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re: How the frick did pistol pete average 44
Posted on 3/27/25 at 10:27 pm to Basura Blanco
Posted on 3/27/25 at 10:27 pm to Basura Blanco
The system was Pete take every shot unless a teammate gets wide open. Given how shitty the rest of the team was, as far as I’m concerned it was implemented to prepare Maravich for the ABA/NBA and the AD didn’t gaf because the program was historically shite and Pete was the main attraction. It’s not like he was lighting it up, the guy was shooting sub 45%
Why do you think he was nicknamed pistol? All he did was shoot
Why do you think he was nicknamed pistol? All he did was shoot
This post was edited on 3/27/25 at 10:37 pm
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Posted on 3/27/25 at 10:34 pm to JamalMurry27
Ever seen the movie “the pistol”
I watched it with my dad when I was a kid. Great movie
I watched it with my dad when I was a kid. Great movie
Posted on 3/27/25 at 10:38 pm to JamalMurry27
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How the frick did pistol pete average 44
He was an actual generational/all time talent. Not the yearly ones annointed today
Posted on 3/27/25 at 10:39 pm to JamalMurry27
Ball hog
Posted on 3/27/25 at 10:45 pm to Frac the world
You mean the guy that led the sec in assists? That ball hog?
Posted on 3/27/25 at 11:01 pm to yakster
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You mean the guy that led the sec in assists? That ball hog?
Ya that one.
Harlem globe-trotting showboating Pete first, team second daddy basketball ball hog. LSU basketball could not have been more mediocre with Pete being being treated as the one and only thing that mattered about LSU basketball his 3 years in college with his dad. Huge 4th place in the NIT though that final year.
He was a world class talent, sure.
But let's be real and not revisionist just because of folk lore legend: that was some mickey mouse BS losing team basketball
The Press Maravich days of running a one man traveling basketball circus with his boy are vastly overrated. That is unless trying to play actual competitive championship team centric first basketball doesn't matter. Perhaps it was all about the highlights, media attention and tickets being sold.
This post was edited on 3/27/25 at 11:12 pm
Posted on 3/27/25 at 11:15 pm to psk_Vol
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The Press Maravich days of running a one man traveling basketball circus with his boy are vastly overrated. That is unless trying to play actual competitive championship team centric first basketball doesn't matter. Perhaps it was all about the highlights
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psk_Vol
3 years after Maravich graduated, the mens basketball team from your preferred school played a regulation basketball game of 40 minutes in which they scored 11 points total (and still won by 5)
good thing it wasn’t “all about the highlights” that day
Posted on 3/27/25 at 11:16 pm to Lolathon234
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Lolathon234
thats why your nickname is special ed
Posted on 3/27/25 at 11:17 pm to psk_Vol
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psk_Vol
never take advice from a fan of a program who's never made the final four
Posted on 3/27/25 at 11:20 pm to FearlessFreep
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Stalling Strategy: Temple held the ball for extended periods, effectively running down the clock, and Tennessee didn't come out of its zone.
Posted on 3/27/25 at 11:23 pm to psk_Vol
He sat next to me both times he went to accounting class. I saw every home game. He was phenomenal. When he was a freshman, they were ineligible for varsity. The home crowd would leave after the freshman game, which shows how bad our teams were. He WAS the team, and any chance at victory, depended on Pete. The other teams just had to defend him. There were assist missed because his teammates were not always ready for his passes. Others have mentioned the lack of the three point shot, but many of his shots would have been 3’s because the defenses doubled to shut off his drives. He was special.
Posted on 3/27/25 at 11:27 pm to psk_Vol
100% correct on all counts
Posted on 3/27/25 at 11:30 pm to Basura Blanco
Man I would have loved to have seen a Pete Maravich play with those Shaquille O’Neal and Chris Jackson LSU teams.
Posted on 3/27/25 at 11:38 pm to psk_Vol
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Ya that one.
Harlem globe-trotting showboating Pete first, team second daddy basketball ball hog. LSU basketball could not have been more mediocre with Pete being being treated as the one and only thing that mattered about LSU basketball his 3 years in college with his dad. Huge 4th place in the NIT though that final year.
He was a world class talent, sure.
But let's be real and not revisionist just because of folk lore legend: that was some mickey mouse BS losing team basketball
The Press Maravich days of running a one man traveling basketball circus with his boy are vastly overrated. That is unless trying to play actual competitive championship team centric first basketball doesn't matter. Perhaps it was all about the highlights, media attention and tickets being sold.
He did score 68 vs the Knicks in the NBA. Just sayin'.
ETA: Pistol Scores 68 vs Knicks The backwards shot at 3:48 was creative.
This post was edited on 3/27/25 at 11:48 pm
Posted on 3/27/25 at 11:40 pm to Frac the world
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He was a ball hog that’s how
Bear was a drunk
Posted on 3/28/25 at 3:03 am to AlwysATgr
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He did score 68 vs the Knicks in the NBA. Just sayin'
Literally said above he was a world class talent. He was good as a singular player when he wasn't unnecessarily spinning like a ballerina with the basketball at midcourt to showoff to fans for 10 minutes of the game each night.
Does not change the fact that the Pete era at LSU was about his highlight package and not the well being of the basketball team itself. LSU basketball pretty much sucked arse when electing to play 1 and 4 vs 5 basketball games every night of his career. Press Maravich and the LSU basketball program as a whole back then were beyond underwhelming.
This post was edited on 3/28/25 at 3:08 am
Posted on 3/28/25 at 3:12 am to JamalMurry27
He was just that damn good.
Posted on 3/28/25 at 4:23 am to JamalMurry27
He was the GOAT...
Posted on 3/28/25 at 6:51 am to psk_Vol
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LSU basketball pretty much sucked arse
Finished 2nd in the SEC behind a loaded Kentucky team.
Posted on 3/28/25 at 8:27 am to JamalMurry27
It truly does not seem possible. Wish I were alive to see the greatness in person.
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