Bet You Didn't Know Pete Maravich

as his only safe haven where he could go to release the pain that was bottled up inside of him and evolve into Showtime.

I bet you didn’t know at the age of 13 Pete Maravich made 500 consecutive free throws.

Pete and his family moved a couple times during his high school years because of Press’s coaching changes but wherever they went Pete was always a star and would always put on a show. Sometimes while his dad was at NC State coaching, Pete would come by and pretty much practice with the team. Sometimes after practice Pete would challenge some of the players to one on one game and once even took on the best player NC State had and won. There was never a shortage of practice time for Pete as he would always find a gym to work out in and improve his game as much as he could, setting personal goals for himself such as making 300 shots from outside before he could leave. These were all things crucial to the success of Pete, and everybody knew it as soon as they saw him that he was a hard worker that would just not give up no matter how hard it got.

I bet you didn’t know that Pete Maravich is the only dead player in the 50 greatest players of all time.

Pete Maravich got the nickname “Pistol” In high school because of the way he shot. Pete did not have the strength to shoot in front of him so he would shoot from his side and, as said by a local newspaper, “He shoots like he's holding a pistol.” This was his name, his trademark. Pete would attract a lot of attention when visiting rival schools on the road. Everybody wanted to see what the fuss was about and why he was getting all of this attention. Those same people saw a show everywhere they witnessed him, from the behind the back passes between traffic to the no looks that no one had ever seen before and would often bounce off of the target, even if it was spot on his chest because they were just not ready. The world was not ready for Pistol Pete Maravich. There was a lot of heavy recruitment for Pete but his main problem was working with a team because to others Pete was considered a “ball hog” that would only worry about himself. That’s just the way he was taught to play and now it would be a challenge to see if Pete would bring that to the next level.

I bet you didn’t know Pete Maravich had a brother that was an All-American football player.

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