Pete Maravich: The Battle to Earn the Pros’ Respect

[Here is the final post in this series on Pistol Pete’s rookie season. It’s from the great Paul Hemphill, who wrote the article for the March 1971 issue of Sport Magazine. I think it captures well the second half of Maravich’s self-described “tumultuous” rookie season.  

Before leaving everyone to Hemphill’s fine prose, a quick update on the blog. You ma…