Poetry

[underpants]

[dweller]

1. Pete was a high school classmate of my sister

she still speaks of him in awe from those days..

he was the pistol

✌🏼️

[efhmc]

2. He was amazing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Maravich Edited to add this.

[denbot]

3. I remember him from back in the day.

I was young when Pistol Pete was playing, but the only teams and players that intrigued me was UCLA, and the Lakers.

In retrospect, Wilt Camberland wasn’t the only giant out there..

[Number9Dream]

4. Maravich was worth the price of admission by himself

I never get tired of watching video clips of this b-ball wizard. I remember watching him score 63 against the Knicks. He played college ball before the 3-pointer existed. Imagine his records if you counted all the 3-point range shots he made.

[Roy Rolling]

5. A local legend

As a kid, we idolized him on the court. At LSU then the New Orleans Jazz, he became a local legend. And by local, I mean he sat in the same church pew as I. Always in the back near the exit to avoid attention. I sat in the same area, but just because I am uncomfortable in crowds.

And Lord knows I attract a crowd wherever I go. Not.

[Dustlawyer]

6. +1!!!

I had a “Pistol Pete” backboard on my goal as a kid. Loved to watch him play.

[Miigwech]

7. Bring back the short shorts!

and some of his grace to the game

[George II]

8. His uniform trademark was his baggy socks. Gone way too young.

[underpants]

9. Died on a basketball court

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