“Pistol” Pete Maravich
by Neal Portnoy

“I’d seen Maravich play in New Orleans, when the Utah Jazz were the New Orleans Jazz.  He was something to see – mop of brown hair, floppy socks – the holy terror of the basketball world – high flyin’ – magician of the court.  The night I saw him he dribbled the ball with his head, scored a behind-the-back, no-look basket – dribbled the length of the court, threw the ball up over the glass and caught his own pass. He was fantastic.  Scored something like 38 points. He could have played blind.”

— Bob Dylan