While “Pistol” Pete Maravich is best known for what he did in the State of Louisiana both with the New Orleans Jazz and LSU, but it should be remembered that the first four seasons he spent professionally was with the Atlanta Hawks.
Maravich struggled to find a fit in Atlanta but by his third year he emerged as an All Star, and would again make that game in his fourth and final season as a Hawk. He would average a whopping 24.3 Points per Game as an Atlanta Hawk, but he would later move to the Jazz who made him an even bigger part of their offense than Atlanta did.
Maravich was not with Atlanta long (only four years, which is why it is so hard to rank him higher), but he was immortalized by the team in 2017 when they retired his number 44. He was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 1987, and he would later be chosen for the NBA 75th Anniversary Team.
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