Pistol Pete footage

[Capt. Tuttle]

Thought this was really good.

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[stuckinbig11]

a magician

 

[GreekFreak]

He was phenonominal.

 

[tbonezone]

behind the back dribble baby. changed my game.

 

[baggerbob]

behind the back dribble baby. changed my game.

Maravich and Calvin Murphy, back when College basketball was showtime.

 

[Dcuse]

Thought this was really good.

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He was my sports collage on my closet door growing up.

 

[Cheriehoop]

Maravich and Calvin Murphy, back when College basketball was showtime.

SU’s Dennis Duvall was good in that dept for us too back then.

 

[upperdeck]

You want kids to learn why you use the backboard you have them watch Pete and Bird.

 

[OrangePA]

Thought this was really good.

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A basketball genius. Did things nobody else has ever done. For guys like me - 66 years old - he was what we wanted to be.

 

[NineOneSeven]

Cool clip. How did he pass away?

 

[OrangePA]

Cool clip. How did he pass away?

Heart attack while playing in a pick-up game

 

[longtimefan]

You want kids to learn why you use the backboard you have them watch Pete and Bird.

Or any of Wooden's teams. He emphasized use of the backboard.

 

[Cheriehoop]

Cool clip. How did he pass away?

He accomplished all he did with no one knowing, including Pete, that he played without having any left coronary artery. His right coronary artery was the only source of oxygen and nutrients to supply his heart. It was only discovered from the autopsy after his fatal heart attack at the age of 40 in 1988, amazing everyone.

 

[OrangePA]

Or any of Wooden's teams. He emphasized use of the backboard.

A lost art.

 

[orangetom]

You want kids to learn why you use the backboard you have them watch Pete and Bird.

Sam Jones of the 60s Celtics was also a master. I had the privilege to see Pistol Pete play once. I was on a two month temporary work assignment in Seattle in the fall of 1978. When the Jazz came to town to play the Sonics, I couldn't miss it.

 

[PeteCalvin]

You want kids to learn why you use the backboard you have them watch Pete and Bird.

Billy Owens was a backboard junkie too. He was super efficient with his midrange game. Had an old school game.

 

[upperdeck]

we need the mets pitching lab to come to su to show kids the value of the bank shot