At least the most difficult.
Flashback- Greatest Pass Ever ?
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Remember Lou Brown ...manager of the Indians in major league ?
“Nice pass DiGregorio...don’t EVER F%&%ING do it again “
“Nice pass DiGregorio...don’t EVER F%&%ING do it again “
This guy threaded the needle into traffic on a behind the back pass from half court.
Amazing
It was in the 1973 Final Four game vs. Memphis State in St. Louis. Providence lost, then Memphis State lost to UCLA in the finals.
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John Somogyi, my high school coach, once told us that Ernie D dribbled a ball to and from high school every day. He told us that if we wanted to become great ball handlers, this is something we should do. Needless to say, I didnt follow that advice and hence, my ball handling skills were subpar, at best. Ok, my flashback of the day.
Ernie D wasn't close to Pistol Pete in terms of an overall player.
Maravich never averaged fewer than 43.8 points and four assists per game. Even in his final season when he averaged 44.5 points per game he also averaged six assists per game. That despite every team knowing they had to stop Maravich. Ernie D also had Marvin Barnes I could name another guy that played with Pete Maravich.
Was at that game in St. Louis. If Barnes didn't foul out, PC would have been in the finals. Memphis just too big. Indiana/UCLA was a good semifinal also.
Barnes sprained his knee in the first half and missed most of the game. He tried to play in the 2nd half but was hobbling and ineffective.
A great pass because it was completed, but probably not a great decision because two defenders were right there. A great college player, but Maravich was the best college passer I've ever seen. I remember seeing at the Garden when he got a rebound and threw a perfect 80+ bounce pass for a layup, and he threw great behind the back passes with both hands also.
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Dick Vitale had high school player Les Cason
carry around a basketball around for days if he was Sloppy in practice or a game. Did not help him so much
I read somewhere that the player who caught the pass was Kevin Stacom - who I believe had a cup of coffee with the Celtics. Cold you imagine if he missed the layup?..oh boy...lol
More than a cup of coffee. He was there 4 years, defensive stopper. Earned a ring in '76. I think he's a NBA scout for Dallas now.
That was an amazing pass! I did get to watch Pistol Pete on TV and he was unbelievable especially since, as noted above, every team's plan was to stop him or at least hold him to below his average. Although I did not see Bill Walton in person during his college days, I did get to see him in the pros and he was a phenomenal passer which surprised me. The best passer I have ever seen in any sport was Wayne Gretzky. He could have scored a ton more goals but he would hit his teammates at will, unfortunately some of them didn't think he could make the pass.
Pistol Pete best I have ever seen. But guy who never gets enough credit and maybe just as good as any of them is Rick Barry. He carried the Nets and Golden State to titles passing with nobodies.
I enjoy hearing stories about non-UCLA things that happened during UCLA's run. Because so few of those teams actually won titles they don't get as much share of the game's lore. 15 or so year span where I know very little about anyone other than UCLA
Your right! That was a longtime ago and I remembered PC & Barnes dominating in the first half and him not playing in the second alf. Forgot he injured the knee. Stacom was the 2G on that team.
While true Ernie was not the player Pistol Pete was it is a little unfair to compare to probably the greatest college player of all time. Ernie was a dam good player himself and went on to be rookie of year in NBA before getting hurt an injury that pretty much ended his career
I agree. The thought of making that comparison would never randomly come to my mind. But someone else called Ernie D "a smaller version of Pistol Pete Maravich" so it was on...