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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth
From what I saw, mostly in the NBA, Maraviich was a really good passer, not just a scoring machine. On a better team, he would not have been the best option such a high percentage of the time and he would have passed more and shot less. And just imagine him playing in the ear of the three.
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Absolutely, but Maravich played on bad teams everywhere he went. Maybe if he wasn't allowed to jack up 40 shots a game at LSU, he would have developed into a more well rounded player in the NBA.
For all the Maravich highlights we've seen regarding his passing game, dude was never among the league leaders in assists......or much of anything else other then 1 scoring title.
He's listed with a HOF probability of 10.2% on Basketball Reference.
I know why he made the Basketball HOF easily, since it takes into account both NBA and College careers, but he also made both the NBA All-50 Team and All-75 team, 25 years later, and for the life of me, I can't figure out why.
Maybe he was way ahead of his time, and would have been a dagger of a 3 point shooter...but we'll never really know for sure.
I put him in the category of Joe Namath and Bill Walton. Their reputation precedes them for whatever reason (they were flashy, risky players, with flashy, risky personalities, a ton of potential and bad knees?).....but when you look at their stats against other players...it leaves a lot to be desired.
Again, I'll reiterate, this has nothing to do with Antoine Davis...who will have a very cool story to tell his kids and grandkids, but not have anything approaching the career of Maravich.