15. Pete Maravich
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Let’s put it this way: “Pistol” Pete Maravich was to the 1970’s what Stephen Curry has been to the 2010’s — a one-man offensive wrecking ball who forced opponents to check him as far as 25 feet away from the basket.
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During the peak of his career, Maravich essentially averaged 28 points per game, and that was before the implementation of the three-point line; it’s completely fair to say that he could have averaged upwards of 33 points per game if they counted three-pointers. However, unlike Curry, Maravich never made it out of the conference finals; his closest shot at even making an NBA Finals came in 1980, as a member of the Boston Celtics, during his last season in the NBA.
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