NBA STRAYA #NeverForget OFF-SEASON EDITION!
Name: Pete Maravich
Nickname: ‘Pistol’
‘Strayan Nickame:
‘Pistol’ / ‘Gun’ / ‘Mo’ / ‘Merv’ / ‘Beak’
Teams played for:
Atlanta Hawks (’70-’74)
New Orleans #Jazz / Utah Jazz (’74-79)
Boston Celtics (’80)
Career Stats (per game):
24.2 pts // 4.2 rebs // 5.4 asts // 1.4 stls // 44.1 FG% // 66.7 3P%
Best known for:
– All-time GREAT nickname
– All-time GREAT facial hair
– All-time GREAT haircut
– Averaged 44 pts a game for LSU… while coached by his dad
– Would score on everyone and then steal their girl
– Won the scoring title in ’77 averaging 31.1 a game — and scored 40 or more 13 times that season
– Put up 68 — then the 3rd highest all-time — on the Knicks
– Only played with the 3-pt line in his final season, and shot 66% — 10 of 15 — and with his range, would’ve averaged over 30 pts per game easy
– Having a throwback jersey that’s worn exclusively by giant nerds
– Was Steph Curry 40 years before Steph Curry
Dead-Set Ledge Status:
Assured! Pistol died tragically young — he was only 40 when he collapsed playing a pick up game in California (with doctor’s later discovering he had a congenital heart defect) — and he would’ve been an all-time super-duper star if the NBA had brought in the 3-pt line a little earlier… and even then he’s still a dead-set ledge! That mo! That hair! That shooting! That passing! The guy was a goddamn magician with a basketball… so yeah, Pistol was an absolute gun.
#ONYA Pistol!