Pistol

I'd like to take a few moments to address a topic which, I am sure, was on all of your minds this past Saturday. The genius who was Pete Maravich.

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Pistol Pete died 20 years ago, and retired at some point before that (I'm no expert here), but all of you should go to YouTube right now and pull up some Maravich clips. That guy was amazing. He did things with a basketball which seem to be contrary to the laws of physics.

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Last night Elliott talked me into watching a movie about Pete Maravich - specifically, about his 8th grade year in high school. A lot of the movie was fictionalized, but they kid they got to star as Pete had really great ball-handling skills (and Confidence! A lot of the movie is about having Confidence!). In 8th grade, Pete Maravich was a 5 foot 2 kid starting on the varsity team. His dad, a former professional player, coached at Clemson so Pete would practice with the college team. Unbelievable. He'd play 10 hours a day. He dribbled while riding his bike, or out the door of the car while his dad drove. He spun the ball on his fingertip for an hour. Elliott, correct me on any of this if I'm wrong.

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He averaged 44 points a game in college! And this was before the 3-point line was created .

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And he had so much Confidence! ;)

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So anyway, RIP Pistol Pete. For what it's worth, I liked your movie more than Rocky IV and its inexplicable robot.