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Message: [QUOTE="Littlemin, post: 3833276, member: 10363"] Of course you miss the obvious point that his teammates shot over 50% because he was constantly double and triple teamed leaving his teammates playing 4 on 2 or 3. He also was an excellent passer which provided his teammates easy opportunities. But to sit and cite stats as an explanation for Maravich as a player is just the ultimate taking stats out of context. His relationship with his father and more to the point, his upbringing, made him what he was. He was raised to be a basketball “showman” from a very early age, and like Todd Marinovich, another player raised by a Dr. Frankenstein father to be nothing but an athlete, he paid emotionally for becoming what he was raised to be. The story in many ways is quite sad. Quotes of his that maybe offer perspective: ”I got by on talent, that was my fatal mistake.” “It’s hard when your father’s the coach. Sometimes you don’t know where one leaves off and the other begins.” ”When I arrived, I felt the spotlight shining brightly on me, and I knew the sharks were ready to strike if I did not pan out and prove myself to be the showman and player the college ranks had labeled me to be.” ”Most of my career was negative.” “I lived my life one way for 35 years, for me. And then the focus came in on what I really was.” And the one that sums it all up- “My life had no meaning at all. I found only brief interludes of satisfaction. It was like my whole life had been about my basketball career.” [/QUOTE]

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