Here's the thing about Maravich and why the hobby loves him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXcCRzEdYjA and there are a bunch like that.
Of course Dantley was better but Dantley was a lunch pail player getting putbacks and 8 footers off the glass after using his butt to create a little space. Maravich was doing stuff nobody could do outside of J and stuff even he couldn't do. People love highlight film players.