Pistol Pete
The NBA All Star Game is in Loosiana this weekend...yea, forever, the team there was called the Jazz...and like many owners do...THAT bloke moved 'em to 'greener pastures'...in Utah, for goodness sakes...and retained the name...there...OMG!...the Utah Jazz...there is no such thing there...I digress... When I think of hoops in the deep south, I am all about Pistol Pete Maravich ...the tall, lanky, mop haired, superior handler of the basketball...in his time the BEST, Jerry, the BEST ...he grew up in the Carolinas...went to play hoops at LSU ...where the coach was his daddy, Press...they had a terrific team...that I saw play in Corvallis...Oregon St, for you SoCal dudes... They got totally screwed in the game...the refereeing was there to show them that they were in indeed enemy territory...it was truly embarrassing...really...they had two huge forwards that dominated the boards and Pete was incredible ...in the days prior to the 3 point line, he averaged 44 pts a game...