Dale Curry is his dad, there is also a younger brother who's a freshman at Liberty, another small school. He's averaging 19 per game as a freshman. As far as shooters, you definitely have to throw Ray Allen in that mix. To this day, he probably has the prettiest shot in the NBA. For flat-out scorers at the college level, you have to look at guys like J.J. Reddick, Adam Morrison, and Kevin Durant in recent years. My viewership only goes back to around the late 80's, but I remember the days of Chris Jackson well. Also, Corliss Williamson used to fill it up for Arkansas. There was Iverson at Georgetown, Derrick Anderson at Kentucky, Sherman Douglas at Syracuse. The legend of Pistol Pete tells us he was second to none as a pure scorer. The stories I've heard, his style of play would've translated well to today's game and he likely would've still put up huge numbers if he was allowed to chunk up 25-30 shots per game every night as he did back in his day. It's arguable whether he's the best offensive player ever, because that encompasses more than just scoring, but as a pure scorer, it doesn't seem anyone could touch him.
Actually I have to disagree. Scoring was only one part of the magic of Pistol Pete. He could flat out handle the ball -- dribbling between his legs, behind his back, perfectly comfortable going either way -- and like somebody posted earlier in the thread he was ALWAYS a threat to smack an inattentive teammate in the nose with a pass. In short, he could do things with a basketball that were never done before and may never be done again.
http://www.sltrib.com/jazz/ci_10736298 So, the Jazz played all over that first year. I thought I saw Walton and the trailblazers at the Loyola fieldhouse. And they are right about the cheap tickets. But the usual for the third level of the dome was $5, just walk up and get it. I guess they sold tickets for .50 the night they set the NBA attendance record against the Knicks, like 37,000 for a regular season NBA game, if I recall. http://www.answers.com/topic/utah-jazz Man, too bad New Orleans couldn't have improved that arena lease... If the superdome had made less, the city would have made more.
It was a blowout game and Pete and other teammate were on a two on one fastbreak, and he went to make one of his passes, but he come down wrong and messed up his knee.
Pete was probably the greatest college player ever. I don't know that it's particularly close. He was certainly the greatest scorer in college basketball ever. Comparisons to Bird, however, are dicey. The pro numbers really aren't that close. Despite the reputation, he wasn't as good a shooter as Bird. Bird shot .50 percent better from the field throughout his career. Also, despite the fact that Pete was a guard and Bird was a forward, Bird averaged more assists, more steals, and was a better free throw shooter. Pete, obviously, was a magician handling the ball, so he wins that one, but overall, he's not Larry Bird. That's OK, though. 99.9 percent of all basketball players didn't have the overall game that Bird had.
