Pete Maravich

festeringZit · Apr 13, 2008

I was too young to see Pete play, except for a few games with the
Celtics at the end of his career.

Sadly, his NBA career was diminished by his knee injuries.

But no one ever will come even close to what he did in college.

He will always be by far the greatest college basketball player
ever.

He AVERAGED 44+ pts a game before the 3 pt line, and before the
shot clock.

They went back and tracked his shots, and calculated that with a
3 pt line, he would have averaged 57+ pts a game. I'd say that
if there was a shot clock, he would have averaged well over 60
pts a game. That is just plain sick.

Bill Walton quotes the guys who tracked his shots and calculated
the extra 13 points here:

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lapdance · Apr 13, 2008

a truely GREAT player

wilheim · Apr 13, 2008

Pete Maravich..

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Music a bit dated..

wil.

VIEJODINOSAUR · Apr 13, 2008

Best college player that I have ever seen, bar none!

BadCo · Apr 13, 2008

VIEJO DINOSAUR said:
Best college player that I have ever seen, bar none!

I'm old.....but not that old.

I remember a little of his NBA career but not much.

I do know he dropped dead in a pick up basketball game.

lapdance · Apr 13, 2008

VIEJO DINOSAUR said:
Best college player that I have ever seen, bar none!

i'll 2nd that!!!!!!

VIEJODINOSAUR · Apr 13, 2008

1. Pistol Pete
2. David Thompson
3. Ernie DGregorio
4. D. Griffith
5. Magic Johnson

There might be better players out there, but I loved watching these guys...

prodigy · Apr 13, 2008

avatar bump.
stories about the guys work ethic (rip pistol) were incredible.
anyone passionate about hoops should read some of the bios on him or his autobio.
truly one of the GOATs.

WorldNumberOne · Apr 13, 2008

VIEJO DINOSAUR said:
1. Pistol Pete
2. David Thompson
3. Ernie DGregorio
4. D. Griffith
5. Magic Johnson

There might be better players out there, but I loved watching these guys...

hard to beat that list . maybe add larry bird .

i didnt see maravich in college , but i did see the others. actually watched magic play in high school.

lapdance · Apr 13, 2008

anyone remember fly williams, another scoring machine.

billsfan · Apr 13, 2008

Watch his Youtube videos.....the guy is amazing

jacob · Apr 13, 2008

i'm currently reading pistol: the life of pete maravich. very good book so far and i highly recommend it.

bellyputter · Apr 13, 2008

I used to play a lot of golf with one of Pistol's roomates at LSU, and some of the stories he told were unbelievable. He was mentioned in the book("Pistol") numerous times. Very sad.

BranFlakes · Apr 13, 2008

I would add Larry Bird here. I was 10 years old staying up late watching him play his games against old Missouri Valley foes as New Mexico St., West Texas St. One of the best games in conference that year was when they played at Southern Illionois and won 69-68. The tournament games in 1979 against Arkansas (Sidney Moncrief) and Depaul before they played Michigan St. in the championship were classics. Bird was one of the best IMO

CoachLT · Apr 13, 2008

Pistol Pete is the ONLY autograph that I ever got. Thought I had lost it only to find it a couple of years ago. A great and gracious player. RIP, Pete. LT

Birdman · Apr 13, 2008

Pistol played in the golden era of scoring guards in NCAA:

Austin Carr
Rick Mount
Calvin Murphy

My fav college player in 76-78 was Butch Lee of Marquette. Just great at getting hoops at winning time when all eyes on him. Believ, if memory serves me right, that he played for Puerto Rico in 76 Oly's and lead his team to a 1 pt losss against USA.

78 was awesome when he was a senior with McGuire calling the games and the final minutes were BLT...Butch Lee Time.

festeringZit · Apr 13, 2008

I'm still sitting here totally amazed that this guy averaged 44 pts per
game for his whole college career, before the 3 pt line.

That is simply a mind-blowing stat.

bellyputter · Apr 13, 2008

Birdman, I watched Butch Lee and Marquette win the Midwest regional(1977) in Oklahoma City. They came back from way down to edge Kansas State, and then blew out Wake Forest. The next week(UNC Charlotte and North carolina) they won it all.

festeringZit · Apr 13, 2008

jacob said:
i'm currently reading pistol: the life of pete maravich. very good book so far and i highly recommend it.

I'm currently reading:

"Maravich" by Federman and Terrelrman

http://www.amazon.com/Maravich-Wayn...bs_sr_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1208134565&sr=8-3

In here they say that Pete would routinely shoot and hit shots from 25-40 feet. That it was very common for him to take two steps in from
half court and launch a bomb, and hit it - like it was just another
shot in his repertoire.

prodigy · Apr 13, 2008

festeringZit said:
I'm currently reading:

"Maravich" by Federman and Terrelrman

http://www.amazon.com/Maravich-Wayn...bs_sr_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1208134565&sr=8-3

In here they say that Pete would routinely shoot and hit shots from 25-40 feet. That it was very common for him to take two steps in from
half court and launch a bomb, and hit it - like it was just another
shot in his repertoire.

there really isnt a bad maravich book out there. all of them offer a different perspective of his life. sad to say, he wasnt without his own demons. normally, you would feel compelled to call 'bullshit' on some of his exploits, but there are many people that have attested to him practicing trick shots and all sorts of long range shots until he perfected them.