"Pistol" Pete Maravich

[Brutusbeefking]

R.I.P

[JayGatsbyOdysseus]

Like the shot over Wilt. Pete's dad let him play, develop skills. If Pete would have went to IU and played for Bobby Knight, Pete would have been ruined.

[johnnymrSWAG]

i guess this was b4 the travel was created @ 2:25

[flyingnija66]

who said white men cant play basketball?

[TheCoolmandingo]

i like how the nba now makes it seem like Magic johnson started that look away pass when it was clearly done by Mr.Maravich years before. the nba does a bad job of educating the youth about older players and thats sad! smh thats why i love youtube!!!

[ajsox23]

Full court underhand pass? Holy fuck

[hn2k8]

A 21st century player in the 70s...

[taocal]

Well at 1:06 you can see that Christian Bale will be playing him in his Biopic.

[Khenian74]

12 people dislike basketball (or Deep Purple)

[gregz1996]

white boy got skillz =D!!



[Rayelth]

Damn, I thought Jordan was the best ball player of all time, until I saw Pistol Pete in action.

[roscoegino]

damn. pistol made folks look foolish.

[lioncheater]

the move at 2:17 was a self pass,travelling,but it still looked sweet tho lol,like some of that street ball shit

[wuk122]

If Pistol could dunk better atleast 70% and play D, Jordan would be nothing.

[originalname33]

that's not true at all. no matter what Pistol does, Jordan will never be reduced to "nothing". he will always be something.

[bobd007]

Pistol could dunk easily, he was 6 foot 5 and a very good leaper, it just wasn't his "thing". Mozart never flipped his piano like Jerry Lee Lewis either. Pistol and Dr. J were teammates for a couple of weeks with the Hawks, they used to play one on one for money (dinner) every night, this is a 1972 young Dr. J. Pistol could play with anyone.

[apauledsuxcock]

about Pistol Pete- let us not forget he did all these amazing athletic moves- with only half a heart

[TroubleinParadise000]

@apauledsuxcock yeah and that half was all basketball

[bbryan30]

I read Pistol's biography and this guy had a work ethic like you wouldn't believe. His dad had him taking on college players when he was 12 and lessons from the Harlem Globetrotters at a young age. My favorite part of this highlight reel is when he does a magician like/palm move against the L.A. Lakers.

[filip737]

it's called the "flip roll"..it looks reall good, but easy to do after some practice.

[PETROforever]

PETROVIC&MARAVICH&MULLIN purest shooters ever!!!

[edhiggins]

ya... he could dunk.... he never did in games tho.

[itzjoeymac]

Black... White... GREEN... FROM JUPITER... it don't matter...The PISTOL is the most INFLUENTIAL and SKILLED PLAYER EVER. LIVE IT AND LOVE IT.

[goofyda97845847589]

pete can dunkkk

ive seen him do it it was in a warm up

[thesickhed]

i know bare niggaz say white men cant jump even doe im black i think pete has some good hops even if he cant dunk!

[Wehategod]

Pistol Pete and Dr. Jay the two men who made basketball what it is today. No one can compare to these two.

[datcrip00]

julis erv. the best dat ever steped on da hardwood and dont ever say sum 1 da best ever cuz i know sum niggaz up north better than jordan like jadakiss said

[prince0151]

wowah get off the weed its bad 4 u

[SOCIO25]

Pistol was good and he learned his game in the hood.

[UltimatePeteMaravich]

Pete could do more with a basketball than anyone who ever played the game.

[ThePHENOM987]

yeah. w/o pistol pete there would be no Magic Johnson.

[jime1230]

waddya mean????

btw pete greatest ever

[ThePHENOM987]

pistol pete is an innovator is what I meant. he started the fancy passes and all the circus shots. nobody was doing any of that back then.

[jime1230]

ok cuz pistol pete rulezzzzzz

[nowitzki41icon]

bob cousy started the fancy passing and crazy stuff that then Pete did it routinely

[buyoya]

he got some good vision of the game and an incredible self-esteem ...

[Kissrules77]

Great video Pete's #1

[nmg678]

you will never see that level of skill ever ever again no one will come close

[Akarios]

yhere a lot of player that have petes skills fotgot magic, mj, bird or currently, iverson, d-wade, kobe, lebron, baron davis

[candyapplechris]

Those guys can play, but don't have the skills Pete had...especially being a marked man and the only weapon on an expansion team.

[UltimatePeteMaravich]

Pete could do things on the basketball court that we will never see again.

[jacktheripoff1888]

"Hush"-Deep Purple

[misterfantasi]

somebody knows the title of this song please?

[misterfantasi]

qualcuno saprebbe dirmi il nome della canzone per favore

[moneymexx]

best vid from pete !!!!!

[dumane24]

He was the best basketball player who ever played the game. He was just ahead of his time. In college he did well cause his dad let him play Pistol style, which is Pete doing what he needs 2 do 2 score. In the NBA, noone liked his skill, and they made him play their way, not his (which is improvision.)

[MarkRigor17]

2:27---unbelievable!

[smokalot187]

word!

[ronpull1956]

If you want to know how good a basketball player Pete was, ask people like Barkley, Magic,anyone on the Knicks team that night he scored howevermany points, Bird, Walton,Doc etc.

[bayoutiger23]

Great video, he has a great story and an even greater legacy as a basketball player and as a Christian. He has touched many lives in ways that eevn he wouldnt imagine. I know as a basketball player and as a father that he has had a tremedous impact on myself and my children. We are lucky we are in Louisiana and get to watch his sons from afar grow up and share their love of basketball with others. My children have been fortunate enought to hang out with them and share and learn that love. . Huff

[hamshow]

One of the fifty greatest players of all time...

[Tdogg411]

A virtuoso of the game, his high concept showmanship anticipated the future of basketball. Pete Maravich graced the basketball court unlike anyone before or since.

To watch Pete Maravich on the court was to witness something almost supernatural, to observe sports history in the making. He knew that basketball was going to have to change.

[highflyer47]

Look it up as the fastbreak, since the young Brent Barry is almost doing as same as Pete Maravich.

[Tdogg411]

pete is so asoeme when he was in 8 th grade he played on the varsity team. Andthe way he got in was he was in class and asked if he could go to the bahroom and then went to the gym and started playing and then the varsity couh saw him playing and was completly amazed with what he was doing and put him on the team

[Tdogg411]

best piont gaurd ever no one does it better 8)

[KENMONEYBALLER]

no one will ever break his record of scorin in college

he averaged like 40 points a game

ha mj didn't

[KENMONEYBALLER]

and dominated

[514stop]

Pete 's average of 24.2 ppg ranks 15 or 16 in NBA history. Anyone with that average was a dominant player. Dave Cowens, in Towle's book "I Remember Pete Maravich" stated that Pete was a dominant player who could run off 10-15 shots in a row. Cowens stated Pete would be even more dominant in today's game..."...he could go anywhere with the ball. You couldn't stop him."

[Tdogg411]

hay 514stop how do you know all this stuff about pete

[514stop]

Hi Tdogg. I've watched as many videos and read every available article or book on Pete that I've been able to find. As someone who could bounce the ball pretty well myself, I appreciate others who have exceptional abilities. Pete's skills were unique and inimitable. As someone once sang: "Nobody does it better".

[Tdogg411]

yeah i guese thats true stockton got 17 assists per game pete got 6 to7 a game

[KENMONEYBALLER]

pete is the best. he played on the varsity when he was in 8 grade.

[saj12222]

dat boy was crazzy good

[DANIELcroatia]

well i for example like white players... i am not racist but there are more racionalist back than and now... my favorite: Drazen Petrovic, Larry Bird, Chris Mullin, John Stockton, Nash.

[BigCrockDawg]

I don't see how anyone can possibly compare skill from one era to another, do you see people saying that Bill Russell couldn't play today? Of course he could still play, because he not only had the skillset but the mindset to go with it. Pistol was so intelligent on the basketball floor it was leaving people in the dust, literally...

[tytr]

sorry. PISTOL PETE IS WAY BETTER. ITS OFF MY CHEST

[DaveTheFuckingBrave]

I agree.

It sucks when all these guys always say " ... is much better than ..." and all those shit.

Why cant you all understand that Stockton, Nash, Pistol, Magic.....that ALL of those guys are/were absolutly brilliant players .-/

[514stop]

It is interesting that everyone accepts the fact that Hamilton from Detroit, Stockton, and Nash, none of them physical specimen's with superior "athletic" ability, are successful better than average NBA players of this era. But Maravich-if he could compete at all-would be just average.

[514stop]

Pete was taller than all of those players, had a limitless shooting range and greater offensive arsenal, could pass, dribble, and shoot on the run as well as anyone who ever played. Even early in his career Pete could as Spike Lee said, "lay Clyde" Frazier the best defensive guard of the era "to waste". Only average today?

[514stop]

If one watches the highlight reel of the 68 point game, it is obvious that the kind of shots Pete could shoot were shots that no one of any era would be able to stop. The "Ultimate Maravich video shows Pete shooting layups on Bill Walton, Bob Lanier, Kareem, Dr. J and Wilt. Pete would be a star in any era.

[DANIELcroatia]

and pistol ofcourse.

[diablo313]

Pistol Pete would of killed in any era...alot of things have changed in the NBA, but the biggest thing that has changed in the NBA is the offensive effecentcy...and since Pistol was a Offensive force in an Era where Defense was key, then just imagine what he could do in today's NBA...plus remember for most of his career he worked with out a 3-point line...

[514stop]

Go to AOL video and type in Pete's name. The first two videos are great "The story of Pete Maravich" and a short "hightlight" film. In the highlight film Pete takes a jumper from the corner which the defender attempts to block. Pete's reaction will make you smile.

[tytr]

He would be average in the NBA now, these players are too athletic for him.

He might be a legend

Sorry Pistol Pete!

[hamshow]

Today's players are more Athletic with no basketball IQ... It didn't stop Bird did It ???

[tytr]

Yeah, but even if these guys are retarted (which most are) and have no IQ how come basketball has become the 3rd most played sport in the world? The player with the most bball IQ would be someone like Nash, but he proves he can play with other amazing talented players

[hamshow]

Pistol can play in any era, even today and be one of the top players... Back then they didn't palm the ball like today that's why players appear to move guicker off the dribble...

[tytr]

dude, he can play in any area which is true. I know players always palm the ball, everyone in the NBA does. But, with his skills he would have to step up so much more. He would like John Stockton and a steve nash mix with way way way less skill. You cant say anything about his skill..... hes always good..... not as good in 2007 buddy

[514stop]

I wonder if Steve Nash and John Stockton would agree that Pete Maravich had way way way less skill than they do. I don't think so. Pete Maravich was and still would be the most skilled player to ever play the game. He would dominate in today's game.

[Tdogg411]

pete's way better then nash and he would abmit ti but john i don't know they were both great shooters pete might be a little bettre with the shooting and the ball handeling but he probley wouldn't admit

[skakid189]

amazing

[bgrant77]

Great talent had eyes in back of his head.

[kotton304]

so far ahead of his time. he was on a completely different level than everyone else at that time.

[panney]

Pete Maravich was hotter than a pistol. It's hard today to find a ball player with such flash & remarkable ability AS WELL AS class.

[Grifter207]

The man would be more of a monster if they had a 3-point arc back in his day. He would be nigh unguardable.

[vs1333]

One of the greatest Serbian basketball players of all-time.

[liontone]

A true wizard...

[memeke]

Es el inventor, el profesor del jogo bonito

[439tab]

Pistol Pete is beyond description. I saw every home game he played for four years at LSU. I never was less than amazed or entertained.

[TETO323]

RIP PISTOL PETE

[msinthrop]

Jerry West was (And is) my Basketball hero, but i never get tired of watching Pete put the fake on him near the end of these clips. The man was and is...a Legend.

[lolzalot44]

may he R.I.P, ive got his blue ATL jersey, it was the last one in the finish line store lol. no one will ever be able to do wat pete maravich has done

[zxcv1234vcxz]

He had not just the dominance and the talent of Ted Williams and Wayne Gretzky, but the character and sportsmanship as a man. It's sad that his life away from basketball was so tortured.

[32HitCombo]

all of the streetballers in the world can't hold a candle to this guy

[hamshow]

Even if he were alive today he could still run rings around the chumps who think they have a handle!!! Back then they never carry the ball light they do today...

[GoSuns55]

one of the best ever

[Gettles]

I have never in my life ever seen a man handle the ball like Pistol Pete.

Unbelieveable

[axisboy4life]

RIP Pistol one of the true greats

[GoSuns55]

Now wonder he's a legend

[idensitator]

una verdadera leyenda

[McNabo]

gran jugador, una lastima que no hayan demasiadas imagenes de su grandeza.

[chelsgal]

hes was the best in the nba breat passer and played every where even in the movie theater

[venomi]

great song, great player. great video

[Txes]

deep purple - hush

[shk132]

whats this song

[dylearium]

Pete Maravich is considered one of the best passers in NBA history. Learn.

[shutdowncorner]

R.I.P Pistol Pete

[franxesco]

Vaya crack

[streetball101]

True legend!!

[aitraining]

So many people don't realize what a great passer he was. How about those no-looks? Shweeet!

[thebankcard]

pistol pete is ma favorite nba legand i dont care if he waznt the best hes an amazing player how did u find pistol video i looked evywurr

[hamshow]

Please!!! These guys from the 70s and 80s could run rings around the chumps that play in the NBA today!!!

[brucebud]

awesome compilation, awesome athelete!

[rache11]

hey, coldplysucks, you can fin this video in eMule. Pistol Pete, are there anyone better than him? NO

[crov2218]

Absolutely Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!

[AlmoJames]

Pete Maravich is still the greatest showman of all time. Most impressive are the short clips taken from a halftime game of H-O-R-S-E with "Ice," a rare gem! I love the music, too. Awesome!!!!

[coldplaysucks]

where can i find this?

[scarolinafan2]

The song is "Hush" by (I think) Deep Purple.

[Blackjesus3]

petes crazy but b4 him bob cousy wuz doing the same thing

[Cazeroni]

uh, no, Pete made basketball a black man's sport

[439tab]

I saw Cousy and Pete. Both were great and both were my hero. Pete learned some moves from Cousy and both of them copied some stuff off of the Harlem Globetrotters. But Pete took all of that to a new level and invented a lot of moves that were all his own! And he was six five, fast and was a great jumper - talents that Cousy never had. Then throw in the incredible scoring and you have the greatest player of all time!

[tbrian420]

does anyone know the song playing in the background?

[tbrian420]

does anyone know the name of the song playing in the back ground?

[jeffreyhwe]

pistol pete rocks!

[ramshock21]

the original unorthodox passing skills, major influence of jason "white chocolate" williams,jason kidd and steve nash

[v1nc3ntj0hn]

Actually before "Pistol" Pete Maravich, Bob Cousy is original unorthodox passer.

[Rodolfo13]

hey i've always wondered what race is 'Pistol' Pete?

[afterthesirens]

Pete Maravich was of Serb descent.