Pistol Pete and the Trojans

PurpleThrobber

ThomasFremont said:

Pistol Pete is a bitch. He’d get dog walked in todays NBA.

Because Pistol Pete of 2020 would never have lifted weights or had nutrition coaches or played on elite AAU travel teams, right?

RoadDawg55

Pistol Pete would probably be good. Skill is skill. If you had a high skill level back then, you would now. That said, I can also see how Pete would get eaten up in today’s game.

ThomasFremont

RoadDawg55 said:

Pistol Pete would probably be good. Skill is skill. If you had a high skill level back then, you would now. That said, I can also see how Pete would get eaten up in today’s game.

He’d be a spot up shooter. That’s it. His play making skills wouldn’t cut it, and his defensive game consisted of cherry picking slow fucks from the 60s that dribble like 2nd graders. He’d be a liability defending today’s guards and wings.

But hey, he will always have that one time he dribbled behind his back and threw a no look pass.

picalogestabo

Wooden called him the best ball handler of all time. He could dribble up and down the basement steps in his childhood home at full speed with two balls while blindfolded. He was taught to dribble out the back door of a car while his two dads drove around town intentionally driving at different speeds. He liked to ride a bike and dribble a basketball at the same time while biking into town two miles away. Just watch the youtube videos - nobody could handle a basketball like him. Respekt

For all the scoring, he never won a championship at any level. In 68 he led the NCAA in scoring as a Soph. tried out for the olympic team and was cut. He also played in the segregated SEC and when he played really good teams like UCLA, his teams lost.

He would have made it in the modern NBA as a point guard/three point specialist. His game translated nicely to the modern NBA. You wouldn't have wanted your daughter to date him unless she liked UFO's, infidelity, cocaine and drinking.

The dude was born without a left coronary artery. The entire blood supply to his heart was supplied by a small vessel that ran in a circle across his heart from the right to left side. The fact he was able to play basketball, let alone star in the NBA for ten plus years....most people with his rare condition lived into their teens. If it was today he would've had heart surgery at an early age and basketball would've been avoided in favor of video games and instagram.

Maravich Superiority Guy - CMSB*

ThomasFremont

So, he sucks. Got it.

RoadDawg55

I think the consensus is that he’s a white guy legend. Good player, but really, a black player that did what he did in the NBA would be labeled a disappointment or nobody would even care because there would be no legend to begin with.

PurpleThrobber

It's ok - white guys can ball too.

Or is your guys' contention players like Connie Hawkins or Elgin Baylor or Oscar Robertson wouldn't translate to the current game either?

Because that's complete and utter bullshit.

BleachedAnusDawg

Once in a while a thread begs for a @puppylove_sugarsteel return. This one is long for one of his Tommy rants.

ThomasFremont

PurpleThrobber said:

It's ok - white guys can ball too.

Or is your guys' contention players like Connie Hawkins or Elgin Baylor or Oscar Robertson wouldn't translate to the current game either?

Because that's complete and utter bullshit.

Obviously white guys can ball. But I’m in agreement with Roadie that the only reason y’all give a shit about Pistol is because he’s white. He’s a poor man’s Brent Barry.

BleachedAnusDawg

ThomasFremont said:

PurpleThrobber said:

It's ok - white guys can ball too.

Or is your guys' contention players like Connie Hawkins or Elgin Baylor or Oscar Robertson wouldn't translate to the current game either?

Because that's complete and utter bullshit.

Obviously white guys can ball. But I’m in agreement with Roadie that the only reason y’all give a shit about Pistol is because he’s white. He’s a poor man’s Brent Barry.

Pressing.