How Good Was Pistol Pete Maravich Actually?
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Pete Maravich, better known as Pistol Pete - was one of the best NBA players of the 70s, a dribbling magician, outstanding shooter, and arguably the greatest NCAA player ever.
Pete was playing a brand of basketball 40 years ahead of his time - and players today can't even do some of the stuff the Pistol did in the 70s.
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How Good Was Pistol Pete Actually?
Don't sleep on Pete!
Straight legend.
Ya bro some people don't even keep in the top 50 that is painful bro
I want to thank you for keeping these legends alive
The Original White Chocolate 💯
He's a street legend in the NBA rip pistol
The lsu basketball stadium is named after pistol Pete
Best line from a teammate of Pete: If he is looking at you, you aren't getting the ball.
It's still amazing that Pete amassed all those points with NO 3 POINT LINE. That still blows me away. He was a Superman.
@m rapacki
‘Pistol’ Pete Maravich, the _real_ GOAT!
Because of watching him, he inspired me to work on my basketball shooting and work on my behind the back shot...
After a while seems like it was 1 out of 3 percentage wise
Made one in a 3 on 3 game...
That was fun!!!
@m rapacki all in 3 years..just 87 games
@@kennybeans6115 Never Won Anything!
@@tombailey6021
What’s that have to do with his individual skills? For example, Tom Brady will undoubtedly go down as the GOAT in terms of success and winning rings….but he’s not nearly the greatest qb on an individual level. Not even close. Context matters. Put Brady on the Jets or MJ on the Clippers and it’s a totally different story. What Pistol brought to the game and his abilities as an all-around scorer was once in a lifetime.
He's underrated when you think of legends
Agree, he isn't talked about enough when it comes to great old-school players. His passes would make Jason Williams drop a jaw
I mean there are a lot of players with better stats
@@JoaoCruz-lu2kj his stats would be better if he had good teammates and a 3 point line in his career. He was always on bad teams and had his career cut short due to injurie
@@seannborba8416 I agree with you, what I'm saying is that maybe that's the main reason why he is so underrated, most people nowadays only look at ppg
@@JoaoCruz-lu2kj Yeah definitely underrated, he did things with the ball that people thought impossible.
Pete would have been so at home in today's basketball. Running and gunning, putting dudes on skates and slinging threes.
I know huh!! He would have been a joy to watch.
Say what you want, but the dude had one of the coolest nicknames in NBA history.
Pistol 🔫
Right along with Shooter McGavin :-D
Probably wouldn't allow that name now because
@@deirdre108 ...or Chuck " The Rifleman" Pearson
@@monetschannel5773 Wore it on the back of his New Orleans Jazz Jersey.
I remember seeing highlights of him and I was so impressed with his no look passing 👍🏽👍🏽🏀🏀🔥🔥💯💯 imagine the stuff that wasn't recorded RIP Pistol 🔫
Without this Legend .. Legends of the 80s wouldn't be as great as we know today.
so wrong.
What?
cuz Magic admitted that he stole Pete’s pass and court vision,and rookie Bird didn’t waste a second of the time he spent near Pistol,Zeke worked his ball handling over and over to come closer of Maravich’s handles and ball control,and….
Pete died before I was born, but he was my dad's favorite player of all-time, so I grew up always hearing the stories, reading the books, and watching the highlight films that existed. I always loved pushing down my high socks like Maravich when I was playing as a kid. I'm glad y'all talked about his handles too. That is the part of his game that has always been slept on to me.
Cause he was good. I thought I was him , cause I was small. But I'm not . He was amazing
Im Not old enough to have seen him play. I did see a documentary on him years ago, so I knew of his greatness. Definitely ahead of his time.
I seen him play, he was amazing, along with Earl Monroe, one of the most entertaining players ever.
Hey if someone See's my question please give me an answer..how or who is better Pete or Jordan? Just curious
1970 saw him play Ole Miss in Oxford. He scored 'only' 37 points. But his passes were unreal and will never be done again. Computer analysis reviewed his entire career; determing that on average he shot 13 shots beyond the 3-point line. Add this to 44 and you have 57 points AVERAGE per game; will never be done again.
addendum: He was saved in 1982 by the grace of the LORD GOD (Ephesians 2.8-8) and became a born-AGAIN Christian (John 3.3, 33-34). Some years later his father was saved. Pete said all he wanted to be known as is that he is a Christian. He is home today in heaven. This earth is not our home. DO NOT take the 'murder mark' (aka the 'jab') under any circumstances unless you want to spend eternity in hell (Revelation 13). Your ETERNAL HOME (spiritual health) is the only thing that matters.
@@pmcclaren1 lol wut ?
@@pmcclaren1 Yeah, he was a confused guy, like so many are. Emotionally needy people are prone to magical beliefs about being "saved". I felt sorry for him.
@@chikkipop I will ask you a question: where will you be when you die? We are all created with free will and in the image of our MAKER. There is only 1 decision in life that matters for 'eternity'. Choices are (a) hell (Revelation 6,13) or (b) heaven (John 3.3, 33-34). I too was very confused and needy until I said one night 'LORD if you are who you say you are come get me; can't take this anymore.' I did not open the Bible. HE did. Good luck.
@@pmcclaren1 *"I will ask you a question: where will you be when you die?"*
How would I know?! A grocery store or something? What a silly question!
*"We are all created with free will and in the image of our MAKER."*
A couple of questions. Do your best:
What is "free will"? What is the will free of?
What is a "MAKER" and how do you know about it? That's a pretty astonishing claim, so I expect a lot of evidence!
*"There is only 1 decision in life that matters for 'eternity'."*
ETERNITY!? The average person lives to be 70 or eighty, sometimes a little more. What are you talking about?!
*"Choices are (a) hell (Revelation 6,13) or (b) heaven (John 3.3, 33-34)."*
What are you talking about? We live, and we die! What special information do you have that tells you otherwise? Scientists will be interested in your presentation!
*"I too was very confused and needy until I said one night 'LORD if you are who you say you are come get me; can't take this anymore.'"*
What do you mean by *"I too"?* Clearly YOU were confused & needy, but I wasn't. It's the confused & needy who fall for superstitions.
What is it you couldn't take any more? And did this "LORD" come and get you? We don't have royalty in the US, so we don't have lords or princes or anything like that to help us.
*"I did not open the Bible. HE did. Good luck."*
I hope he explained why he was reading an ancient book to you. Humans long ago didn't know as much as we do now, so I'm surprised this lord didn't suggest counseling or something. I'd be interested to hear what you learned from it.
I like how succinct this guy is. No fluff, talks fast and gets right to the point.
Wow. How did I not know more about this man. I've heard his name before but didn't know much about him. How do great legends like this get forgotten about in today's NBA talking circles
Rightly deserve to be in the NBA top 75
Did they call his name for that ?
More like top five to. He's my all time starting point guard with Oscar Robinson, Wilt Chamberlain, Larry Bird, and Connie Hawkins
Top 10 in my book
Globetrotters were after him, you just know he was unique...
Globetrotters were a few decades BEFORE.They even had Wilt Chamberlain for one year as a member before he went into the nba which shows how unique Wilt was.
@@rusty6721 no offense but globetrotters are cool but u guys really reconize that as real ball i think its an insult i know they do cool things but globetrotters nba ???? I take nba he belongs in nba now wilt was just tall thats globetrotter take away size he aint nobody but Peter dont EVER refer to him like that and i said that in an Italian mob voice coming out of Africa and yeah i got a fifth of jack and smoke but pally thats truth i mafe another edit talking bout some globetrotters dont ever put his name with that abd ill say that sobet pally
@@voltrondefofunv5708 You do realize, the Globetrotters were a professional team before they went to being an exhibition /show team. At Pete's time of playing they definitely were a show team.
@@rusty6721 Rollo meant they were "after" Pete, in the sense that *they wanted him to join them,* not after him chronologically.
@@rusty6721 Wilt had to go to the Globetrotters to play, he left Kansas and back then the NBA only drafted players whose class graduated.
Imho, the greatest ncaa player ever. The all time highest scorer by a mile. Considering he did it in 3 years , no 3 point line, no shot clock. The G.O.A.T. of college basketball !
damn he really was a unicorn like we have durant nowadays and so much ahead of his time
Go watch Earl the pearl. Better in every way.
@@Gnofg Damn bruh...you're truly on Earl's nuts aren't you. Give it a break man.
Earl, a great player, averaged 18 points and 3.9 assists per game for his career. He was not even close to Pistol Pete skillwise.
the problem is probably 80-90% of the amazing plays he did were not recorded, so younger generations will never know many of the things he could do. he was also a great dunker/leaper in his early NBA days, according to Dr J
Pete was certainly the greatest I ever saw. Big UK fan here. I've seen a lot of great players. I saw Pete play UK in Lexington, approx. '69. Pete the G.O.A.T.
BIG UPS 2 PISTOL PETE💜💜💜 HE WAS A SUPER SUPER SUPERSTAR!! PUT THE BALL IN HIS HANDS, AND HE COULD DO ANYTHING HE WANTED 2 DO!! NO1 COULD STOP HIM!!!!!
They went back and charted his shots from college and figured he would have averaged around 57ppg with a 3 point line . He averaged 24 in his NBA career ..including one scoring a title and a 68 point game in 1977 vs The Knicks. His NBA average would have been 30-33 ppg with a 3 point line. The 3 point line came into existence in his final NBA season and he made 10-15 or something like that. Dude only played 10 seasons due to injuries and I also believe he got bored with the game… he was a strange dude in a lot of ways. His entire life was basketball…he wanted to attend West Virginia University but his father made him attend LSU because he had been named head coach. Pete worked 8-12 hours every single day of his life on basketball…. He described himself as a basketball Android. He was always searching for meaning in his Life … from veganism to martial arts and then he got into UFOs … always looking for some kind of meaning. He finally found what he considered his calling when he became a Christian… he devoted his life to Christianity. He died young at the age of 40 while playing a pick up game of basketball. He was always my basketball hero since I was a kid. Light years ahead of his time and the definition of devotion to basketball. If he had played longer and with 3 pt line he would be without a doubt one of the top 5 and maybe top 3 scorers ever.
They just said all of this in the video 😂😂
Where did the time fly? Would be a super-star even in today's game. Was VERY fun to watch. A boyhood star of mine.
44 ppg in college career. One of the unbreakable records in sports.
It’s honestly a shame that Pete doesn’t get the recognition he deserves just because he wasn’t on stellar teams. He put out a bunch of basketball instructional videos I used to watch as a kid and they definitely made me better highly recommend them to anyone who plays or has young kids who play
Dope video. One of the great showmen in NBA History. He had a hard life but had a very good career in the league
not really
@@Gnofg please explain
@@MannyMensah94 He was never on a winning team, & was often resented by the other players for all the attention he got.
@@chikkipop what about 1980 Celtics when he played and went to the Conference finals?
@@MannyMensah94 He was long past his prime and had little to do with the team's success at that point. The very next year they would win the championship, but he'd retired. If he'd had an important role on that team he wouldn't have walked away from it.
Saw him in an all star game.
He and Dr. J brought the ball down court, together, many times in that game.
Amazing illustration of one all-encompassing mind controlling two of the best bodies in the history of sport....SIMULTANEOUSLY.
It can never happen again.
Saw him at Madison Square Gardens against a pretty good knicks team at the time 42 pts later he basically beat the knicks that’s how good he was
One of the best pure shooters I’ve ever seen, in addition to all his other outstanding skills.
Pistol Pete Maravich was my basketball idol growing up even though he was retired 6 years before I was even born. I learned about him pretty early on and never forgot. He'll always be a legend to me and my all-time favorite player.
Jerry West was asked about Maravich's ability to dribble behind his back. West replied, "Oh I can do that. The only difference is, I only do it when I have to." That pretty much sums up Maravich. A great shooter, but one who valued the flash of scoring over the boring parts, like defense.
...but that razzlle-dazzle showmanship put butts in seats at a critical time in the history of the NBA when that sports league was beginning to encroach on baseball as the second most popular professional sports league in the U.S. after NFL. The league needed the spectacle of entertaining gameplay to grow its fan-base, and Pistol Pete was one of several top-echelon players (Dr. J being another) of that '70s era who provided that entertainment-value.
@@shruggzdastr8-facedclown "He put butts in the seats." You could say the same thing about Pauly Shore. Does that make him a great actor?
" Pistol Pete " was the greatest ever ! He was so good , sometimes he'd fake himself out !
i knew little about pete tll i was praying while walking 2 blocks from where pete died and had a thought like " how long is pete going to be around?' He was just a guy in the guinness book to me. I played/ didn't watch much. I got home to Eugene to see the paper reporting his death and my jaw hit the floor. Then in my friend's lab he showed me his testimony on the wall
EGGSELLENT! As a longtime Pete student and born only 2 weeks apart (yes, my hair is white) you did a fine job on Pete's career and did not underplay his gifts. If you left anything out, you should mention Pete's 'Homework Basketball' series. That was finished one year before his deadly collapse. One more thing to add to his 68 point game: he had TWO shots negated by fouls and he fouled out with around 2 minutes to go. And his teammates did NOT get the ball to him in the first half. A very interesting thing is that Press (Pete's dad) is often cited, along with Hank Lucetti, of popularizing the jump shot when set shots and two-handed shots were the habit.and curse of basketball. The game was boring, there was a horrid tactic called a stall, and any kind of skillful ball handling was considered dangerous and worse (to those old time haters of black players) - something 'they' would do. One final thing to consider about Pete's college scoring: since he was always double and triple teamed, he tried to draw fouls. Had there been a 3-point line, he would have been able to even increase his scoring without having to draw fouls, as Curry etc. all do today. He was fortunate his father was his college coach, because (amateur) b-ball was so dull in those days that Pete was actually kept off the US Olympic team because the coach considered Pete a 'Hot-dog' (old term meaning flashy player who shows off and loses the ball all the time)!
To repeat (er, re-Pete): fine job putting all this into 10 minutes.
This guy is definitely ahead of his time. He played in a wrong era and I believe that he will benefit well in this era of NBA basketball. Legend forever. RIP. 🙏
Actually he is the very best basketball player who ever played. Some players did not like him because he was so much better than them they could not anticipate his moves and therefore could not play with him. The fact that he is not mentioned in regard to his status is a plain travesty. Outstanding.
When LSU played Kentucky, #1 rated, the all-American guard for Kentucky was assigned to Pete and he made the most comical comment: "Hey, I had to guard Pete when we played LSU. Imagine this: you go out there and your job is to keep Pete under 50 points, which is a successful defensive night!"
I never knew that he practically predicted his death and didn't even know of his heart problem. I sure loved watching him play. Just like watching Maury Wills chop the ball and beat the throw to first base. One of the best base stealers for the Dodgers in the 70's.
One of the greatest players ever I love watching him play he was awesome
Top 10 scorer for me in my opinion , dude was a walking legend from the moment he set foot in the league
Was fortunate enough to watch him play his whole career. Unreal on the court. Tragic ending. Way too young to have passed away.
I remember going to Hawks games at Alexander Memorial Colosseum before the Omni was built in Atlanta. Even though the Hawks were abysmal, getting to watch a human highlight film in action was one of the best memories I had of hanging out with my dad. I Ioved Pistol Pete, John Drew and Walt Bellamy!
I’m thinking he’s the most underrated NBA Superstar ever…maybe he and Connie Hawkins
The great artist.
I admire Pistol Pete, no matter what he did not accomplish. It's what he DID accomplish, in spite of this, that , or whatever. This was one amazing dude.
It would have been nice if he started, and stayed, with the Celtics. No offense to the other teams---honest. It would have been nice if the 3-point jumper had been in place during Pete's NBA career years. Perhaps the right people thought Pistol Pete's great jumpers were worth more than two, and as somewhat of a homage to him, finally put it into the game.
Nevertheless, as this beautifully done documentary laid it out for us, Pistol Pete Maravich is worthy of being mentioned as one of the game's greats. He sure gave the fans their money's worth. Also, tongue in cheek, if he wasn't playing, as the documentary explained during his freshman year at LSU, people walked away from the arena. Thanks, Nonstop Sports; I really, really, enjoyed this.
another 🔥 video👍
He won an NBA scoring title. He is widely considered the greatest college player of all time.
He made commercials and taught tips on basketball. He was charming and likeable to say the least.
He Did Things with a Basketball 🏀 no one had ever seen PISTAL PETE MARAVICH 😎😉😆🙌🏾⭐👏
67% beyond the arc from a scorer. Anyone mind-blown yet?
I'll take earl the pearl any day. Better player more dominant harder to stop and continuously got better. Pete plateaued. Earl never did. He just kept getting better. Pete was a ball hog and I watched him from LSU on.
Saw him against the Celtics (Havlicek, Jo Jo White) in Jan 1975 at Loyola Field House! Home of the Jazz.
Just for reference on his rookie contract: $2 million in 1970 would be about $14.3 million today
Pistol Pete was such a winner. Urbandale, IA needed a star like The Pistol.
Pistol pete is the best. The goat! Love watching him play. Very fun to watch
He was the most exciting player ever ! RIP
If freshman were allowed to play back then as they can now, how many points would he have?
Had the speed of A.I., the tricks like Magic, the creativity of MJ...NOT BAD for a white boy.
He earned the nickname for the most appropriate reasons.
Best ball handler ever relative to the time period
He was a master ball handler.r.i.p.jan2022.
I think now Maravich's 18 game freshman years should added to the rest of years at LSU. It's only fair. The NCAA should do it. If all 101 of Maravich's games at LSU were to counted as the record I doubt if anyone would ever catch him. Come on NCAA do what is right.😊❤
I didn’t have many sports idols, but The Pistol was one of them.
Caitlan Clark, arguably the best women’s basketball player ever, broke Pistol Pete Maravich’s scoring record on 3 March, 2024. As a freshman, Maravich was ineligible to play varsity so his college career spanned three seasons; 1967-1970. During that period:
-there was no shot clock and the 4-corner stall defense was common against a team with a high scoring player.
-there was no 3-point shot
-the highest percentage shot in basketball, dunking, was not allowed
Number of Games Total Points
Maravich 83 3,667
Clark 130 3,668
Yep, but Clark "identifies" as a man, so everything is equal
One of the greatest ballers i ever saw..
R.I.P. PISTOL!
Edit: SUBSCRIBED ❤
I just love this style of play
I was waiting for this.
If Pete would directly tell you why he was soo good is bc he was a perfectionist. He wanted to outduel himself to do all things better with each game he played. I guarantee you Pete would tell you that he wanted to perfect his bouncing ball skills with his hands and learn how to run players off of him when he received the basketball from other players. Pete wanted a challenge and he challenged himself every game to do better and to play like a champion with each poessesion. People knew this about him. He worked mentally on his game inside his head and found a way to develop greater ball skills by mentally challenging himself. You werent going to beat him mentally thats how he knew soo well how to bounce a basketball and put his man back on his heels bc of outplaying him mentally. Pete was that good. Practically the best.
Pete has always had a lot of respect but still under rated by todays standards. Wish I could've seen him back in the day.
GROSSLY UNDERRATED!!!
In my opinion Pete was one of, if not the greatest player of all time. If he had been on a good team much less a great team...he would have been so much more.
This guy is the reason I never tell ppl, "I never felt better in my life. "
Him and dr j changed the game forever
The very best. Light years ahead of everybody he played with and against. These guys today only wish they can do what he could.
I’m a Black Dude who was on a Georgia State Championship Team in 1978. My name is Lopez. My Nick name?? Pistol Pez! lol… Pistol Pete was the best!!
The older I get, the more I see how great Pete was. His jumper is butter
Correction on this video: Pete Maravich played high school basketball at Broughton High School in Raleigh, North Carolina when his father coached at NC State (not Clemson). Pete's jersey shows "Caps" which was the team mascot for Broughton, standing for "Capitals." Daniels was a middle school.
The Pistol was my hero. I slept with a basketball. I would take his prescribed 1000 shots per day. I thought I invented the drill @1:22. WRONG Pistol already had it. My version is 7 times harder tho. I LOVE the PISTOL !!!
His father would have Pete dribble around the gym and then turn off the lights. Did the same with my son and it improved his ball handling skills immensely.
Pistol is a true legend.
Insane how accurate he was. Every shot is a swish
Best player I ever saw and I saw them all.
67% at three point range?!
10 for 15
On 1 leg at the end of his career. Too bad the line wasn't around during his playing days.....both college and pro.
Imagine if he played with a three point line one of the goats for sure
For all of Pete's amazing stats, the MOST amazing stat in all of NBA history is precisely: "2", the number of valves in Pete's heart. The words "miracle" or "impossible" don't begin to describe Pete's life and career. Pete was truly one in however many billion may ever come to be.
Hmmm, did you not hear the coroner’s report? He was born with no left coronary artery. This is important as the LCA branches off the Left Main and is responsible for blood flow to the left ventricle - the most muscular heart chamber responsible for driving blood flow to the entire body via the aorta. The RCA, which delivers to the right side heart chambers, can also feed some blood to the left ventricle via tiny branches called collateral vessels. But collateral vessels can take years to form although there are typically some formed at birth so that one side of the body’s blood supply tries to cover the other side for some level of redundancy. The normal human heart has 4 chambers: left atrium, left ventricle, right atrium and right ventricle. And 4 heart valves: mitral valve, aortic valve, pulmonic valve and a small right atrial valve. You cannot live without the first three. So, no way he could have lasted till 40 missing two valves.
These video don't do justice to seeing him in "real life". He was way ahead of his time. I wish they had the recording equipment of today back then... Every b-ball fan across time would be talking about him. When I was a kid I had a regular choice to see him or Dr. J. Nothing against the Dr. (another great), but I chose Maravich!
My Favorite Basketball Player The Goat Pistol Pete 🐐
Pistol Pete also had a major heart defect. Only 2 chambers of his heart pumped blood. He did all that with half a heart!
How good more like how great i was born in 74 he pointed to my mom in 73 giving birth and passed to left in 75 for assist he was cold like dat
He played for the greatest team in the NBA - the Boston Celtics, where he mentored a young Larry Bird.
NOTE: I played w/“Joey Hassett” while @LaSalle Academy. Joey so MUCH Reminded Me of “PISTOL-PETE-MARAVICH”!! My Boy “JOE”? Went on 2-Play “PRO”!!! Truly a PURE-SHOOTER!!! & I Watched After school & Seen EXACTLY-HOW it was Accomplished !!! 😊😅👍🏽🏀🏀🏀😉😉
Great player and very underrated , but he played in the 70's where nobody and I mean nobody played defense. He was not the g.o.a.t. but he would be able to play today, but not at the level he played in the 70's, because they play better defense today.
he was a lotta fun to watch
Considering he had a Congenital Heart Defect better than we can imagine. Just think how many of his Baskets were actually 3''s. There are things he could do that players don't come close to today.
Goat ,period.
a six foot five guard in the 70's. Awesome.
He was the original Mr. Showtime, or show me precision or go away.
I lived in Louisiana when he was great in college. He was a gunner, to be sure, but that was part of the appeal. He was by no means great, though he put Jerry West(the greatest) to mind, he was not the defensive ace or consummate player West was. He was mostly a shooter, good passer, and fair defender. He was most of all a star, a magnetic personality, who was one heck of a nice person.
I saw a "West or Pistol" thumb nail. too tough to say.
It isn't really about how good was he, it is about how much better he was than anyone who had come before.
I love Caitlin Clark, but it just Irks me that the media are trying to say she's the greatest NCAA scorer ever.. Pete had Three years (she had Four), Pete had no 3pt line, she did.. It's Not Even Close ..
R.I.P. Pistol Pete❤️🕊
How good was Dominique wilkins actually
Wilkins was never a consistent shooter
@@Gnofg well he was highlight dunker
Great scorer. Great. But unlike the very best SF's, he never became a distributor or expanded his game. I've always felt the top small forwards could also be off guards.
I'm talking Baylor, Havlicek, Barry, Erving and of course Bird. Nique never cared to distribute or look to make plays for teammates.
@@Amick44 I copied my game after Havlicek. I could move but was only an average shooter. I sold Wilkins his cash registers for his club in Atlanta. He was unbelievably pigeon toed and a really nice man.
In this time NBA wasn't as LAZY ON DEFENSES AS TODAY,
Love your video