Doctor MJ wrote:Sasaki wrote:Obviously I can't vote, but one thing I'm a bit surprised about - Pistol Pete has yet to be nominated?
Sorry my friend, but Pistol's nowhere near my radar. Not impressed by him at all. Dude had skills, but also a horribly distorted view of his own ability to make shots compared to teammates (certainly related to how his father trained him). Apologists will say he never had any teammates good enough to pass it to, but the reality is he was drafted on to a team (Atlanta) with an excellent offense that he made worse.
The guy did play on pretty crappy teams and showed an awful lot of ability. Hondo called him the greatest ball handler ever. We give Erving a pass for not winning one in Philly because his team was dysfunctional, then we expect a rookie point to transform a dysfunctional Atlanta team? And after that he was sent to an expansion team, then injuries took over.
I grade him down for longevity, but the way this list is being done, I'd expect him to rank higher than he probably will.