re: "Who was as good as Pete Maravich?"

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But he also had his demons: many a nite, post game wtih the Jazz, I would see him in the restaurant/bar where his brother Ronnie worked in the Querter, sitting alone, a bottle of Jack in his hands. And he would drink non stop.

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Sadly while he was playing in the pros, he developed into an alcoholic for awhile. He was even said to drink a beer in the locker room at halftime. How he could do that and play as well as he did and the whole time with a defective heart is truly amazing.

Once his playing days were over he found religion and nutrition and quit drinking. Then his heart gives out just when he has turned it around.