Greatest college basketball player and future NBA Hall of Fame member is having his number retired by Atlanta.

 

For you younger guys who don't know the Pistol, he was a show all by himself on the basketball court. He still holds the NCAA scoring record.

 

http://www.nola.com/lsu/index.ssf/2017/01/the_hawks_to_join_the_jazz_and.html#incart_river_index

51 minutes ago, Sam said:

Greatest college basketball player and future NBA Hall of Fame member is having his number retired by Atlanta.

 

For you younger guys who don't know the Pistol, he was a show all by himself on the basketball court. He still holds the NCAA scoring record.

 

http://www.nola.com/lsu/index.ssf/2017/01/the_hawks_to_join_the_jazz_and.html#incart_river_index

Pete was awesome to watch. He is not a future hall of famer, he was inducted 30 years ago. I remember when he passed, such a shock. I also remember rumors throughout  the 80s that he would make a comeback, sadly never happened.

Well overdue. 

I'm too young to have watched Pistol Pete in his day, but I've certainly seen enough of his highlights to have a real appreciation for his game. My favorite type of player is one that can dish the rock, and not many people could dish it out better than Maravich. I know he's considered by some to be the best ever shooting guard, but not having seen him live I would have guessed he was a point guard based on his passing ability alone. Takes a special kind of player to be a dominant scorer and a willing and excellent passer.

i used to pretend i was Pistol Pete when i was a kid. lol

11 hours ago, deaknh03 said:

Pete was awesome to watch. He is not a future hall of famer, he was inducted 30 years ago. I remember when he passed, such a shock. I also remember rumors throughout  the 80s that he would make a comeback, sadly never happened.

 

Dean,  you are correct. Thanks for reminding me.

 

The worst thing that occurred when Pete showed up was playing pick-up games with other guys at LSU and getting hit in the face with the basketball when one of your team mates decided to throw a Pistol Pete pass.

 

I remember a few bloody noses and a lot of missed passes.

 

He was one of a kind. A lonely kid with a serious heart condition no one ever picked up during a physical.

 

It was a pleasure to watch him play.

One of the greatest to play the game. Loved to watch him play. Died way too early.

He was actually in line to go to WVU. He would have been there after Jerry West. At one time WVU was a power in basketball it would have been interesting to see of Pete could have continued the tradition.