Pete Maravich Essay

Alvin Perrault III

Mr. Corneille

Eng IV-1st

24 April 2015

Pete Maravich

Basketball is seen as one of the most popular sports to play and watch. It has so many small things to learn just like any other sport. They have had many great players go through college and play professional basketball. Pete Maravich is one of those guys and you'll find out where he came from, how he impacted the game of basketball, and how he is arguably one of the best to play the game.

It all started when Pete Maravich was born on June 22, 1947 in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania. When he was a young kid he had the natural talent to play the game of basketball. He had a father named Petar Press Maravich and a mother named Helen Maravich. His father was a great man who showed Pete everything there is to know about basketball. His relationship with his father was great, they always hangout together playing basketball. His dad was a great basketball coach and at one time he coached his own son. Pete played for his first high school at Daniel High School in Central, South Carolina for only three years. From there Pete's

dad finished his coaching at Clemson University and went to North Carolina State University. They moved to Raleigh, North Carolina and Pete attended his second high school at Needham B. Broughton High School. Pete was one of the best coming out of high school and went on to play College Basketball at Edwards Military Institue.
From there is where Pete got his nickname "Pistol" Pete Maravich because he shot on the side of his body and it looked like a pistol.

Ever since Pete was a kid he always wanted to go to West Virginia University but his dad coached Louisiana State University and offered him a position there. His dad used to be a coach at many different colleges but was recently added to LSU. So of course since it was his dad and because he had no choice that Pete went on to play college basketball at LSU instead WVU. When he was at LSU he broke so many records and averaged around 44 points a game during all of his time at LSU. He scored all of these points whenever they didn't have a 3 point line so imagine if they would've had the three point line when Pete played. If they would've had it he would've had a ridiculous amount of points per game and he would've had records that would never be

broken.
He then went from LSU to play professional basketball for the Atlanta Hawks. He was selected in the first round as the third pick at the 1970 NBA draft. He played 4 seasons with the Atlanta Hawks and in his third season there he made the NBA All Star Game. He then went on to play with the New Orleans Jazz. In his second season with the Jazz Pete didn't play most of the season because of injuries. Two seasons after that Pete hurt himself again and had to miss another amount of games. Pete then followed the New Orleans Jazz to Utah which they were then named the Utah Jazz. After one year in Utah he was traded to the Boston Celtics. He there got to play with one of the best players in the league Larry Bird. After one year with the Boston Celtics Pete went on to retiring because he had bad knees which prevented him from playing multiple games and to playing with his full potential. In 1987 Maravich went into the NBA Hall of Fame where his number seven jersey was retired by the New Orleans Jazz and Pelicans.