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Message: [QUOTE="Fairfield Fan, post: 3833105, member: 6911"] You know, I'm going to have to disagree. Yes, Paige is smooth, has a good outside shot, etc. But Pistol Pete Maravich was, IMHO, the greatest scorer in basketball history. Consider that he scored 44 ppg during his three varsity years. He also averaged 44 ppg as a freshman on the freshman team. And that was all before the 3-point line, and before the shot clock. A Wikipedia notation said that a former coach charted all of his shots. He went back and analyzed how many of his shots would have been threes, and determined that if there had been a 3-point line, Maravich would have averaged 57 ppg in college!! And consider how many schools slowed the game down against him- no 24 second clock! His NBA career was marred by knee injuries, but he still averaged over 24 ppg. I'm sorry, but Paige is no Pistol Pete. He was in a class by himself! [/QUOTE]