I am now 55 and remember this man, UNREAL !! A man of GOD also the end of his life at just 40 in 1988....Hear what all the NBA greats say about him here !! No color to GREATNESS !!

Thanks Pete. I was changed as a baseball player just by meeting you and taking your unforgettable advice. Rest In Peace and The Arms of God

Remember they used to actually CALL traveling violations

@Scott-ly2nk

Жыл бұрын

And 3 seconds and palming the ball now all they do is call fouls every once in awhile andthe players cry everytime one iscalled on them

And he did it without “carrying” or “palming”.....which is rampant in today’s game

@veotisthompson1227

4 жыл бұрын

Five steps to the lane these days

@demetriussmith7241

4 жыл бұрын

Men he was flawless

@edgarcayce2.02

3 жыл бұрын

Kobe was guilty all the time of that. Great point.

@Mr.56Goldtop

3 жыл бұрын

@@edgarcayce2.02 Jordan brought that into the league/basketball, they weren't going to say NO to him. Before it was call palming, or carrying, illegal.

@edgarcayce2.02

3 жыл бұрын

@@Mr.56Goldtop Exactly right. I'd forgotten how much Jordan did that. He did it routinely. Not a peep from the officials. It's ugly basketball, but those guys weren't exactly purists.

Watched him play back in the day.....dazzling

13:36 "don't trade me, trade the GM" LoloLoL

Its rare to see a player who would excel in today's game. Pete Maravich would BREAK today's game.

@Johnkoth

5 жыл бұрын

85dime Jerry West would also. The best of each decade could play today and start. Except maybe thr 40s.

A 6'5 player with those handles ....dam he was good.

Secret history of basketball.

Thank You for posting this - simply put, a poignant reminder of the greatest basketball player of all time. He came from my hometown of Pittsburgh and growing up in the 70's he was legend then here, and everywhere - and still is.

If Pistol Pete played in today's game, he'd be a top 10 all-time player

@williamjordan5554

4 жыл бұрын

Actually, a lot of current NBA players can do a lot of what he did. And Pete would be flummoxed by today's cross-over dribbles. But he was a pioneer.

@CBsays_

4 жыл бұрын

Today's game sucks ass! Oh I agree, brother!

@williamjordan5554

4 жыл бұрын

@@maninblack9850 His NBA career was not Hall of Fame level. Sorry.

@truthhurts837

4 жыл бұрын

None of his black teammates wanted to play with him and it showed.

@Mr.56Goldtop

3 жыл бұрын

@@truthhurts837 Not because of his skill, but because of his contract.

In Pete’s 68 point game 18 of his field goals were beyond the current NBA 3 point line. If he would have scored it with today’s line, he would have had 86 points, and 2nd all time in points in a single game, behind of course Wilt Chamberlain’s 100-point game.

I f he played today he'd be ahead of his time!

LEGEND

A damn disgrace what the league did to Pete Maravich. Way before his time and the rest of his teammates.

@truthhurts837

4 жыл бұрын

Amen

@michaelmccormack494

Жыл бұрын

Pete was different. He could have gone free agent, but he believed in the guys around him, whoever they were. So he wanted to win with THEM instead of looking for a tailor-made championship situation, with superstar players. He only asked for a trade out of Atlanta because his and Fitzsimmons's relationship was broken. And throughout the losing years, he never asked for a trade out of New Orleans. The cruel part? It was coming together just as he suffered his January, 1978 injury.

Great upload! Pistol is and will always be a legend of the game!

One of the first times the NBA shot itself through idiocy. They had Pete and Dr. J in Atlanta. They loved playing with each other. The Doctor said he would have stayed in Atlanta his whole career. Imagine.

@michaelmccormack494

Жыл бұрын

Well, not exactly. It was late in the ABA-NBA war...fall of 1972, and the ABA only had a few seasons to go before the leagues would merge. So it was still war, and the ABA Virginia Squires went to court to hold onto him. Which of course happened, or we probably would have an 'Atlanta Hawks' in the historic line of NBA champions. And maybe Pistol never goes to New Orleans...

Growing up in the midwest we just heard about Maravich. Seems he was a legend before we ever saw him.

Outstanding presentation, fun to watch Pistol in action.

@FacePCGaming

6 жыл бұрын

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I have watched basketball all of my life and if I had to pick the ALL-TIME GREATEST BASKETBALL TEAM, I would pick the following players: PETE MARAVICH , DAVID THOMPSON , LARRY BIRD , TIM DUNCAN , and BILL WALTON. Taken together, these are the most fundamentally sound PLAYERS in the HISTORY OF THE GAME.

@truthhurts837

4 жыл бұрын

Solid

@orange_cat

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. I'd also consider Wilt the Stilt in his prime or MJ. It's fun to imagine these things.

Such style! A total original. I met him in Portland back in 1970 during the Blazer's first season. He was amazing.

Without a doubt a prodigy, "just like Mozart".

He has the perfect video. No dislikes.

The best ball handler and passer of all time. Best college player of all time! The year he retired Boston went on to win the Championship!

@jeromebreezedale4592

4 жыл бұрын

Still pissed about that

I never heard of this guy pete,! until now.wow I thought magic Johnson, was thee original first ever.! amazing moves before magic!! came in the NBA

@ShangoDC

3 жыл бұрын

A serious player that far ahead of his time. One of the best when healthy and before the knee injury. Never had a great team around him although they were quality players.

A player truly ahead of his time.

If the 3 point shot was in effect when Maravich was playing, I shudder to think how the numbers would look.

The best there ever was. !!! No one can fill his shoes !! Was at every LSU home game in the cow palace where he broke so many records and ankles of opposing players!!!

Pistol... this guy is SIC!

WITHOUT THE 3 Pt. line mind you !! Pistol may have broke Wilt's 100 pt. game if they had the 3 pt. line when he hit 68 vs NY that classic night !!

@retr0gamer183

4 жыл бұрын

wouldnt that require 32 made 3s

@maninblack9850

4 жыл бұрын

Nicky Depaola Math is not your strong suit lol....each 3 pointer would have been worth ONE extra point. Not 3 lol.

@KMDGAMES

3 жыл бұрын

i highly doubt it kobe had the 3 point line and it was harder in kobes era and he scored 81 pete was good but now your just jacking him off with this comment there was no defense played in those old games all offense

Skill wise talent wise the best who ever touched a basketball he was always 10 steps ahead of everyone else the best THere was his and will ever be 🔫

Its a shame he wasn't around for the 92 Dream Team so the world could have seen him.

Man if he could of played vis freshman year his college numbers would be even greater and really untouchable with no 3 point line either that just amazing pistol is one of the greatest ever. RIP pistol

@ZONEPRESSLLC

5 жыл бұрын

If they had the 3, they said he would have averaged 52 in college. Enough said.

@AP-ik2tl

5 жыл бұрын

@@ZONEPRESSLLC pistol does not get the regetion he deserves. He is one of the greatest if he could of played with Boston longer with his career he could of one rings with bird if he was just a little younger him and bird and McHale parish would of been a nasty team. And if lin. Bias would of not past away damn. 6 rings easily if not more.

It is only through these videos that I have found my Lord and Savior, Pete Maravich!

@truthhurts837

4 жыл бұрын

Ha

Spectacular.

Petar Pisol Pit Maravic is Nikola Tesla in basketball world!!!

i think the bird might have picked up a few tricks from the pistol.

@clifflawrence7479

5 жыл бұрын

Lol I thought the same thing. Bird is my basketball guy. I remember watching bird and thinking how did he do that,how does he come up with this stuff? Then I started studying pistol and I got my answer

@skullduggery3377

5 жыл бұрын

@@clifflawrence7479 - for me, bird is the greatest all around player ever. past and present. the 86' celtics were probably the best team ever. the first time i wore my bird tank top to work one day, i was met with a lot of playful scorn from some coworkers. bird destroyed the souls of philly fans pretty bad...lol.

@clifflawrence7479

5 жыл бұрын

@@skullduggery3377 he is definitely one of my favorites and no offense to James I think the best small forward to ever play. Him and mj I always had as my one and two but I've studied some and watched some kareem was a bad boy. Just like bird and mj nearly unstoppable. Of course James fans go back to defense and they don't understand how underrated he was. Then you look at there defensive stats and they are almost identical until you get to defensive rebounds and bird blows him away. Then you look at defensive win shares and again bird comes out on top. James fans don't understand this. James is faster! James is stronger! James can jump higher! They don't understand that bird had the highest basketball iq of anybody that ever played the game. That meant he didn't have to be fast because he was always 3 or 4 steps ahead of the competition. Then throw in things that can't really be measured, heart and clutch

@skullduggery3377

5 жыл бұрын

@@clifflawrence7479 - true all that, yo!

@ZONEPRESSLLC

5 жыл бұрын

@@clifflawrence7479 Bird said he watched him on the Sunday game of the week...and went out and practiced his moves.

21:05 that speed dribble 💪🏼

The man with the floppy socks and the sad eyes.

FOREVER IDOL..! :) MJ & LJ SH!T..!! :)

If pistol could of played with the Boston longer he would of got the rings he deserved

@user2176

5 жыл бұрын

Imagine if Walton had of joined them in the early 80's, and Pistol still had his legs. Walton McHale Bird Pistol D. Johnson Then Ainge comes in off the bench with Parish, move Pistol to the point. Their passing, bball IQ, and versatility would have been insane, and this is with a young athletic Bird and McHale.

@marksmith823

4 жыл бұрын

He actually was a couple years late !

@SuperBeachbum74

4 жыл бұрын

he finally got to play with teammates who would actually pass the ball back to him. what he achieved at Boston showed how dominant he could have been has he played with actual TEAM PLAYERS

@Mistachill

4 жыл бұрын

@@SuperBeachbum74 He averaged as many as 28 shots per game in a season before coming to Boston. Teammates weren't passing the ball back to him? Huh?

@SuperBeachbum74

4 жыл бұрын

@@Mistachill no they weren't, he mostly had to go 1 on 1 as rarely, no never, passed him the ball. the coach had to insist he was passed too. in Boston, Archibald, bird, and cowens were exceptionally great passers

If they had the three point line that game pistol would of scored 80 to 90 points that game I think he could of scored a 100 if he had the three point line during his time

What took Atlanta so long to retire the Pistol number 44?? Wilkinson's and Mutombo before The Pistol? C'mon!

@joeherbert7555

3 жыл бұрын

I don't think he ever really got the respect he deserved while playing down there. Even his teammates were dicks to him, despite him being the reason for filling the seats.

For me, he is the BEST white NBA Player of the game.

Love this guy. Too bad that he was never with a great team. I think he would have enjoyed winning.

@AP-ik2tl

5 жыл бұрын

He was with the Celtic's but retired and the Celtic's won the next season

And he came to accept Jesus Christ as his Lord and Saviour .

He was first Serb in NBA. After him Divac, Stojakovic .................Marjanovic, Jokic, Bogdanovic............

still the best

In the sceam of life sports doesn't mean shit.

@Seenya59

4 жыл бұрын

Spelling does, though...

Pistol was the best. So sad he went to young

Dam he the coldest at horse fasho

"I'm the leading scorer of all time in colledge basketball. it'll be broken some day" No it won't.

All day Iceman?

Pete should’ve been drafted to the Boston Celtics instead of the Atlanta Hawks

iceman spoke too soon

2:23 "...he was the penultimate entertainer" - oof, though technically was was second best to the doctor, imho

504 Jazz Pistol Pete 💯💯💯💯👊👊

Pistol was the ONLY white man offered a position with the HARLEM GLOBE TROTTERS, an all black basketbal team with extraodinary basketball skills who incorporated comedy in their presentation. There were no other white players who exhibited skills that came close to the Harlem Globe Trotters standard of play.

Funky Jason Williams.

how many times are they gonna show that same lay up though

Why didn't the NBA give him a chance to play basketball.

@fenderguitars6050

4 жыл бұрын

Had he played his whole career on lakers, they would have won titles,..with him and wilt, etc,..would be like stockton and malone on meth !!

5:20 Yeah, that's not racist. Nope. Completely different.

Before Michael Jordan

Simple no Pete maravich no bird no magic no Jordan

The basketball game today is a joke if you can't create a shot palming the ball no defence can stop you these guys think they are great they are not Pete would ware these guys out

No skill in palming the nall

Typical anti-white discrimination. If he was black he'd have been one of the biggest stars ever.

@fenderguitars6050

4 жыл бұрын

hey,, even kobe and jordan give him props ,.. they call him "the best" thats enough for me,..

@edgarcayce2.02

3 жыл бұрын

He _was_ one of the biggest stars ever.

@ShangoDC

3 жыл бұрын

You're probably right about Pete now you understand what African Americans have to deal with every day in all aspects of life in America.