@freds.9407 No, the rules have changed. What they're doing would be a carry all the way up through till AI came into the league. If you tried their "handles" back in his day, you'd be whistled to the bench and out of the league if you couldn't change your game fast enough.
@@unnaturalselection8330 so is the so called ero-step, but you can't take away the skill set because times have changed. He was great in his era and could play in this era, but it wouldn't be the same because the talent is so much better.
@@freds.9407 Oh, I'm not throwing shade; great players adapt their game to the rules they're playing under, and deserve credit for doing so. I'm just saying dudes dribble skillset is still unique. ...Probably due to his dribble drills. Particularly the drills where he dribbled two balls inches from the floor basically forever and the one where he dribbled beside his car as it rolled down the street.
I only saw Pete play once in his sophomore season at LSU they came to Austin to play Texas. We had all heard about this phenom, and when LSU came out there was this skinny tall kid with his socks down around his ankles. Then he started to play. I have never seen anything like it before or since. He was the most amazing player I ever saw, even though his teams never won. Even UT played them close, but he scored enough for LSU to win.
This was good. The video gives a proper portrayal of how great Pete was. Because he never won a championship and played on losing teams , Pete never got the proper accolades. Also, traditionalists looked down on him as a "showboat" and "too flashy." This was before the 3 point shot where long attempts were thought of as low percentage and should be avoided. He was a man before his time. One of the most telling stories was that Dr J loved his game and wanted to get traded to Atlanta to play with him. That would have been the ticket everyone wanted! Imagine the respect and praise Pistol would get in today's game!
He was a great passer. He ran into racism and resentment. Signed for an unheard of million dollar contract. He had teamates that had been in the league for years and were making. 50K.
Thank you for giving players from the 70's and 60's their flowers and love. Often, people act as if the NBA started in the 90's and give no other eras their espect due.
I read several years ago something that Pete said that amazed me. When he was, I believe in junior high, he would go to a double feature movie every Saturday and take a basketball with him. He would sit in an aisle seat and for the entire 1st movie dribble the ball with the hand next to the aisle. He would switch sides of the aisle and do the same with his other hand when the second movie played.
He did these from the future moves on an old and stricter rule set no carrying or palming the balls always perfectly avoided travelling no harden step back bs All real by the book clean basketball
I can remember seeing him dribbling down the court with one hand and swiping his hair out of his face with the other. Amazing talent. But like most greats he worked very hard all his life to get that talent.
How do you measure talent? How much of talent is really hard work? I don't know but when I watch Pistol Pete I have this visceral reaction like I'm watching the most talented player to ever shoot a basketball. It's unscientific but it's a raw feeling I get.
I remember staying up late to watch Maravich and LSU play on the west coast. Awesome. Back then, everyone did the Maravich drills, but there was only Pete Maravich.
Pete used to practice dribbling the ball on his way to high school every morning and afternoon. Strange part about it was his father drove him to and from school, Pete hung out the window and mastered dribbling at various speeds.
In the movie about pistol Pete, the scene where he keeps spinning the ball on his finger towards the end is awesome, they said it was a true story , I would have loved to watch him in person
He was born in PA, that makes him American. His father was also born in PA. At best you can say he was of Serbian descent. I'm sure it's all mixed up. Fun try though.
Robert-tj3qq] Elgin Baylor was one of my favorite players if not my favorite but I am a little biased. As a young boy in Seattle I would listen too the Seattle University basketball games that were broadcast on the radio.
I was lucky enough to go to Pete’s basketball camp in Clearwater and was able to spend time with him and his father and was just amazed by how giving and invested they were in all of us truly too. Dark days were win Pete and press passed away.
Great player's in the 60s and 70s! And a lot of them are highlighted in the documentary! All greats! The lack of TV exposure! Did no justice! But I always follow them in a box score in the local papers! Yes you are the reason I played the game! Thanks to Greats!
That guy was the G O A T in my book. I was stationed in South Korea, in my over seas tour but i could still get the L S U basketball broadcast on the radio at two o clock in the A M. He was the best and still is no doubt about.
People forget how big (6'5") Pete was. Doing all of that stuff at a small forward's height was just amazing. Because I was such a fanatic, and because I loved "Red on Roundball," I practiced all of Pete's drills. It made me a much better player.
The thing is, he could do all this at top level because he drilled the basics. He had a video series, basketball homework that me and my buddys used to drill everyday after school, we all were playing like pistol when we were 9 years old. Put in the reps and focus until the fundamentals beco,e 2nd nature, then and only then, can you let your creativity shine
History that will be forgotten, if not for these clips…They will disappear eventually. Sad how much we will forget. There have been so many beautiful moments for all these legacy players that will disappear.
Wild that a men's basketball program at LSU who has never had true success has produced a couple of the best talents the game of basketball has ever seen in Shaq and Pete
LSU and Pete came to Georgetown University before John Thompson was coach and they lost. This was absolutely shocking. I did a lot of razzle dazzle in my day. Earl the Pearl was my man even though I liked Pete..
As a Pennsylvania kid born in 1956, I grew up watching the epic battles between Wilt and Bill Russell. They both dominated through strength, determination, and sheer force of will that I seemed to actually feel as I watched them on our fuzzy, flipping black-and-white RCA console TV. The '60s had its share of players with great finesse and shooting abilities, but until Pete (and Dr. J) came along, the league had very few with flash and, as a local sportscaster described them, "Pizazz." Even more than his amazing shooting, I LOVED Pete's ball handling, passing, and uncanny ability to seemingly know exactly where every teammate was on the floor at any given time. I'm very thankful that there was no 3-point shot back then. Sure, he may have scored 57 per game at LSU, but the very talents that set him apart would have been coached out of him. I can almost hear a coach saying, "C'mon! Pull up and shoot the damn ball!" Also, everyone else on the team blasting threes would have made his magician-like passing unnecessary or at least greatly diminished. I could go on and on, but I'll end by saying, first, thank you for putting this wonderful video together, and second, a big regret is not having the access we have today of watching every game he played instead of settling for watching a few plays on the sports highlights, although living in Pennsylvania I did have the great fortune of watching nearly every '76ers game when Dr. J played on those teams that were stacked with talent at every position. Just one more time, Lord, I'd love to hear the Philadelphia PA announcer Dave Zinkoff introducing Mo Cheeks, Andrew Toney, Moses Malone, Bobby Jones, and ending with his patented low muttering growl that worked up to a crescendo, "And, Ladies and Gentlemen from the University of Massachusetts, Julius Eeeerrrrrrvinggggggggg."
I remember him being featured in the montage of great players at the start of the Game of the Week on TV every weekend. The clip had him dribbling by a guy, slipping and falling, then spinning around, picking himself up and dribbling past a guy. All while maintaining his dribble. I would go outside and try to do that after watching the game. He really did play in the wrong era.
White Harlem Grobetrotter, bro! There there was also Earl "The Pearl", and his unique turns--different styles that made 60's and 70's basketball unforgettable! Thx.
I grew up in Baton Rouge, La. I used to go to the Gym Armory where the LSU Freshman team praciced. He was peeved at his Dad and angrily went of the court. I was standing outside the exit door. He almost hit me with that door as he was still angry. It is a slight memory and was angry about his action. That is as close as I got to him in his four years at LSU. Sadly, there were not black players there in 1966. When games were televised , I among others could not discount his extreme basketball talent.
I'm 76 years old, and I can honestly say that there were only 2 players that I absolutely loved watching. The players were Pete Maravich and Derrick Rose. Both had skills beyond belief.
People that haven't watched what they can of him have no idea what they are missing. That dude was a magician. One of the few guys that I say pretty much mastered offensive basketball.
My first basketball coach made us do dribbling drills he learned from Pistol Pete. Produced someone in part who ended up winning a national title at UNC. So, yeah. Put some respect on that man's name.
Thats racist why is he white chocolate from what i have seen some of the best players are white so if a black player is good i will call him white chocolate lmao.
@erics9754 Are you from that area or just stupid? It's fact so as much as you want to whine about psuedo outrage, get a grip. Especially when you are not from that area in Pennsylvania.
@@erics9754 A racist is someone that displays hatred towards someone just because of the color of their skin. There’s no hatred being displayed. Stop using words when you really don’t know what they mean bird brain
Dory Deli, in Neport Beach, CA, had a sandwich named after him. The owner of the Deli was Croatian, Shout out to Mario. Such a delicious sandwich. Great place by the beach.
Few had better than fundamentals than Pete. That's why he was so creative. He had so mastered the fundamentals, he could be artistic in his play. Today's players lack fundamentals, which is why the NBA is not as popular as it was during the 80s and 90s.
Today players are about foul baiting, trying to play with the rules and keep shooting 3s. Pete will be better than 80% of the current players. Amazing player. Pure Legend.
@@hitek9too255 So wrong. He turned the ball over 530 times. That stat stops at number 250 with Zach Lavine at 1584. Look up the stats for yourself, as you obviously have web access.
@@hitek9too255 Not only the turnovers, if you had read about any of the problems facing the NBA?? The latest figures is the NBA has lost 35% of its viewing audience in one category and 50% of its viewing audience in another category, even being bested by the woman players with a couple of broadcasted games. And to top it off they are trying to attract Caitlin Clark for their All-Star game 3 point competition just to get better TV ratings.
@brgilbert2 @kingmeek-wv2gu Local ratings down significantly in NFL’s biggest markets At the forefront of the 25 of 32 teams experiencing a decline in ratings are two of the league’s primetime darlings, who share a stadium-the New York Jets and Giants. While the Jets are coming off a 21-13 win over the Houston Texans on Thursday Night Football, their fans aren’t going out of their way to watch Gang Green, losers of five straight entering Thursday when they aren’t on primetime. Ratings are down for everything from the NFL, CNN, MSNBC, daytime tv, to everything. No one watches cable TV anymore.
Was fortunate enough to meet Pistol Peat at a Vic Bubbus Duke university/ basketball camp/ I was like 13 / 14 years old.. he did his between the legs thing for us.. this was like 1973 / 1974… My Dad served WW2 war / wounded.. Purple Heart/ came out with a Scholarship to Duke .. lettering all 4 years.. been a blue devil 😈 fan from day one.. it’s gonna be a great year hopefully for us!🎉🎉🎉🎉
Retired 1 year too early. Larry Bird said he tried to talk Pete into returning for the 81 season, but Pete knew that coach Bill Fitch did not like him and was always criticizing him. So Pete left
I grew up playing High School and City league ball when Pete was coming through college and early pro years. I wore droopy socks and imitated Pistol in everything I could until people hated seeing me score 30 and "hot dog" through everyone. Then they started beating on me without mercy. Refs. had no sympathy because back then nobody liked that shit. It always started with guys making fun of me and by the third quarter, 25pts and fistfights. I mean brawling. But I never stopped doing my thing. RIP Pete Maravich, my hero
The late sports writer Ralph Wiley described Pistol Pete as follows: "If you take all 12 Harlem Globetrotters, melt them down and pour them into the body of a 6 foot, 6 inch white man, that man would be Pete Maravich."
Pistol and his friend went to the state fair while Pete was at LSU. They came to the booth with the hoop challenge. The one with the smaller basket where the ball just fits, at a weird height and you have to make 2 or 3 in a row to get the prize. Pete stepped up and started winning the prizes and handing them to kids. After a while the guy at the booth says he cant shoot anymore. Won too much. So Pete backs up a ways until he convinces the guy to continue. And he wins a bunch more prizes. And hands them away. A crowd starts forming. Again the booth guy stops him. Pete backs up until the guy thinks it’s too far and it continues. At the end, Pete was shooting over the cheering crowd until he completely wiped the booth out of prizes and then walked away as his friend told the booth guy that he’d just been had by Pistol Pete.
[Jay_G94] That was one reason given, the 3 point line, trying to remedy "clogging the middle". And unlike what [skelderon64] thinks above, its purpose was to bring more excitement to the game there-by attracting more fans.
I remember watching him dribble a basketball while riding his bike. He lived a block away from me in Baton Rouge.
That dude had dribbling skills that are still unmatched.
@@unnaturalselection8330 his dad used to drive him around the city and have him dribble a ball out the back window 💯🙏
@@unnaturalselection8330 Jason Williams and Kyrie have better handles.
@freds.9407 No, the rules have changed.
What they're doing would be a carry all the way up through till AI came into the league.
If you tried their "handles" back in his day, you'd be whistled to the bench and out of the league if you couldn't change your game fast enough.
@@unnaturalselection8330 so is the so called ero-step, but you can't take away the skill set because times have changed. He was great in his era and could play in this era, but it wouldn't be the same because the talent is so much better.
@@freds.9407 Oh, I'm not throwing shade; great players adapt their game to the rules they're playing under, and deserve credit for doing so.
I'm just saying dudes dribble skillset is still unique.
...Probably due to his dribble drills.
Particularly the drills where he dribbled two balls inches from the floor basically forever and the one where he dribbled beside his car as it rolled down the street.
Pistol Pete was just the best ball handler I have seen......and I'm 78 years old.....❤❤❤wow have time pass wow thanks for the memories...❤❤❤
I only saw Pete play once in his sophomore season at LSU they came to Austin to play Texas. We had all heard about this phenom, and when LSU came out there was this skinny tall kid with his socks down around his ankles. Then he started to play. I have never seen anything like it before or since. He was the most amazing player I ever saw, even though his teams never won. Even UT played them close, but he scored enough for LSU to win.
This was good. The video gives a proper portrayal of how great Pete was. Because he never won a championship and played on losing teams , Pete never got the proper accolades. Also, traditionalists looked down on him as a "showboat" and "too flashy." This was before the 3 point shot where long attempts were thought of as low percentage and should be avoided. He was a man before his time.
One of the most telling stories was that Dr J loved his game and wanted to get traded to Atlanta to play with him. That would have been the ticket everyone wanted! Imagine the respect and praise Pistol would get in today's game!
Exactly!! He was great. His dad was a college basketball coach. The movie Pistol Pete is very educational.
He was a great passer. He ran into racism and resentment. Signed for an unheard of million dollar contract. He had teamates that had been in the league for years and were making. 50K.
I don't appreciate or understand basketball as well as most, but even I come away astounded by some of the moves Maravich made....
Thanks for posting.
Thank you for giving players from the 70's and 60's their flowers and love. Often, people act as if the NBA started in the 90's and give no other eras their espect due.
I read several years ago something that Pete said that amazed me. When he was, I believe in junior high, he would go to a double feature movie every Saturday and take a basketball with him. He would sit in an aisle seat and for the entire 1st movie dribble the ball with the hand next to the aisle. He would switch sides of the aisle and do the same with his other hand when the second movie played.
@@1950G1950 I've heard that story too. In fact, because of that story, I would dribble around my block with my right hand then with my left.
Yeah,true story. His dad was a college basketball coach. The movie Pistol Pete is a great movie about his childhood.
@@1950G1950 He would dribble the ball out the window of his dad's car on the ride to school.
He did these from the future moves on an old and stricter rule set no carrying or palming the balls always perfectly avoided travelling no harden step back bs
All real by the book clean basketball
Word!
ICONIC, truly one of a kind.
Thanks for the video. I can see that he was respected, love, and looked upon with awe. He was one of the brightest stars burnt out too soon.
Great video. Thank you. Pistol Pete was one of one
I can remember seeing him dribbling down the court with one hand and swiping his hair out of his face with the other. Amazing talent. But like most greats he worked very hard all his life to get that talent.
How do you measure talent? How much of talent is really hard work? I don't know but when I watch Pistol Pete I have this visceral reaction like I'm watching the most talented player to ever shoot a basketball. It's unscientific but it's a raw feeling I get.
both, like Steph Curry. Lots of practice.
@DavidDudley-yy2ui Yep. It's both. I suppose I should have said "how do you measure raw talent."
Ball handling wizard! The Harlem Globetrotters offered him 1 million to play with them.
I remember staying up late to watch Maravich and LSU play on the west coast. Awesome. Back then, everyone did the Maravich drills, but there was only Pete Maravich.
Averaged over 44 pts per game during college career and his ball handling skills were legendary too. Loved Pistol Pete
He would be awesome in today's game. MVP for years.
Started watching hoops in 1977. The thing about Pistol was he didn't carry or travel with the ball. Greatest ball handler ever.
He nice but I think Steph and Kyrie are top 2
@@Gojo-r3o2v he 1st, then kyrie then steph curry!
@@JAMESKONNOVITCH-i6j have u seen Caitlin Clark's handle it's nuts
@@Gojo-r3o2vShe’s great, but Pistol Pete is the greatest ball handler ever!
John Stockton. You guys forget?
It was untelevised, but, the half-court hook-shot at the end of the game against Georgia I would truly love to have seen.
Pete used to practice dribbling the ball on his way to high school every morning and afternoon. Strange part about it was his father drove him to and from school, Pete hung out the window and mastered dribbling at various speeds.
In the movie about pistol Pete, the scene where he keeps spinning the ball on his finger towards the end is awesome, they said it was a true story , I would have loved to watch him in person
❤Pistol Pete is the GOAT beyond categories❤Just straight🏀B-ball
When I was young, we just heard about Pete. He was a legend.
Rest easy Pete. Your legend still shines in 2024.
Pistol Pete Maravich/Maravić was Serbian like Nikola Jokić, including me also !
He was born in PA, that makes him American. His father was also born in PA. At best you can say he was of Serbian descent. I'm sure it's all mixed up. Fun try though.
Pistol Pete moved like jazz music is heard.
dig that
Beautiful player and beautiful testimony.
His reaction time was amazing. He left people guessing. If they guessed right? It was still wrong. 😂
Both Maravich and Calvin Murphy are 2 of the best athletes you'll find in any sport.
Listening to all the old players talk about Pete was the best moments.
Elgin Baylor & Pete Maravich were the two players that changed basketball.
Robert-tj3qq] Elgin Baylor was one of my favorite players if not my favorite but I am a little biased. As a young boy in Seattle I would listen too the Seattle University basketball games that were broadcast on the radio.
They, along with Bob Cousy ... Invented the Game ...
Pistol Pete was basketball magic!
I was lucky enough to go to Pete’s basketball camp in Clearwater and was able to spend time with him and his father and was just amazed by how giving and invested they were in all of us truly too. Dark days were win Pete and press passed away.
The Pistol...🎉❤
Great player's in the 60s and 70s! And a lot of them are highlighted in the documentary! All greats! The lack of TV exposure! Did no justice! But I always follow them in a box score in the local papers! Yes you are the reason I played the game! Thanks to Greats!
That guy was the G O A T in my book. I was stationed in South Korea, in my over seas tour but i could still get the L S U basketball broadcast on the radio at two o clock in the A M. He was the best and still is no doubt about.
Not gonna lie. I’m 50. Played all over. I’m 6’2” so I never had an above the rim game. I learned to run point/sg by watching guys like this.
People forget how big (6'5") Pete was. Doing all of that stuff at a small forward's height was just amazing.
Because I was such a fanatic, and because I loved "Red on Roundball," I practiced all of Pete's drills. It made me a much better player.
Pistol was the G.O.A.T. of College Basketball. Period!
Don't forget Bob Cousey. His style of play was like Pete before Pete. Obviously not as good as Pete but a great player as well.
Pistol Pete was so far ahead of his time
The thing is, he could do all this at top level because he drilled the basics. He had a video series, basketball homework that me and my buddys used to drill everyday after school, we all were playing like pistol when we were 9 years old. Put in the reps and focus until the fundamentals beco,e 2nd nature, then and only then, can you let your creativity shine
Pete Maravich made the SEC a basketball oriented conference along with football.
I remember Pete Maravich when he played for LSU. He was tremendous.
We didn't get to see him enough!! 😔
BALL HANDLING SKILLS SECOND TO NONE OTHER THAN CRAZY GEORGE SCHAEUR AND WHAT A SHOOTER HE WAS DEADLY
I implore all basketball players and fans to read Pistol by mark kriegel
And watch the movie “Pistol Pete”
Pistol was ahead of his time--still is!
@@linkercasas1004 😱 OMG if WE CAN 🙈 $EE him NOW ‼️💯😦 WIT 3'$, ³$TEP$ & CARRYING 🫣
Yes. I do not think the game will ever "catch up to him".
Great compilation! Good job!
History that will be forgotten, if not for these clips…They will disappear eventually. Sad how much we will forget. There have been so many beautiful moments for all these legacy players that will disappear.
Pistol Pete Maravich #44 Great video
I had his DVDs when I was younger. They were originally VHS. If you saw his drills.. you would understand why he was the best.
Wild that a men's basketball program at LSU who has never had true success has produced a couple of the best talents the game of basketball has ever seen in Shaq and Pete
Favorite of Pistol Pete, Is His Testimony of Coming to Know JESUS. Enjoyed this Show about Pistol Pete.
Don’t have any favorite PP moments. I LOVE them all !
As a Celtics fan, there are three guys I wished had played their entire career with the Celtics. Bill Walton, Kevin Garnett, and Pete Maravich.
@@jamescaron6465 yeah me too…especially Pete because he never won a championship.
@@jmad627 Yea, And those Boston Teams would have been unbeatable.
LSU and Pete came to Georgetown University before John Thompson was coach and they lost. This was absolutely shocking. I did a lot of razzle dazzle in my day. Earl the Pearl was my man even though I liked Pete..
As a Pennsylvania kid born in 1956, I grew up watching the epic battles between Wilt and Bill Russell. They both dominated through strength, determination, and sheer force of will that I seemed to actually feel as I watched them on our fuzzy, flipping black-and-white RCA console TV. The '60s had its share of players with great finesse and shooting abilities, but until Pete (and Dr. J) came along, the league had very few with flash and, as a local sportscaster described them, "Pizazz." Even more than his amazing shooting, I LOVED Pete's ball handling, passing, and uncanny ability to seemingly know exactly where every teammate was on the floor at any given time. I'm very thankful that there was no 3-point shot back then. Sure, he may have scored 57 per game at LSU, but the very talents that set him apart would have been coached out of him. I can almost hear a coach saying, "C'mon! Pull up and shoot the damn ball!" Also, everyone else on the team blasting threes would have made his magician-like passing unnecessary or at least greatly diminished.
I could go on and on, but I'll end by saying, first, thank you for putting this wonderful video together, and second, a big regret is not having the access we have today of watching every game he played instead of settling for watching a few plays on the sports highlights, although living in Pennsylvania I did have the great fortune of watching nearly every '76ers game when Dr. J played on those teams that were stacked with talent at every position. Just one more time, Lord, I'd love to hear the Philadelphia PA announcer Dave Zinkoff introducing Mo Cheeks, Andrew Toney, Moses Malone, Bobby Jones, and ending with his patented
low muttering growl that worked up to a crescendo, "And, Ladies and Gentlemen from the University of Massachusetts, Julius Eeeerrrrrrvinggggggggg."
I loved those old Red Auerbach on basketball videos. Amazing talent showcases.
I remember him being featured in the montage of great players at the start of the Game of the Week on TV every weekend. The clip had him dribbling by a guy, slipping and falling, then spinning around, picking himself up and dribbling past a guy. All while maintaining his dribble. I would go outside and try to do that after watching the game. He really did play in the wrong era.
The first time I saw Caitlin Clark play, Pistol Pete came instantly to mind. She is the type of player that reminds me of Pete the most.
White Harlem Grobetrotter, bro! There there was also Earl "The Pearl", and his unique turns--different styles that made 60's and 70's basketball unforgettable! Thx.
Thanks for this video
I grew up in Baton Rouge, La. I used to go to the Gym Armory where the LSU Freshman team praciced. He was peeved at his Dad and angrily went of the court. I was standing outside the exit door. He almost hit me with that door as he was still angry. It is a slight memory and was angry about his action. That is as close as I got to him in his four years at LSU. Sadly, there were not black players there in 1966. When games were televised , I among others could not discount his extreme basketball talent.
When I was a young man we would discuss the moves of Pete Maravitch in highschool .
The NBA was just available in Canada
I think he's the greatest
I'm 76 years old, and I can honestly say that there were only 2 players that I absolutely loved watching. The players were Pete Maravich and Derrick Rose. Both had skills beyond belief.
People that haven't watched what they can of him have no idea what they are missing. That dude was a magician. One of the few guys that I say pretty much mastered offensive basketball.
My first basketball coach made us do dribbling drills he learned from Pistol Pete. Produced someone in part who ended up winning a national title at UNC. So, yeah. Put some respect on that man's name.
A product of Aliquippa PA. The original "White Chocolate".
Thats racist why is he white chocolate from what i have seen some of the best players are white so if a black player is good i will call him white chocolate lmao.
@erics9754 Are you from that area or just stupid? It's fact so as much as you want to whine about psuedo outrage, get a grip. Especially when you are not from that area in Pennsylvania.
@@erics9754 A racist is someone that displays hatred towards someone just because of the color of their skin. There’s no hatred being displayed. Stop using words when you really don’t know what they mean bird brain
Dory Deli, in Neport Beach, CA, had a sandwich named after him. The owner of the Deli was Croatian, Shout out to Mario. Such a delicious sandwich. Great place by the beach.
Few had better than fundamentals than Pete. That's why he was so creative. He had so mastered the fundamentals, he could be artistic in his play. Today's players lack fundamentals, which is why the NBA is not as popular as it was during the 80s and 90s.
Today players are about foul baiting, trying to play with the rules and keep shooting 3s. Pete will be better than 80% of the current players. Amazing player. Pure Legend.
I love Pistol but Pete didn't play defense and was a turnover machine. Also, the NBA today is much more popular than ever before.
@@hitek9too255 So wrong. He turned the ball over 530 times. That stat stops at number 250 with Zach Lavine at 1584. Look up the stats for yourself, as you obviously have web access.
@@hitek9too255 Not only the turnovers, if you had read about any of the problems facing the NBA?? The latest figures is the NBA has lost 35% of its viewing audience in one category and 50% of its viewing audience in another category, even being bested by the woman players with a couple of broadcasted games. And to top it off they are trying to attract Caitlin Clark for their All-Star game 3 point competition just to get better TV ratings.
@brgilbert2 @kingmeek-wv2gu Local ratings down significantly in NFL’s biggest markets
At the forefront of the 25 of 32 teams experiencing a decline in ratings are two of the league’s primetime darlings, who share a stadium-the New York Jets and Giants. While the Jets are coming off a 21-13 win over the Houston Texans on Thursday Night Football, their fans aren’t going out of their way to watch Gang Green, losers of five straight entering Thursday when they aren’t on primetime.
Ratings are down for everything from the NFL, CNN, MSNBC, daytime tv, to everything. No one watches cable TV anymore.
I would rather watch ball from this era than the current one and its a decade or two before my time
Was fortunate enough to meet Pistol Peat at a Vic Bubbus Duke university/ basketball camp/ I was like 13 / 14 years old.. he did his between the legs thing for us.. this was like 1973 / 1974… My Dad served WW2 war / wounded.. Purple Heart/ came out with a Scholarship to Duke .. lettering all 4 years.. been a blue devil 😈 fan from day one.. it’s gonna be a great year hopefully for us!🎉🎉🎉🎉
I saw Pete play at Omaha vs the Kings. He signed my program Pistol Pete
He was amazing to watch.
We love you Pete, thanks for being you.
6:44 McHale say "he shot the ball turned & ran down court." This was before Steph was even a thought let alone born.
He was an artist on a court of basketball players
All the moves Pete Maravich had where favorite moves.👍
What Pistol did will never be matched, because dribbling rules changed. Palming/carrying the ball was illegal then; it's legal now. Huge difference.
The best player in the history of LSU basketball and the 2nd best NBA player the school has ever produced! 🐅⚜🐐
Caitlin Clark broke his NCAA scoring record
There’s reality and then there’s whatever you’re talking about.
no,,,,,she did not,
Pistol did not have a 3 point line. Change all Caitlin's 3s to 2s. I wonder what she would have then. She is amazing though.
@@TheFern72 also only 3 of his 4 years counted, no shot clock either.
Not really, how many three point baskets did she get?
It’s practically unimaginable that if there was a three-point line back then, he would’ve averaged 57 points per game‼️
A magician at his craft.
Pisol Pete was Cold! 🥶
Retired 1 year too early. Larry Bird said he tried to talk Pete into returning for the 81 season, but Pete knew that coach Bill Fitch did not like him and was always criticizing him. So Pete left
Gone too soon
RIP
I was fortunate enough to see him play in Atlanta
Respect.
Really wish I would have had a change to see him play!
I grew up playing High School and City league ball when Pete was coming through college and early pro years. I wore droopy socks and imitated Pistol in everything I could until people hated seeing me score 30 and "hot dog" through everyone. Then they started beating on me without mercy. Refs. had no sympathy because back then nobody liked that shit. It always started with guys making fun of me and by the third quarter, 25pts and fistfights. I mean brawling. But I never stopped doing my thing. RIP Pete Maravich, my hero
The late sports writer Ralph Wiley described Pistol Pete as follows:
"If you take all 12 Harlem Globetrotters, melt them down and pour them into the body of a 6 foot, 6 inch white man, that man would be Pete Maravich."
Whenever I hear people talk about Maravich the first player I think about when it comes to ball handling, is Bob Cousy!
Pistol and his friend went to the state fair while Pete was at LSU. They came to the booth with the hoop challenge. The one with the smaller basket where the ball just fits, at a weird height and you have to make 2 or 3 in a row to get the prize. Pete stepped up and started winning the prizes and handing them to kids. After a while the guy at the booth says he cant shoot anymore. Won too much. So Pete backs up a ways until he convinces the guy to continue. And he wins a bunch more prizes. And hands them away. A crowd starts forming. Again the booth guy stops him. Pete backs up until the guy thinks it’s too far and it continues. At the end, Pete was shooting over the cheering crowd until he completely wiped the booth out of prizes and then walked away as his friend told the booth guy that he’d just been had by Pistol Pete.
Ha ha ha. I remember that! He did that at a bunch of state fairs. Then they banned him. Lol.
Pistol is the most under rated player in the history of the NBA
4:44 why is it so many people clogging the middle?
No 3 point line so everybody is trying to get to the basket
@Jay_G94 cause that was real men basketball. They need to get rid of that stupid 3 point line.
[Jay_G94] That was one reason given, the 3 point line, trying to remedy "clogging the middle". And unlike what [skelderon64] thinks above, its purpose was to bring more excitement to the game there-by attracting more fans.
@brgilbert2 that's not my ldea of excitement bro. But to each their own.
He’s in my top 5.
Another Serbian virtuoso!
Watching Pistol Pete horse games back in the day
I was butt hurt when he was traded from the hawks