Met pistol at our church when he came to speak several weeks before he passed...a great individual and the best ball handler the game has ever seen...was an honor to meet him and talk with him
Too bad his NBA career was cut short! Pistol Pete def. one of the greatest players ever. We say Michael Jordan was and is the goat Pete is def. in the conversation. Pete didn't get great players around him like Michael or Magic. Magic grew up in my hometown Lansing Mi. Magic could def. ball period.
The best ball-handler I've ever seen the best shooter I've ever seen. And that includes everyone. I believe you Larry Bird was in so much all Pete maravich in Magic and said he he pattern his game after Pete maravich
Pete was the best. I saw him drop 40 on the Bulls in Chicago. He had 24 points in the 4th quarter when played with the Jazz. He did this with a broken finger on his shooting hand. He was amazing.
Quite honestly Pete's skills and all his hard work didn't need to be validated by any earthly ring. The joy he gave his fans and the faith he found through years of searching is all that really mattered in the end.
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He was years ahead of its time when it came to basketball and found Jesus and dedicated his life to Him after basketball. I was blessed to be his age and an LSU fan. Like all memorial events I remember where I was when he died... Remember also, his freshman they couldn't play with the varsity team. Imagine the points he,d have scored in four years! The GOAT!
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Growing up n Los Angeles in the early 60's and 70's I played basketball all the time. Pistol Pete was the player we go out on the playgrounds doing his moves if we can. He was so much better than everyone. I'm currently teach my daughter Myella Shea at 17 HS player these moves now.
But Pete received the Lord 5 years before he died and he was never the same. He was an outstanding ambassador for his Savior Jesus Christ.2nd Corinthians 5:17.
One of the few that could play in today's game and still be just as good. Today's game or 100 years from now, Pete could have played with any generation
@@jonathanhall593 pistol Pete..dr j..john havlicek. Wilt...kareem...russell...Jerry west...rick Barry ..bib pettit...oscar....elgin Baylor...and several more
I grew up near Baton Rouge watching Pete Maravich play at the Cow Palace. I will never forget the feeling of witnessing greatness. Of seeing something at a young age I knew then would never happen again. Pete may not have known then, but GOD was guiding him to greatness having little to do with basketball and everything to do with serving others. Our challenges strengthen us and The Pistol embodied how love for our Father is the greatest victory...
@@alfamily586 I wouldn't want anything to do with the god that is guiding like. The god of the Bible is a monster, the biggest mass murderer in the history of the world.
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He was a beautiful brother who could hoop like nobody else. He came up with another hoopster Calvin Murphy from Niagara while pistol Pete played for LSU
Good call Larry. I’ll round out this twosome with Austin Carr from Norte Dame. He was very special as well unfortunately his teams like Pete’s wasn’t very good at all. Take Care.
In that era, Niagara played a much tougher schedule than LSU. It's interesting to speculate what might have been had each star played on each other's team.
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Pete not only had game, but he also reinvented the game of basketball and lived his life as fully as a man can live his life. Set an example as an athlete, husband, and father, that any young man or man should aspire towards. This is a very intimate look at a very competitive gentleman that created himself in more fashions than most men. Thank you.
Stop trying to rank this guy versus others. He was a phenomenal legend and rock star who's an ingrained part of our cultural foklore and landscape.. Even bigger than the game itself. If you don't get that you're going to miss out on his uniqueness and true significance. He's a spirit of authentic Americana
@@bjstyxs Well the clowns at ESPN ranked him #5 behind Kareem, Oscar Robertson ( who got his record BROKEN BY PETE), Bill Walton and Bill Russell. I don't know the caliber of players Oscar played with but the others all had all star supporting classes. Pete's were not even close. This is more verification of ESPN's racial bias favoring blacks.
@@williamford9564 Probably because he went on a tour declaring how he became a Born-Again-Christian....They would hate that now and probably call him homophobic and pull the Cancel Culture on him.
He died before I was born but I remember going to see Stockton n Malone play and seeing Pistol Pete's #7 up in rafters at the Delta Center (vivint smart home arena now) and asking about who it was. I was fascinated about him ever since lol watched a lot of footage of the guy and read some stuff he was really really impressive
A friend of mine moved to Florida around 1985 and told me he and his wife were in a small restaurant down there. Pistol took their order. How cool was that? I'll never forget that. Said he was the most unassuming man, just helping out.
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Eerie Less than 9 months after his dad Press died, Pete died. Pete brought great excitement to the game for fans. They came out in droves to see him play live. The legend will live forever.
@@JohnFranklinswidow I saw Pete play a game in Greenville s c agent Milwaukee bucks when they had clide mays who payed at. Furmum college in green. Ville Pete was with hawks
There is so much to be LEARNED from his story. His rise to the top, his fall from prominence, the criticism he endured, the struggle he went through as a dejected star and his earnest fight for the very nature of his mortal soul and peace with the LORD. Pistol's life was not in vain and only the wise and humble can see it all for what it was all meant to teach us. This world is a falling construct, the lusts, the pleasures, the wealth...all of it pales in comparison to the eternal nature of the GOD that formed us and watches it all. Seek the LORD while he may be found. Peace ever lasting is worth more than any earthly pleasure.
Whatever can be said about Press and Pete... The father loved the son and the son loved the father. If we had more fathers and sons like this, I think we would be a lot better off in our country. Thank you to the Maravich men.
Pistol Pete was a great player that I admired, along with Jerry West. There is a lot of discussion about Pete's rank among all the HOF players. I am conflicted about many aspects of his career. Pete played at LSU, a "football" school during the late 60's, and his Dad was coach. Pete played 83 games at LSU and took 3166 field goal attempts-That's 38 shots per 40 minute game ! I think other great scorers like Oscar, West, Mount or Bird could do the same with 38 FGA's a game. The SEC was mostly white back then, but Pete played in the NBA and averaged 24 a game, and led the league in scoring. His college team improved each year, but never won anything, but neither did the above mentioned players. Shout out to Jeff Tribbett, who played with both Rick Mount in HS, and Pete at LSU. The Pistol averaged 44 ppg in college, and managed to do this as a marked man, some one the other team is determined to stop. Watch Jeopardy some time and see how hard it is to repeat when the target is on your back. Pete was a very talented & gifted player and entertaining as well. Too bad that his knee injuries caught up with him just as he got a shot with the Celts. It's getting kinda crowded up there now with the Pistol, Sloan, KC, Kobe and Westy. Must have some heavenly pick-up games.
He was my idol as a kid growing up. I forgot about him wearing the number 23, he was the original #23. When I found out he passed away I was devastated. We will never see another like him, those behind-the-back passes were thrown perfectly. His scoring record at LSU will never be broken! What an incredible story about him finding God that truly brought him peace. Rest Easy Pistol, you deserve it you made us all smile in amazement.
that's awesome my dad told me about Pistol Pete.. so many stories about how pete would have schooled my era, Bird, Magic, and Jordan.. lol miss those conversations.. rip dad
There are no such things as gods they are a figment of humanity hoping for eternal life people should realize this is it you live then you die the end maybe people would treat each other better 🤔
Press learned those dribbling drills wile he was in Hawaii by a local basketball legend by the named Ah Chew Goo who also impressed the Globetrotters when they visit Hawaii and later coached University of Hawaii, followed by his son Vince years later.
In 2022, he still holds the record for scoring in college, even though he played fewer games than all the other players in the top 25! He averaged 44.2 points per game. Oscar Robinson was second with 33.8 points per game. He still owns at least 16 records in college. It's a shame he left 1 year too early in Boston.
Pete was cool! As a kid, I watched as much of Pete as I could find. He excited us all in Detroit as kids reading about him. We didn't access to the lives of young prospects flooding RUclips or other platforms. It would have been cool to see him win a championship. He joined the Celtics only to retire one year before Larry Legend led Boston to a championship. All time great college and pro player.
He was the best passer in NBA history, he was the last white guy to win the scoring title. He was underrated. Very underrated. He’s on my list as one of the best twenty players in history.
I'm so glad he was able to give his life to Christ and get peace before leaving his earth. The jacked up thing is had he had stayed one more season with the Celtics He would have got a championship 😔....
I remember watching the Pistol Pete story in the 7th grade back in the early 90’s. We all thought if you wanted to make the basketball team you’d have to practice like Pistol Pete. So we tried to spider dribble and spin it on our fingers and of course we’d all go to bed with the ball. This was a nice trip down memory lane
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I have two of his basketball cards when I collected all four major sports in the late 1970s early 1980s. This documentary was extremely well done! Two weeks before he collapsed on the gym floor playing with Dr Jim Dobson, Pete gave his testimony at night time at the home of Glen Campbell! It was recorded and can be seen on the movie they made on his life ! (DVD).
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Without question, it’s blatantly obvious had Maravich rec’ved the respect, support, and Teammates in 79 Legend did when he joined the Celtics, the GOAT argument would unquestionably have Maravich’s name at the top of that conversation today. The following can’t be argued or overstated. Maravich DID NOT have the teammates Russ had in the 60’s, or Legend and Magic in the 80’s, followed by the 90’s HOFers, otherwise Pistol would have won Championships. Pistol was that GREAT!
Without a doubt, a wizard with a basketball.Most points scored in college basketball. And that when the 3 point shots were considered 2 points .The BEST COLLEGE PLAYER EVER !
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Pete was my idol growing up.I would read how much time he played daily and i had to match that 8hr day and at times that meant getting up at 5am before school ti shovel snow off the court to start petes drills. I loved the isolation of dreaming of moves and passes with my elbows. I loved to win but being a showman and being talked abour.
"When Kentucky would play LSU during the regular season, Pete Maravich would usually score about 60, I would usually score about 40, and the Cats would usually end up winning by about 20. Coach Rupp's whole philosophy on playing LSU in those days was let Maravich have his 50 points. Just keep everyone else from scoring." ............Dan Issel.(Kentucky All-American and the school's all-time leading scorer).
I recently purchased a throwback jersey of MARAVICH from his college years at LSU and I'm trying get a hold of a high school jersey's of his from Broughton & Daniel HS
Crazy he said on this earth for 40/50/60 years and not 70/80/90 and died around 40 crazy. As far as his salary even though it was high back then I’m sure he was worth every penny! It was like having Steve Nash Steph Curry the circus and the globe trotters all rolled into one! He wasn’t just a player, he was a game changer. He was a show in himself, doing things people had never seen with a ball and destroyed the college record books and most importantly was fun to watch. If a city changed their eating arrangements for his freshman games imagine the seats he was filling and jerseys he was selling in the NBA!
PP was born in Alliquippa PA. Up until he was 8 or so he lived in PA, and his dad worked at J & L Steel. Press Maravich taught Pete the correct way to play the game, though Pete was a bit of rebel at heart. I knew a few who worked at J & L Steel Ltd, and I grew up and attended Beaver High School, about 5 miles from Alliquippa.
Well that or Hawks Management!!! They got rid of Julius Erving!!! Pete and Julius on the same team.... Incredible!!!!! I'd pay to see that duo!!!!!! Alley Oop Petey!!!!!!! Sure Thing J!!!!!
Per Maravić was a Serbian born in the US. A good friend of mine here in Serbia is his close relative. I wasn't even born then but now I realize how good he was. RIP legend.
I was a black skater. I saw pistol Pete on NBA street. He does tricks kinda like a skateboarder but with purpose. I started dribbling with my non dominant hand. I began to get good at basketball by practicing tricks with purpose.
i followed pete thru his entire college and pro career, and no matter what any one else thinks, he was the best basketball player who ever lived.. he did things that nobody else could do, whether it was dribbling, passing, or just shooting the ball.. im 66 years old, and a celtics fan for life, but if i could watch pete in a game, i did, rather than a celtics game...... if you think that there was no 3 point line while in college, he would have had alot more points.. he averaged over 44 points a game, almost 3700 career pooints, which will never be broken, and scored ovewr 50 points 28 times..... i could go on and on, but you get the drift.... COLLEGE BASKETBALLS ALL TIME G O A T...
@Steven Gray i guess i just thought everyone knew that, at least those of us who kept up with basketball.. good additional point to make though steven...
Pistol was really an ambassador for basketball & ultimate showmanship on a basketball court. He was light years ahead of what he could do with the ball.
Pete Maravich and the "what ifs" of sports The great and exciting Pete Maravich was going to be in the 1970 N.B.A. draft. The Detroit Pistons had the first pick in the draft. Maravich did not want to play in Detroit. Who can blame him? The winters are cold. The team was bad for a long time. The city was/is still recovering from the 1967 race riots. If you want to understand why Detroit declared bankruptcy last year, take a drive most anywhere in Detroit that is not considered downtown or the New Center area. The shells of the burned buildings and houses from the 1967 riots are still standing. Many areas of Detroit look like bombed out Berlin, Germany at the end of World War II. Nate Thurmond-The Father of the Showtime Lakers of Pat Riley. Part two-Playing the “What If” game in sports. Nate Thurmond-the Father of Showtime Nate Thurmond-The Father of the Showtime Lakers of Pat Riley. April 04, 2014 The 1960s and 1970s were the greatest years for big men to shine in the National Basketball Association. The four greatest basketball players of all time played during that era and three of them were big men (Guard Oscar Robertson is in that group of four): Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (sorry Jordan and Lebron). Also playing during those years were fellow big men, Walt Bellamy-HOF, Zelmo Beaty, Mel Daniels-HOF, Bob Lanier-HOF, Clifford Ray, Artis Gilmore-HOF, Swen Nater, Marvin Webster, Darryl Dawkins, Robert Parish-HOF, Kent Benson, WayneTree Rollins, Dave Corzine, Clyde Lovellette-HOF, Willis Reed-HOF, Wes Unseld-HOF, Dave Cowens-HOF, Dan Issel-HOF, Billy Paultz, Dave Robisch, Bob McAdoo-HOF, Caldwell Jones, Bill Walton-HOF, Moses Malone-HOF, Alvan Adams, Jack Sikma, James Edwards, Jerome Whitehead, Mychal Thompson. Some others who played as forward/centers were Bob Petit-HOF, Tom Heinsohn-HOF, Jerry Lucas-HOF, Gus Johnson-HOF, Connie Hawkins-HOF, Spencer Haywood. Can you imagine how these grown men would have dominated the one-and-done skinny big kids of today we see jumping to the N.B.A. after one semester in college? One of the best big men not named Russell, Chamberlain or Abdul-Jabbar was Nate Thurmond. On Nate Thurmond’s NBA.com bio page it says some say he had a better offensive game than Bill Russell, and a better defensive game than Wilt Chamberlain. Nate had those big muscular shoulders and biceps similar in definition to those of San Antonio’s David Robinson. He was a tremendous rebounder and had a terrific overall game. Nate Thurmond should also be given credit for being the father of the Showtime Lakers of Pat Riley. Follow me please. On January 16, 1970, in a 127 to 105 loss at the Philadelphia 76ers, the San Francisco Warriors’ 6’11” center, Nate Thurmond, tore the lateral cartilage in his right knee diving for a ball. The injury occurred in the first quarter on a Friday night. The loss left San Francisco with a 21-26 record The Warriors were in fourth place and in a playoff spot in the seven team Western Division but only seven games behind the division leading Atlanta Hawks. After Thurmond’s injury, the Warriors finished the rest of their eighty-two game schedule with only nine more victories and twenty-six defeats; eighteen games behind the division winning Atlanta Hawks. Seattle and Phoenix played much better in the last part of the season and passed San Francisco in the standings. Phoenix jumped all the way to third in the division. San Francisco finished in sixth place, only three games ahead of the San Diego Rockets. On February 02, 1970, in an effort to keep their playoff chances alive, the Warriors traded their first round pick in the 1970 N.B.A. draft for Atlanta’s Zelmo Beaty. In the summer of 1969, after seven very productive years with the St. Louis/Atlanta Hawks, Zelmo signed a contract to play in the A.B.A. He had to sit out the 1969-70 N.B.A. season, due to the legal confrontations between the N.B.A. and the newer A.B.A. Beaty never signed with the Warriors. Zelmo had five more very good seasons with the Utah Stars and the Los Angeles Lakers. After Thurmond was hurt and the Warriors finished the season with a poor record, the first round draft pick Atlanta received in the trade turned out to be the third pick in the entire draft. The great and exciting Pete Maravich was going to be in the 1970 N.B.A. draft. The Detroit Pistons had the first pick in the draft. Maravich did not want to play in Detroit. Who can blame him? The winters are cold. The team was bad for a long time. The city was/is still recovering from the 1967 race riots. If you want to understand why Detroit declared bankruptcy last year, take a drive most anywhere in Detroit that is not considered downtown or the New Center area. The shells of the burned buildings and houses from the 1967 riots are still standing. Many areas of Detroit look like bombed out Berlin, Germany at the end of World War II. Detroit selected the big center from St. Bonaventure, Bob Lanier. Bob had a terrific career, was well respected in sports and business circles and was one of the leading voices in the player’s union for many years. The San Diego Rockets picked second. With the team changing its mind at the last second, it took Rudy Tomjanovich, the versatile Polish forward from Hamtramck and the University of Michigan. San Diego management did not think it could afford Pete Maravich. The Boston Celtics took Dave Cowens with the fourth pick. Atlanta used San Francisco’s pick to take Pete Maravich. The union of the Atlanta Hawks and Pete Maravich was bad from the very beginning. There are two recent excellent biographies about Maravich that go into detail about the basketball dynamics in 1970 Atlanta. Pete Maravich: The Authorized Biography of Pistol Pete [Wayne Federman, Marshall Terrill, Jackie Maravich] Pistol: The Life of Pete Maravich [Mark Kriegel] If the San Francisco Warriors kept that 1970 first round draft choice and drafted Maravich with the third pick, can you imagine the possibilities of that 1970-1971 team? Thurmond would have recovered from his knee injury. Jerry Lucas and Jeff Mullins were on the team. Rick Barry may even have considered returning from his stint in the A.B.A. a year or two earlier. The battles against Jerry West, Wilt Chamberlain and the Lakers for the best team in California would have been magnificent. After four years in Atlanta, Maravich was traded to the newly formed New Orleans Jazz on May 20, 1974 to take advantage of his popularity from his L.S.U. days. After a couple of bad seasons in New Orleans and in order to give Maravich some help, the owners of the Jazz signed guard Gail Goodrich of the Los Angeles Lakers as a free agent on July 19, 1976 According to the free agent rules at the time, the team losing the free agent, had to be compensated in kind. Part of the package New Orleans sent to the Lakers to make them whole was the 1979 first round draft choice of the Jazz. That draft choice turned out to be Earvin Johnson. Instead of joining Maravich, Bernard King and Adrian Dantley in New Orleans with the potential to have a most exciting team, Johnson hooked up with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in Los Angeles and won five N.B.A. titles in the 1980s. All of this happened because muscular Nate Thurmond hurt his knee on Friday night, January 16, 1970 in Philadelphia. Ironically, Pete Maravich was waived by the Utah Jazz on January 17, 1980. Another connection Nate Thurmond has to the Los Angeles Lakers is that on September 3, 1974, Joe JellyBean Bryant (Kobe’s dad) was traded by the Chicago Bulls (as a future 1975 1st round draft pick) with Clifford Ray to the Golden State Warriors for Nate Thurmond. Instead of #42 being remembered as the number worn by the Laker’s James Worthy, that jersey should hang in the Staples Center with Nate Thurmond’s name on it. The “What Ifs” of sports and life continue to cause wonder.
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Hard to argue college, but NBA is a different story, not sure if I can put him over a Jordan, Bird, Magic, Chamberlain, Russell and those guys, but he's right up there.
@@glenngibbs1267 His ball handling ability is unmatched, i will say that, incredible court vision, knowing where his teammates were, a shame he never won a title, I think he never got with the right team or coach, to really show what he could do, he couldn't make the players around him better, like Bird, Magic or Jordan, I'm not saying he's not as great as those players, but he just never got with the right team or coach, to help him.
Press was determined to turn his son into a perfect basketball machine, rather than a happy person. The segment with the 7th grade math teacher early in the doc speaks volumes.
If you take a serious look back in history, every genius is crazy. It's not their fault it's just the way life deals in that card. God gives you something special and then he makes you add crazy to the mix. It's a give and take.
When you come into the NBA out of college, having averaged 44 points a game, the bar was set too high. He wasn't going to put up the same numbers in the pros. I think a lot of people back then thought he would. It was impossible to live up to that hype every night.
I think you can really see a lot of Pete’s ‘art’ passed into Bird and other players. Even a lot into Dr J and Jordan…..it’s cool that he was #23 in college.
Met pistol at our church when he came to speak several weeks before he passed...a great individual and the best ball handler the game has ever seen...was an honor to meet him and talk with him
Pistol Pete will never be mentioned in the goat conversation. The goat convo only exists on planet Earth. Pete was out of this world...
Excellent
He was in a class of his own.
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Coolest comment so far! Thanks for the words. Fittin
68 Points in a game with NO 3 POINT LINE and he WAS a long shooter. R.I.P. Pete, you were the Man.
I watched it live on TV it was awesome
My H ero
Louis quethera is an hour late
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@@natedavis2550 im sorry im not sure what that means
A legend , unfortunately people don’t know how good this man was . The Goat
Dude hit 68 points! Without a three point line! In the NBA🤯
69 against Alabama in 1970, he was here in Clemson early on.
You can't deny this man's greatness. There's no debate.
AMEN
He was the definition of showtime.
Great basketball player
Too bad his NBA career was cut short! Pistol Pete def. one of the greatest players ever. We say Michael Jordan was and is the goat Pete is def. in the conversation. Pete didn't get great players around him like Michael or Magic. Magic grew up in my hometown Lansing Mi. Magic could def. ball period.
The best ball-handler I've ever seen the best shooter I've ever seen. And that includes everyone. I believe you Larry Bird was in so much all Pete maravich in Magic and said he he pattern his game after Pete maravich
I'm not a basketball fan
never really watched it but wow... great human being..😭😭
Rest easy bro
Pete was the best. I saw him drop 40 on the Bulls in Chicago. He had 24 points in the 4th quarter when played with the Jazz. He did this with a broken finger on his shooting hand. He was amazing.
Paul westphal and Geoff Petrie were equal to Pete
In what respect?
@@marcconnelly5652 they were good but id take pete
Quite honestly Pete's skills and all his hard work didn't need to be validated by any earthly ring. The joy he gave his fans and the faith he found through years of searching is all that really mattered in the end.
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This is what Pete, after his salvation, wanted to be known for; His life, love, gratefulness, and witness for God, not basketball.
@@MeMe-du6sn yeah, that's what I said.
He was years ahead of its time when it came to basketball and found Jesus and dedicated his life to Him after basketball. I was blessed to be his age and an LSU fan. Like all memorial events I remember where I was when he died... Remember also, his freshman they couldn't play with the varsity team. Imagine the points he,d have scored in four years! The GOAT!
Accepting the Lord Jesus, was Pete's greatest victory.
To hear magic Johnson and Isaiah Thomas talk about watching Pete play on Sunday TV
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This is what Pete, after his salvation, wanted to be known for; His life, love, gratefulness, and witness for God, not basketball.
Growing up n Los Angeles in the early 60's and 70's I played basketball all the time. Pistol Pete was the player we go out on the playgrounds doing his moves if we can. He was so much better than everyone. I'm currently teach my daughter Myella Shea at 17 HS player these moves now.
Insane, Pete played the game with half a heart and most players played it with half the heart he had!
Towards the end of his life, Pete said,"Money will buy you everything but a place in heaven. "
Amen
But Pete received the Lord 5 years before he died and he was never the same. He was an outstanding ambassador for his Savior Jesus Christ.2nd Corinthians 5:17.
@@tomroyal6167 read Deuteronomy 13 and Exodus 20 for the real truth
There is no such thing as heaven or hell 😉
One of the few that could play in today's game and still be just as good. Today's game or 100 years from now, Pete could have played with any generation
Alot could
@@senseichess8688 name some more please.
@@jonathanhall593 pistol Pete..dr j..john havlicek. Wilt...kareem...russell...Jerry west...rick Barry ..bib pettit...oscar....elgin Baylor...and several more
All is the top 75 if 100 guys in history could play in any era
Now it is easier
I grew up near Baton Rouge watching Pete Maravich play at the Cow Palace. I will never
forget the feeling of witnessing greatness. Of seeing something at a young age I knew then would never happen again. Pete may not have known then, but GOD was guiding
him to greatness having little to do with basketball and everything to do with serving
others. Our challenges strengthen us and
The Pistol embodied how love for our Father
is the greatest victory...
was GOD guiding when he made pete with with a heart defect ?just wondering ?
and love for his father - a lucky man has both in his life
@@Larry-wv2cr Yes, God was.
@@alfamily586 I wouldn't want anything to do with the god that is guiding like.
The god of the Bible is a monster, the biggest mass murderer in the history of the world.
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This is what Pete, after his salvation, wanted to be known for; His life, love, gratefulness, and witness for God, not basketball.
He was a beautiful brother who could hoop like nobody else. He came up with another hoopster Calvin Murphy from Niagara while pistol Pete played for LSU
Good call Larry. I’ll round out this twosome with Austin Carr from Norte Dame. He was very special as well unfortunately his teams like Pete’s wasn’t very good at all. Take Care.
In that era, Niagara played a much tougher schedule than LSU. It's interesting to speculate what might have been had each star played on each other's team.
@@yankee2666 Or Together.
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This is what Pete, after his salvation, wanted to be known for; His life, love, gratefulness, and witness for God, not basketball.
Pete not only had game, but he also reinvented the game of basketball and lived his life as fully as a man can live his life. Set an example as an athlete, husband, and father, that any young man or man should aspire towards. This is a very intimate look at a very competitive gentleman that created himself in more fashions than most men. Thank you.
Stop trying to rank this guy versus others. He was a phenomenal legend and rock star who's an ingrained part of our cultural foklore and landscape.. Even bigger than the game itself. If you don't get that you're going to miss out on his uniqueness and true significance. He's a spirit of authentic Americana
I'm Australian I get it but he is the greatest player
@@glenngibbs1267 WITHOUT A DOUBT THE GREATEST PLAYER IN COLLEGE HISTORY..
@@bjstyxs Well the clowns at ESPN ranked him #5 behind Kareem, Oscar Robertson ( who got his record BROKEN BY PETE), Bill Walton and Bill Russell. I don't know the caliber of players Oscar played with but the others all had all star supporting classes. Pete's were not even close. This is more verification of ESPN's racial bias favoring blacks.
@@williamford9564 Probably because he went on a tour declaring how he became a Born-Again-Christian....They would hate that now and probably call him homophobic and pull the Cancel Culture on him.
@@williamford9564 isn’t bill walton white?
He died before I was born but I remember going to see Stockton n Malone play and seeing Pistol Pete's #7 up in rafters at the Delta Center (vivint smart home arena now) and asking about who it was. I was fascinated about him ever since lol watched a lot of footage of the guy and read some stuff he was really really impressive
A friend of mine moved to Florida around 1985 and told me he and his wife were in a small restaurant down there. Pistol took their order. How cool was that? I'll never forget that. Said he was the most unassuming man, just helping out.
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This is what Pete, after his salvation, wanted to be known for; His life, love, gratefulness, and witness for God, not basketball.
Way ahead of his time. A genius.
Wasn't he anticipating his opponents reactions
Watching this is just crazy. These moves would work in today's NBA. So f*n smooth. Timeless
Way underrated ...this guy was before his time ..nowadays they don't even know the real deal how good this guy was
The sad thing people like Charles Barkley and Shaquille O'Neal really have never seen this guy play they have no idea how good he was
What ranking system did this to him? Was it the metric?
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Eerie Less than 9 months after his dad Press died, Pete died. Pete brought great excitement to the game for fans. They came out in droves to see him play live. The legend will live forever.
I saw Pete score 44 against the Celtics in Atlanta.
I bet I saw 40 games or more.
@@JohnFranklinswidow I saw Pete play a game in Greenville s c agent Milwaukee bucks when they had clide mays who payed at. Furmum college in green. Ville Pete was with hawks
P.P. has just reinvented basketball, and has taken the play up to heaven!
Yep....he became a Born again Christian
There is so much to be LEARNED from his story. His rise to the top, his fall from prominence, the criticism he endured, the struggle he went through as a dejected star and his earnest fight for the very nature of his mortal soul and peace with the LORD. Pistol's life was not in vain and only the wise and humble can see it all for what it was all meant to teach us. This world is a falling construct, the lusts, the pleasures, the wealth...all of it pales in comparison to the eternal nature of the GOD that formed us and watches it all. Seek the LORD while he may be found.
Peace ever lasting is worth more than any earthly pleasure.
He was vastly ahead of his time!
My Idol!!!!! I saw The Pistol play vs Lakers 1977-78 when I was a kid
@M America isn’t the world
@M ok what is your point ... Go play soccer ... Me I'll play what i want and not care anymore
M is an idiot, he trolls around everywhere, to post the same message, over and over and over, just ignore him, he wants the attention.
Yeah around that time he was the worlds best plasyer for a year or two
saw him in 1970 against Ole Miss; had an off night and had only 37. Asked what he wanted to be rememberd for he said 'a Christian.'
Whatever can be said about Press and Pete... The father loved the son and the son loved the father. If we had more fathers and sons like this, I think we would be a lot better off in our country. Thank you to the Maravich men.
By far one of THE most underrated players of all time
You're underrated.
@@rudolphguarnacci197 And overrated ASF !!!
30:09 I thought I had heard all the legends of Pistol Pete but this one is one for the ages....
Pistol Pete was a great player that I admired, along with Jerry West. There is a lot of discussion about Pete's rank among all the HOF players. I am conflicted about many aspects of his career. Pete played at LSU, a "football" school during the late 60's, and his Dad was coach. Pete played 83 games at LSU and took 3166 field goal attempts-That's 38 shots per 40 minute game ! I think other great scorers like Oscar, West, Mount or Bird could do the same with 38 FGA's a game. The SEC was mostly white back then, but Pete played in the NBA and averaged 24 a game, and led the league in scoring. His college team improved each year, but never won anything, but neither did the above mentioned players. Shout out to Jeff Tribbett, who played with both Rick Mount in HS, and Pete at LSU. The Pistol averaged 44 ppg in college, and managed to do this as a marked man, some one the other team is determined to stop. Watch Jeopardy some time and see how hard it is to repeat when the target is on your back. Pete was a very talented & gifted player and entertaining as well. Too bad that his knee injuries caught up with him just as he got a shot with the Celts. It's getting kinda crowded up there now with the Pistol, Sloan, KC, Kobe and Westy. Must have some heavenly pick-up games.
He was my idol as a kid growing up. I forgot about him wearing the number 23, he was the original #23. When I found out he passed away I was devastated. We will never see another like him, those behind-the-back passes were thrown perfectly. His scoring record at LSU will never be broken! What an incredible story about him finding God that truly brought him peace. Rest Easy Pistol, you deserve it you made us all smile in amazement.
Pete left a message; he didn't want to end up playing pickup games til he was 40, had bad knees, etc.
that's awesome my dad told me about Pistol Pete.. so many stories about how pete would have schooled my era, Bird, Magic, and Jordan.. lol miss those conversations.. rip dad
There are no such things as gods they are a figment of humanity hoping for eternal life people should realize this is it you live then you die the end maybe people would treat each other better 🤔
I purchased a THROWBACK JERSEY OF MARAVICH from LSU
@@17hondo1 He died 1-5-88
Press learned those dribbling drills wile he was in Hawaii by a local basketball legend by the named Ah Chew Goo who also impressed the Globetrotters when they visit Hawaii and later coached University of Hawaii, followed by his son Vince years later.
In 2022, he still holds the record for scoring in college, even though he played fewer games than all the other players in the top 25! He averaged 44.2 points per game. Oscar Robinson was second with 33.8 points per game. He still owns at least 16 records in college. It's a shame he left 1 year too early in Boston.
RIP PETE ! IT WAS FUN WATCHING YOU PLAY BBALL AS A KID ! WE all had the floppy socks !
Pete was cool! As a kid, I watched as much of Pete as I could find. He excited us all in Detroit as kids reading about him. We didn't access to the lives of young prospects flooding RUclips or other platforms. It would have been cool to see him win a championship. He joined the Celtics only to retire one year before Larry Legend led Boston to a championship. All time great college and pro player.
This man avg 44pts at L.S.U.Pistol Pete top 10 all time and 1 of the best gaurds ever.
Pete was a tortured artist trapped in his chasing of perfection of the game! An icon and Idol and a one of a kind!
Hearing Warren Zevon's "Excitable Boy" makes the documentary worth watching!
I dont think a more talented basketball player has ever existed.
He did things with the ball that Bob Cousy in his dreams couldn't do!
He was the best passer in NBA history, he was the last white guy to win the scoring title. He was underrated. Very underrated. He’s on my list as one of the best twenty players in history.
Very unique person I'm glad he found God almighty Jesus Christ in the Holy Spirit
I'm so glad he was able to give his life to Christ and get peace before leaving his earth.
The jacked up thing is had he had stayed one more season with the Celtics He would have got a championship 😔....
Yeah a shame, but by that time, his skills had eroded and he wasn't the player he used to be, it was probably the right time.
I remember watching the Pistol Pete story in the 7th grade back in the early 90’s. We all thought if you wanted to make the basketball team you’d have to practice like Pistol Pete. So we tried to spider dribble and spin it on our fingers and of course we’d all go to bed with the ball. This was a nice trip down memory lane
I have watched this Documentary. All I can say is Wow! Pete The G.O.A.T. Enough said! SHAWN
He was another Bob Cousey except he never led a team to a title.
He was voted one of the top 50 NBA players of all time now on the college level hell u can't argue the greatest
@M Dude stuff your soccer story up your ass! You keep posting the same thing, over and over and over.
@@perkinsvalentine And neither did Bob Cousey, The Celtics didn't start winning Championships until they drafted Bill Russell.
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This is what Pete, after his salvation, wanted to be known for; His life, love, gratefulness, and witness for God, not basketball.
Maravich put The SEC on the map for basketball.
His seventh grade teacher seems like the sweetest lady on earth...
I bet she made a great apple pie.
And then he finally found the truth hallelujah praise the LORD JESUS CHRIST
The Pistol is Most definitely among the
top 20 basketball players of all time,
Word !!
Yes or top 25 for sure
@5:00 is the most iconic layup drive I've ever seen.
They forgot to tell you what his last words were before he died. Here's what they were, I never felt better in my life
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PETE CHANGED THE GAME AT ALL LEVELS..MR..INNOVATOR..NO RING BUT STILL A BASKETBALL CHAMPION..RIHP PISTOL
I have heard that Pete went nowhere without dribbling a basketball all the way to his destination. That was his life.
Pete was a phenom.
Bird AND Magic both say Pete influenced their game. Nuff said.
I have two of his basketball cards when I collected all four major sports in the late 1970s early 1980s. This documentary was extremely well done! Two weeks before he collapsed on the gym floor playing with Dr Jim Dobson, Pete gave his testimony at night time at the home of Glen Campbell! It was recorded and can be seen on the movie they made on his life ! (DVD).
What amazed me was his accuracy passing the ball, my favorite player along with MJ, MAGIC, BIRD MAN,..PETE WAS MY FAVORITE.
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This is what Pete, after his salvation, wanted to be known for; His life, love, gratefulness, and witness for God, not basketball.
Without question, it’s blatantly obvious had Maravich rec’ved the respect, support, and Teammates in 79 Legend did when he joined the Celtics, the GOAT argument would unquestionably have Maravich’s name at the top of that conversation today.
The following can’t be argued or overstated. Maravich DID NOT have the teammates Russ had in the 60’s, or Legend and Magic in the 80’s, followed by the 90’s HOFers, otherwise Pistol would have won Championships. Pistol was that GREAT!
Amen!
Larry, Magic, Jordan, Stockton and ADD Pistol Pete to that mix. He was THAT great.
Without a doubt, a wizard with a basketball.Most points scored in college basketball. And that when the 3 point shots were considered 2 points .The BEST COLLEGE PLAYER EVER !
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This is what Pete, after his salvation, wanted to be known for; His life, love, gratefulness, and witness for God, not basketball.
Pete was my idol growing up.I would read how much time he played daily and i had to match that 8hr day and at times that meant getting up at 5am before school ti shovel snow off the court to start petes drills. I loved the isolation of dreaming of moves and passes with my elbows. I loved to win but being a showman and being talked abour.
"When Kentucky would play LSU during the regular season, Pete Maravich would usually score about 60, I would usually score about 40, and the Cats would usually end up winning by about 20. Coach Rupp's whole philosophy on playing LSU in those days was let Maravich have his 50 points. Just keep everyone else from scoring." ............Dan Issel.(Kentucky All-American and the school's all-time leading scorer).
Thanks Dan!… You’re even greater in my mind now!.
I recently purchased a throwback jersey of MARAVICH from his college years at LSU and I'm trying get a hold of a high school jersey's of his from Broughton & Daniel HS
A kind giving person that wanted to be the best he could be to himself and others.
An inovator of the NBA & Truly The Greatest Of All Time!!
Crazy he said on this earth for 40/50/60 years and not 70/80/90 and died around 40 crazy. As far as his salary even though it was high back then I’m sure he was worth every penny! It was like having Steve Nash Steph Curry the circus and the globe trotters all rolled into one! He wasn’t just a player, he was a game changer. He was a show in himself, doing things people had never seen with a ball and destroyed the college record books and most importantly was fun to watch. If a city changed their eating arrangements for his freshman games imagine the seats he was filling and jerseys he was selling in the NBA!
PP was born in Alliquippa PA. Up until he was 8 or so he lived in PA, and his dad worked at J & L Steel. Press Maravich taught Pete the correct way to play the game, though Pete was a bit of rebel at heart. I knew a few who worked at J & L Steel Ltd, and I grew up and attended Beaver High School, about 5 miles from Alliquippa.
He made basketball fun!
He was snakebitten in a way. Had he been drafted into a winning situation he might today be viewed as the GOAT.
Well that or Hawks Management!!! They got rid of Julius Erving!!! Pete and Julius on the same team.... Incredible!!!!! I'd pay to see that duo!!!!!!
Alley Oop Petey!!!!!!! Sure Thing J!!!!!
Per Maravić was a Serbian born in the US. A good friend of mine here in Serbia is his close relative. I wasn't even born then but now I realize how good he was. RIP legend.
People talk about Pete's defense... His defense was "I'll outscore you".
I was a black skater. I saw pistol Pete on NBA street. He does tricks kinda like a skateboarder but with purpose. I started dribbling with my non dominant hand. I began to get good at basketball by practicing tricks with purpose.
i followed pete thru his entire college and pro career, and no matter what any one else thinks, he was the best basketball player who ever lived.. he did things that nobody else could do, whether it was dribbling, passing, or just shooting the ball.. im 66 years old, and a celtics fan for life, but if i could watch pete in a game, i did, rather than a celtics game...... if you think that there was no 3 point line while in college, he would have had alot more points.. he averaged over 44 points a game, almost 3700 career pooints, which will never be broken, and scored ovewr 50 points 28 times..... i could go on and on, but you get the drift.... COLLEGE BASKETBALLS ALL TIME G O A T...
@Steven Gray i guess i just thought everyone knew that, at least those of us who kept up with basketball.. good additional point to make though steven...
A long list of legendary athletes to come out of Alaquipa and Pittsburgh in general!
Pete had the mind of a mad scientist when it came to basketball, it seems.
I enjoy all of the Pistol Pete documentaries. 3rd or 4th one. Just wonderful.
Before Michael Jordan the Pistol Pete Mavarich
Pistol was really an ambassador for basketball & ultimate showmanship on a basketball court. He was light years ahead of what he could do with the ball.
Sadly, his revolution died with him in the advent of the 3-pt shot.
Three point shots destroyed beautiful jump shots and high and low post.
Love these old school urban legends about him. Reminds me of my childhood
Very interesting. Have to say he was the best ever.
Yaaawwnn...zzz
Maybe, if you don't count championships.
Kareem..but pistol was one of the first and 1 pgs .
Like that he was from Pennsylvania
indeed he was rustyg57. indeed he was
rip to the goat of basketball
Pete besides the skill level, was also an incredible natural athlete.
I forgot to say, but I'll say it now... The GOAT!
Pete Maravich and the "what ifs" of sports
The great and exciting Pete Maravich was going to be in the 1970 N.B.A. draft. The Detroit Pistons had the first pick in the draft. Maravich did not want to play in Detroit. Who can blame him? The winters are cold. The team was bad for a long time. The city was/is still recovering from the 1967 race riots. If you want to understand why Detroit declared bankruptcy last year, take a drive most anywhere in Detroit that is not considered downtown or the New Center area. The shells of the burned buildings and houses from the 1967 riots are still standing. Many areas of Detroit look like bombed out Berlin, Germany at the end of World War II.
Nate Thurmond-The Father of the Showtime Lakers of Pat Riley.
Part two-Playing the “What If” game in sports. Nate Thurmond-the Father of Showtime
Nate Thurmond-The Father of the Showtime Lakers of Pat Riley.
April 04, 2014
The 1960s and 1970s were the greatest years for big men to shine in the National Basketball Association. The four greatest basketball players of all time played during that era and three of them were big men (Guard Oscar Robertson is in that group of four): Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (sorry Jordan and Lebron).
Also playing during those years were fellow big men, Walt Bellamy-HOF, Zelmo Beaty, Mel Daniels-HOF, Bob Lanier-HOF, Clifford Ray, Artis Gilmore-HOF, Swen Nater, Marvin Webster, Darryl Dawkins, Robert Parish-HOF, Kent Benson, WayneTree Rollins, Dave Corzine, Clyde Lovellette-HOF, Willis Reed-HOF, Wes Unseld-HOF, Dave Cowens-HOF, Dan Issel-HOF, Billy Paultz, Dave Robisch, Bob McAdoo-HOF, Caldwell Jones, Bill Walton-HOF, Moses Malone-HOF, Alvan Adams, Jack Sikma, James Edwards, Jerome Whitehead, Mychal Thompson. Some others who played as forward/centers were Bob Petit-HOF, Tom Heinsohn-HOF, Jerry Lucas-HOF, Gus Johnson-HOF, Connie Hawkins-HOF, Spencer Haywood.
Can you imagine how these grown men would have dominated the one-and-done skinny big kids of today we see jumping to the N.B.A. after one semester in college?
One of the best big men not named Russell, Chamberlain or Abdul-Jabbar was Nate Thurmond. On Nate Thurmond’s NBA.com bio page it says some say he had a better offensive game than Bill Russell, and a better defensive game than Wilt Chamberlain. Nate had those big muscular shoulders and biceps similar in definition to those of San Antonio’s David Robinson. He was a tremendous rebounder and had a terrific overall game.
Nate Thurmond should also be given credit for being the father of the Showtime Lakers of Pat Riley.
Follow me please.
On January 16, 1970, in a 127 to 105 loss at the Philadelphia 76ers, the San Francisco Warriors’ 6’11” center, Nate Thurmond, tore the lateral cartilage in his right knee diving for a ball. The injury occurred in the first quarter on a Friday night. The loss left San Francisco with a 21-26 record The Warriors were in fourth place and in a playoff spot in the seven team Western Division but only seven games behind the division leading Atlanta Hawks. After Thurmond’s injury, the Warriors finished the rest of their eighty-two game schedule with only nine more victories and twenty-six defeats; eighteen games behind the division winning Atlanta Hawks.
Seattle and Phoenix played much better in the last part of the season and passed San Francisco in the standings. Phoenix jumped all the way to third in the division. San Francisco finished in sixth place, only three games ahead of the San Diego Rockets.
On February 02, 1970, in an effort to keep their playoff chances alive, the Warriors traded their first round pick in the 1970 N.B.A. draft for Atlanta’s Zelmo Beaty. In the summer of 1969, after seven very productive years with the St. Louis/Atlanta Hawks, Zelmo signed a contract to play in the A.B.A. He had to sit out the 1969-70 N.B.A. season, due to the legal confrontations between the N.B.A. and the newer A.B.A. Beaty never signed with the Warriors. Zelmo had five more very good seasons with the Utah Stars and the Los Angeles Lakers.
After Thurmond was hurt and the Warriors finished the season with a poor record, the first round draft pick Atlanta received in the trade turned out to be the third pick in the entire draft.
The great and exciting Pete Maravich was going to be in the 1970 N.B.A. draft. The Detroit Pistons had the first pick in the draft. Maravich did not want to play in Detroit. Who can blame him? The winters are cold. The team was bad for a long time. The city was/is still recovering from the 1967 race riots. If you want to understand why Detroit declared bankruptcy last year, take a drive most anywhere in Detroit that is not considered downtown or the New Center area. The shells of the burned buildings and houses from the 1967 riots are still standing. Many areas of Detroit look like bombed out Berlin, Germany at the end of World War II.
Detroit selected the big center from St. Bonaventure, Bob Lanier. Bob had a terrific career, was well respected in sports and business circles and was one of the leading voices in the player’s union for many years.
The San Diego Rockets picked second. With the team changing its mind at the last second, it took Rudy Tomjanovich, the versatile Polish forward from Hamtramck and the University of Michigan. San Diego management did not think it could afford Pete Maravich.
The Boston Celtics took Dave Cowens with the fourth pick.
Atlanta used San Francisco’s pick to take Pete Maravich. The union of the Atlanta Hawks and Pete Maravich was bad from the very beginning. There are two recent excellent biographies about Maravich that go into detail about the basketball dynamics in 1970 Atlanta.
Pete Maravich: The Authorized Biography of Pistol Pete [Wayne Federman, Marshall Terrill, Jackie Maravich]
Pistol: The Life of Pete Maravich [Mark Kriegel]
If the San Francisco Warriors kept that 1970 first round draft choice and drafted Maravich with the third pick, can you imagine the possibilities of that 1970-1971 team? Thurmond would have recovered from his knee injury. Jerry Lucas and Jeff Mullins were on the team. Rick Barry may even have considered returning from his stint in the A.B.A. a year or two earlier. The battles against Jerry West, Wilt Chamberlain and the Lakers for the best team in California would have been magnificent.
After four years in Atlanta, Maravich was traded to the newly formed New Orleans Jazz on May 20, 1974 to take advantage of his popularity from his L.S.U. days.
After a couple of bad seasons in New Orleans and in order to give Maravich some help, the owners of the Jazz signed guard Gail Goodrich of the Los Angeles Lakers as a free agent on July 19, 1976 According to the free agent rules at the time, the team losing the free agent, had to be compensated in kind.
Part of the package New Orleans sent to the Lakers to make them whole was the 1979 first round draft choice of the Jazz. That draft choice turned out to be Earvin Johnson. Instead of joining Maravich, Bernard King and Adrian Dantley in New Orleans with the potential to have a most exciting team, Johnson hooked up with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in Los Angeles and won five N.B.A. titles in the 1980s.
All of this happened because muscular Nate Thurmond hurt his knee on Friday night, January 16, 1970 in Philadelphia.
Ironically, Pete Maravich was waived by the Utah Jazz on January 17, 1980.
Another connection Nate Thurmond has to the Los Angeles Lakers is that on September 3, 1974, Joe JellyBean Bryant (Kobe’s dad) was traded by the Chicago Bulls (as a future 1975 1st round draft pick) with Clifford Ray to the Golden State Warriors for Nate Thurmond.
Instead of #42 being remembered as the number worn by the Laker’s James Worthy, that jersey should hang in the Staples Center with Nate Thurmond’s name on it.
The “What Ifs” of sports and life continue to cause wonder.
PISTOL PETE MARAVICH basketball gennius. The BEST player ever. That men is born with ball!!! One an' only.
Thank you
True legend.
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Honestly he was & is the greatest of all time
Maybe, if you don't count championships.
Hard to argue college, but NBA is a different story, not sure if I can put him over a Jordan, Bird, Magic, Chamberlain, Russell and those guys, but he's right up there.
At least skills yes
@@glenngibbs1267 His ball handling ability is unmatched, i will say that, incredible court vision, knowing where his teammates were, a shame he never won a title, I think he never got with the right team or coach, to really show what he could do, he couldn't make the players around him better, like Bird, Magic or Jordan, I'm not saying he's not as great as those players, but he just never got with the right team or coach, to help him.
Really gifted player with a great work ethic but not even close if you're talking professionally
The end of his basketball career, he found God.He found peace. Thankyou for this post.
Pete didn't show off, he was a show
Press was determined to turn his son into a perfect basketball machine, rather than a happy person. The segment with the 7th grade math teacher early in the doc speaks volumes.
Skill 50 to 60 yrs later an skill talkin about him that explained how talented an fun to watch
If you take a serious look back in history, every genius is crazy. It's not their fault it's just the way life deals in that card. God gives you something special and then he makes you add crazy to the mix. It's a give and take.
Old pistol was a genius. But, by God he had that crazy gene in him too.
When you come into the NBA out of college, having averaged 44 points a game, the bar was set too high. He wasn't going to put up the same numbers in the pros. I think a lot of people back then thought he would. It was impossible to live up to that hype every night.
24 points per game and hitting nearly 50% of his shots with no three point line isn't really shabby.
I didn't see any gold dust thrown in the air .
What a great tribute,
I think you can really see a lot of Pete’s ‘art’ passed into Bird and other players. Even a lot into Dr J and Jordan…..it’s cool that he was #23 in college.