s basketball clinic (or something) in high school. They were awesome
My dads favorite player of all time. Love you, RIP dad, hope you got to meet Pete on the other side.
Unbelievable but often forgotten guy in todays NBA. Thanks for ur oldschool NBA basketball vids 🙏🏽 greetings Michael
Imagine Pete in today's game..
Probably average 50.
It was great watching the footage of "The Pistol" and listening to the old school players comment on his fantastic ability.
Pete was like a Harlem Globetrotters playing with their sparring team 😱
LOL
Pete Maravich was actually the first white basketball player ever to be asked by the Harlem Globetrotters to play for them.
@@captaincarl8230 I didn't know that, pretty cool👍
This guy was absolutely amazing! When you look at Pistol, you see a ball handling wizard and pure shooter. You can see Pistol Pete in the way Magic Johnson, Jason Kidd, and others passed. I am glad you remind us of how good this guy was.
Larry Bird also passed the ball much like Pistol Pete.
@bone-snypa
Larry Bird was better than Jordan.
Idiots like you think basketball is only played hanging from the hoop like Jordan.
I remember as a teenager watching him play college ball. score like 50 points per game.. always put on a show..
He had a target on his back the moment he got in the NBA , so much hype , but he could back it up , wish he could play today , he would love it
@@dangreene3895 That's absolutely true!
I never got to see him play during his career, but just based on highlights I still consider him one of my favorite players all time. A legend, for sure.
I believe there was a conversation that He did not belong in the 50 best players in the history of NBA. he definitely belongs there!
I think because only a fraction of his feats were ever recorded, plus many of his moves are more common now, plus there is probably some racial bias at play. Just like when Larry Bird would make believers out of guys like Maxwell in Boston or Thomas in Detroit.
He sure does
Probably the same morons who promote LeBron as GOAT.
At time he for sure deserved a spot more than Shaq did
There was no conversation about that. There was some that the Celtics were overrepresented, but Pete was a legend.
Those to young to have experienced Maravich may never appreciate what an imcredible player he was.....and he could shoot your eyes out....
The Pistol may very well have the most talented guard to play the game. He was well ahead of his time. Had he played with a more structured approach, his name would be talked about even more. Nevertheless there wasn't anything he couldn't do. I remember him putting 68 on Clyde Frazier and the Knicks. Truly one of the best ever..
Apparently add in 3pt line he scored 81 that game..
Add in that those 'charging' fouls are questionable.
He could have scored alot more with 3pt line and without early ejection.
Didn't help that he was picked up by an expansion team during his prime.
@bone-snypa In those days, 43 % was an above average percentage, not to far away from more than a really good one.
Then I read that, sometime after he played, the NBA made the circumference of the rim a bit larger.
He didn't get much press compared to the greats but looking at his stats, he deserves to be close.
As for his overall offensive game, there was no one who could do all he did as well combined.
Only had so many assists per game? I suspect the teams he was on had not so good shooters, hence not making the playoffs.
Then I read, some of the players intentionally missed his passes, resentment, probably more than jealousy.
Never has the league seen a more prolific scorer with the kind of ball handling & passing skill set that Pistol Pete had......black or white. Lest we forget, he's also college basketball's all-time leading scorer with 3667 points at LSU, averaging 44 points per game during his time in Baton Rouge, and he did it in only 3 years when the NCAA rule was that freshman couldn't play for the varsity and even more amazing is that he did it without the 3-point shot being in effect as part of the college game yet.
To understand Pete's genius, watch the play starting at 4:41 closely. He gets the ball at the top of the key, dribbles behind his back to avoid the first defender, then takes one more dribble to get the ball past half court. At this point he is facing AWAY from the guy he's going to pass the ball to, who has been behind him the whole time and who he hasn't even looked at once. Then, without so much as turning his head, he flips the ball right out in front of the defender to his teammate who goes in for the easy layup. A genius on the basketball court.
That is the greatest "no look" pass ever thrown in the history of the game...without a doubt...I've posted my remark on this pass during CZcams debates about the question "Who was the greatest ball handler or passer?"
I believe what your saying is a "no look pass" used to be genuinely that...and Pete was master at it !!.
I'm sick of this year getting reccomend clips of "no look shots" where guy was clearly going to pass it,only looks away as he's passing...or in several cases was still looking at guy..
Or videos or "clutch shots" wich there's still minutes left on clock and a 10pt or advantage..
Esp if it Bron...any shot where someone is defending him seems to be considered clutch.
Seen a bunch of Steph's shots being treated as NBA firsts when Pete was doing harder shots and only getting 2 for it.
I remember I had a friendzwhen we played together rarely had to check where each other were, no look passes all-day..
So when I see ESPN making a huge deal.our of a pass that is in no way a blind pass it reminds me why kids today have no respect for true greats of the past.
My favorite no look pass ever
@@Lizards_Lounge Yeah, they know they can't beat the Best so they change the rules to give themselves a perceived "edge". MUCH lower standards these days.
@@bvnseven spot on..
I really do fail to see all these 'elite' skills they talk about..
Esp lefake..seriously reminds me of when big fat guys come on the court .looks clumsy AF.
A true legend! But not for his skills but because a little known fact Pete played with just 1 heart valve. That means he was prone to getting fatigued very easily. To be able to do that for 10 years is without a doubt legendary
Not for his skills ? I missed something here...
When you say not his skill immediately disqualified this comment as relevant
Wtf are you talking about. The vid compilation talk about his skill.
I play with 1 heart valve too. I have two but I only use one for basketball
1 Coronary artery. If he had no valve he’d be dead without equipment Lmaoo
I used to love watching him play, from his college days and beyond! Thank you for having a show with these great vets! Appropriately, he passed paying what he loved, playing basketball. RIP.
I love Steph, but despite growing up in the 90s, I always thought that Pistol Pete is the original player that shot the long ball with ease. Though at collegiate level, him making “13 threes a game” is insane, Steph is a legend in the making; but this guy was the first to do it, and should not be left out as one of the best long range shooter of all time.
Oh no RJ, I knew Steph was going to come up. But I think I'm with you. They both have a same strange oddness to their game. Pistol did come first, but I don't know if Steph "borrowed" from Pistol's game. Both darn awesome. Wish Pete was around.
The 3-point shot had just been introduced into the NBA at the end of Pete's career, so he only took 15 3-pointers, but he made 10 of them!
@@roderickcampbell2105 Recently Steph Curry named Pete as one of the players on his Mount Rushmore of ball handlers. He must have know of Pete's abilities through his father Dell.
@@jorgeelivic2013 Hi jerge. That pretty much figures. I find Steph too quick to follow really and I find the Pistol very smooth. But they both can shoot like anything so what's not to like? Pistol was very quick, but he seemed lol you a bit, and then hit you with that shot. Steph is pure quickness. Good luck. You will need it. Respect jerge.
Just imagine Pete was getting 3 points?
I imagine ppl wouldn't have been calling Steph best shooter..
If he had incentive of 3pts woulda shown his true long range ability.
You think Steph would practice 100s of three's a day if it was only worth 2?
Before Maravich's conversion he played a game in Houston. I was a ball boy working the visitor locker room. Before the game he went up to the chalkboard and gave this hilarious X rated monologue with drawings. I remember shaking with laughter leaning against a locker. The other memory is watching him do a TV piece on the 3 point line. He's in slacks and dress shoes, walking from the corner to the point, just raining threes. While talking. In street clothes.
I'm glad you mentioned Maravich's Christian conversion. That was the best move and shot he ever made. I lived in Calvin Murphy's hometown for many years, he was easily the greatest player most ever saw in high school. Never saw him then. Saw him against Golden State in 1974,75 season out there. He had two half brothers who were really good players, they only made it to college, though. I wasn't aware that when he was at Niagara that he came in second in scoring all 3 years to Pistol Pete. Talk about bad timing.
I've been asking all the big baller enthusiasts to cover pistol Pete for over a year. Thank you for dropping a note o e one of if not the greatest player of all time. Pistol Pete is a legend if not the GOAT. I appreciate the show. Thanks again.
Pistol Pete was a pioneer of the game. I'm glad you did a segment on him. I try to find footage of him from time to time.
The fact that Pete Maravich would have been averaging 57 points in today’s college basketball is bonkers
For his 3 yr career!!!!!
If there was a 3 point shot when Pistol Pete played college ball he would have shot more long ball and won titles since no one would have been able to stop them when you would have to double team him at the 3 point line.
The guy was a total freak of nature! Averaged 44.5pts per game in D1 College. His dad would have him dribble out the passenger car window & force Pete to maintain his dribble. He was incredible jaws hit the floor watching him play.
And that's 44.5 ppg WITHOUT a 3-pt. line.
Amazing... If you apply today's rules on his era, he made 57 points per game.
Pistol Pete was a magician basketball player 😆.
I’ve always admired the way he could push that ball down the court and once he got on the offensive end everybody had to keep their eye on him. The defense had to keep their eyes on him because he could score against the best of them, and his passing skills were incredible and the offense because his passing skills were so abstract and different during this era his teammates had to be ready for the no look pass, his feint passes which were beautiful to watch because during this era of the NBA they weren’t too many players that were passing the ball the way he was. RIP Pistol. 🙏🏾
Awesome. When those players, coaches, and others talk about your game, you know Pistol was darn good. He was a lot of fun to watch. All the players I saw in this video were too! Thanks.
Pete was almost like Paul Bunyan or the Cannonball Run. Since all games weren't televised to all regions, we only had word of mouth. But what you heard was so crazy that one would think it was just made up to some extent. When that happens, you are a true legend.
More generally I think that was true of a few sports entities of the 1970s. That was the last decade without cable, so a lot of sporting events still had little or no TV coverage, and it's probably the last era where what we have lore and mystique. Pistol Pete, the ABA, prime Dr. J, Iceman,
@@75aces97 Yeah Cable Television came only in the late 1970s.
It is a good thing it came because it gave people more choices when it came to Television Viewing.
@@jamesbedugraham8056 There was that, but also lack of video tape. A colleague of mine tried to track down some college games, and in some cases he was unable. Not because the whereabouts of the tapes were unknown, but because videotape was still expensive enough up to the mid 1970s that networks didn't save everything for posterity. Unless it was a major sporting event or news story, networks often recorded over tapes a few times. So once a show was over, it could be gone for good.
@@75aces97 Yeah sure even in America Video was expensive costing about 550 US Dollars and only the wealthy could afford the technology.
@@75aces97 I am surprised that you responded.
It was cool seeing Pistol get drafted on tnt the other day. Underrated super star he was.
He put the SEC on the map for basketball.
I love watching passing players. Guys like Jokic, JWill, JKidd, Nash, CP3, and so on. Nothing to me is more entertaining then watching a wild dunk after a crazy flashy pass.
I'm gonna order a pistol Pete jersey to add to my collection
It was weird jersey had his nickname on it.
I ordered that on Amazon when he played for Atlanta. Buy it. It's worth your penny.
@@marcamico5254 do you own a 1970 topps Pete Maravich?
@@monetschannel5773
Amazon wasn't founded until 1994.
@@deloachapproach4273 I’m referring to a 1970 Topps basketball rookie card of Pete Maravich .
That pass between the legs was so beautiful I almost cried when I watched this just from that pass time stamped a little after six minutes of this video. Just amazing
Bill Walton said it best about Pete’s Avg. I watched him from LSU to the pros. The most exciting player I’ve ever seen. He was a school yard magician that played that way in the pros.
I was a Kid watching him at the end of his career. He was ahead of his time. You can see the Magic got influenced by Pete and his Showtime before Showtime was a term.
Saw Pete play in college and pro. He was unbelievable.
I was stationed at Yuma Proving Grounds in 1970 and went home on leave (Phoenix to Detroit). The flight I was on had the Sun's on board. I was seated across the aisle from "Pistol Pete". I was in uniform and he started a conversation asking about military life. That seemed like the shortest flight in my life...
I always bring him up in my top ten ! He averaged 40 points without a three point line .
I seen a movie based on Pete as a kid a long time ago. And I enjoyed it.He’s in need of an up to date film for the big screen asap ‼️‼️
I always liked Calvin Murphy but telling the story about how he felt about Maravich before they played each other and after was pure class. And the Walton story was excellent as well. Great work sir.
Calvin Murphy was also a very good dribbler.
He was comparable to Pistol Pete.
But Pistol Pete was somewhat better.
Both dribbled very good without modern dribbling of 90s to now. But both would easily get past players today without using a crossover
Great video Bro. I always love clips of Bill Walton describing players and NBA moments he's experienced. His detail and picture painting puts me in the arena.
Congrats for this amazing episode 👏🏻👏🏻
When I was about 13, Pete came to the Hawks and he lived up the street from me in at the Cumberland Apartments in Vinings, GA. We had a neighborhood Swim and Tennis club with a basket in the parking lot right on the banks of the Chattahoochee river (called the Cochise Club). We were playing B'ball one afternoon (about 10-15 of us iirc) and this tall skinny guy walked up to us and asked to play. We didn't know who he was right away, but the minute he touched the ball our jaws dropped...even more when he did that hand motion where he looked like he was passing the ball, but just passed his hand behind it and continued forward after he left all of us kids on the ground going for his hand fake. He played a one more time with us a couple weeks later and we certainly knew who he was then. Wonderful memory for me and the other kids.
Alot of people don't know that Dr.
J was drafted by the Atlanta Hawks. He was only there for a short time, but it was during the time Pistol Pete was with the Hawks as well. He said he and Pete would stay after practice and play one on one almost every day. The loser would buy dinner that night. How cool would it have been for someone to have taped that. I can only imagine the creativity that would have been on display during those contests.
Saw him with the Jazz in NOLA as a kid. I just remember him shooting so damn much and the announcer yells.."Piiiiiiiiiissssttttoooolll Pete!" It has stuck in my head for 50 years.
This was definitely a enlightening basketball video 💯🏀
He invented the no look pass!
great video man ! Pistol Pete is like mixing Larry Bird Steph Curry and Magic into a guard
The movie made about him inspired me as a child
Me too. I thought I could do it all like he did
dude was insane fr
Thanks for this one
All 12 Globe Trotters rolled up into one. That says it all. Best ball handler that I've ever seen and I'm 71. I've seen a whole bunch.
Great video thank you, Pistol Pete is probably my all time favorite
I was so blessed to have the opportunity to assist Pete and his Dad Press while they performed a clinic in Mannheim Germany (I met him after a performance in Heidelberg American High School, where I lived). Pete threw me a behind the back pass from at least 10 ft. beyond full court and hit me dead in the middle of my chest!!! He told me afterwards that he was glad I was a baseball player and would have hated it if I had dropped the pass. He gave me the most profound advice towards my baseball dreams and a few years later I met him after a game against the Washington Bullets and was excited to share that I had become an All-American and top 50 draft pick! R.I.P, "Pistol" Pete Maravich You taught me to remember Joshua 1:8
His father use to take him to play against the black players, a lot of ppl didn't like that. There is a great movie about his life call:
The Pistol: The Birth of a Legend
1991
I remember that movie. It was a good movie too.
One thing I love about Inside the NBA is how much joy Ernie Johnson gets from his work. Check out his reaction when Isiah gets up to demo Pistol Pete's moves. Pretty awesome to see a Hall of Fame point guard acting out your favorite player's moves right in front of you. Good stuff
Our stadium is called the Pete Maravich Center for a reason the man was revolutionary and had the potential to be a top 3 player of all time, we have pistol pete and shaq was our greats GEAUX TIGERS 🐅 🐯
Thanks for doing Pete.. Did you catch the part about him scoring 57 points a game with the current college three point line? and how many more long distance shots would he have taken if the line was there. I give him at least three more points a game if he was aware of the line. Go back and watch when he scored 68 against Earl and Walt and the knicks. Put him on a team with Jabbar or even a healthy walton and you might be talking goat.
To put it into perspective, Pete Maravich averaged 44.2 points a game and is the all time division 1 leading scorer in college basketball, with 3,665 points that still holds to this day. Also, this was before the three pointer.
Nice video.
He was really something...
Growing up and going to school in Louisiana we had a coach/teacher that was obsessed with Pistol Pete. I guess they have a movie about Pete, not sure what it's called but he showed it to us one day in class. It was pretty awesome. He was so ahead of his time and I remember his teammates were upset with him bc of how flashy he was and they had never seen it. He did some crazy no look pass that even faked his teammate out and it ended up popping him right in the nose bc even he wasn't expecting it.
When he was at LSU I lived on Tobacco Road in the ACC. We almost never saw him on TV. I think only in highlights and at the NIT. He almost ended up at NC State. If he had I would have seen most of his home games in person. I did spend time with him at a camp one year. My three favorite players growing up were Pete, David Thompson and Jumpin' Joe Caldwell.
Pete's JUMPER! Best & most purest of them all. In 1971 I was playing hoops age 8 & MARAVICHS' shooting posture needed to have been in some BASKETBALL CAMP!
Pistol Pete's a bad man! Watched his insane videos back in the day. He was way ahead of his era - yet doesn't have the win factor under his belt to show for it.
It like bad mouth nba legends basketball clinic professor/ teacher/ pete marvich; it not like pete marivich never played college or nba basketball or allstar team.
Pistol was so good that he's still the all-time NCAA scoring leader 52 YEARS after he graduated from college. Even Kareem ain't had the scoring title for _that_ long.
Pistol Pete was an awesome player. He was influenced by Bob Cousy, 6 time NBA champion
Cousy was the original. He was doing it 20 years prior to Pistol. Pistol took it to another level. He was a Savant with the basketball.
Great video. Respect to Pistol Pete!
Pistol Pete Maravich was an amazing athlete & incredible ball handler, & I was so blessed to watch him & his father perform their magic when they visited Naval Station Rota Spain in 1975.
The best player ever for me!!!
Until the next video sheep
@@matthewm7540 haha
Talent has no color.
Pistol Pete Maravich is my favorite baseball player. I also collect him. But now I can't afford more. I have a 3rd year and 2 5th year cards. I would love his RC and 2nd year cards... in any grade between 5 and 7. One if the best I ever seen play the game.
Whoa. Shaq addresses Brent Barry right off the bat, and then we see a video of Pistol totally fool Brent's dad with a ridiculous flip shot.
Yes I love to watching him play.He was something else.There was not 3 points rules on those time and this guy shoots a lot from way back from the ring.A complete show man with a great shooting ability.
"He must of had some brother in him" Love it
Pistol, when he was still at LSU but doing clinics with his father, went to a clinic in PA and with the kids all watching, he came out wearing an overcoat, street clothes and holding two balls. He went to center court, shot a hook shot to one side with his right hand --swish. Looked the other way and shot the other ball to the other basket with his left, another hook, and it barely missed. What's cool also is that obviously he did this quite often at clinics and probably usually hit both shots. It just looked like he did it all the time. Coolest player ever.
Thanks Sean for putting up real basketball contents so people will still know what basketball looked like when it was played by men not this weak ass kids of today...
When I was in high school class of 97 I modeled my game after Pistol Pete and Hakeem Olajuwon! My teammates struggle with my passes and my mis direction but I think after 3 years playing with them I made them better. I was unhappy with play time and focused on my football career which was the greatest sport I ever played! My senior class in football still holds 50 year records at my high school! But I really wished my high school basketball coaches would have given me the freedom to be myself like my football coaches did!
It's not like I want to play in the NBA for 10 years and Die at 40.
RIP Pete.
I remember watching the Pistol Pete movie as a kid and being so inspired.
Pistol Pete was the greatest of them all folks,there has been no one like him since, he transcended talent and vision when most were crapping their pants.It was a show to watch this man put up 50 pts and pass like all dream to,and shoot the lights out,total package ,he is the best for me to see in my lifetime.
1. To Note: Pistol Pete's [NBA Career Scoring Average] was over [24 Points/Game]!
2. To the Stats: [Ranked #20] in the NBA Stats! 24.4 Points/Game!
3. To the Point: Add a [Free Throw]/Game "Pistol Pete" [would Rank in the Top10],
"passing" [Oscar Robinson at #10].
4. To Remember: (a) [Michael Jordan] [ranks #1] with [30.1Points/Game].
(b) "Less than" [Three (3) Baskets/Game] separates "Pete Maravich" from the Top Spot!
5. "Officially" "Maravich's Final Year in the NBA", he averaged 11.9 Points/Game.
6. Very Important: The Three (3) Point Rule "was not in effect" during his NBA Career!
Great job by "one of the best players in the game". Amen.
Can you do an underrated NBA "stars" of the 70's and another one for the 80's. Legends like Nate "Tiny" Archibald, Walt "Clyde" Frazier, "Rick Barry, Tim Hardaway need a little love. You did Daryl Dawkins already, right?
That's a good idea.
Dominique Wilkins
Pistol
Barry
Tiny
Thurmond
Macadoo
Tim hardaway
Clyde Frazier
Clyde Drexler
Earl the pearl
(Edit) Dr.J
M.Malone
Who else?
Come on guys, DR. J🏀🔥🔥🏀 Most exciting player ever.
@@nathanc30 How about David Thompson? Connie Hawkins. Chet Walker. Phil Chenier. Jack Sikma. So many great players, all put a brick in the wall that became a building.
@@nathanc30 Earl (The Pearl) Monroe was probably considered the best ball handler with great shooting skills, a top scorer, before Pete Maravich came into the NBA.
Who else? Calvin Murphy.
People can go back and forth over the greatest pro basketball player, but there's no serious debate when it comes the greatest college player, and that's Pistol Pete!
Lew Alcindor?
The Original Showmen...the Pistol and it was ALWAYS loaded!! 😁....all time GREAT!! REST ON MR. MARAVICH 👏👏👏🙏✌
I started following and playing hoops in the mid 60s and he was that good. Pistol Pete and the Big Dipper are still the best I've seen to date.
P Pete is the most underrated player of all time
As much as His Airness is my GOAT, Pistol Pete maybe my Second GOAT.
At that time, He is so Modern and yet, Classic
My very FIRST NBA game while in high school was witnessing Pistol Pete with the Atlanta Hawks against the Cincinnati Royals--HE put on a SHOW
scoring 40 plus points ! I left the Cincinnati Garden’s a true BELIEVER !!!
Thanks for honoring a real BB Phenomenon !!!
No one before or since like Pistol Pete!
🏀⛹🏻♂️⛹🏻♂️🏀---🧡🧡🧡
*PISTOL PETE WAS A MAN AHEAD OF HIS TIME.*
This guy was a basketbal GENIUS.
Hey!!! How about a video series about your take, opinion and facts abot the 75 chosen ones? Love to hear your thoughts and learn about some legends that I know very little about!
Bad bad man!!!!!RIP Pete!!
I never got to see Pete actually play, only highlights of him like in this video. But I did see the movie about him called The Pistol: Birth Of A Legend and it was amazing. It was about him growing up and how he would always have a basketball in his hand, dribbling or doing some sort of tricks. He would blindfold himself and dribble around the house trying not to hit the furniture, or when walking to school he would practice behind the back passes off a wall while walking. It actually inspired me too for the way I played.
I was captivated by "The Pistol" when I was a kid like everybody else. He just seemed so comfortable with his "Handles" and moving the ball around.
For ME....he was definitely a Legend.
He was Fabulous!! Thanks Pete for the Great Memories!!
Thanks for showing people the pistol. He is one of the greatest of all time
Man Pete was that man.God Bless this 🙏🏾Brother🙏🏾 & his family.