Notes: I'm obviously not suggesting that he invented ALL of these moves. Also, some of his other moves - not shown here - were never again duplicated since.
Highlighted players: Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Kobe Bryant, Isiah Thomas, Allen Iverson, Jason Williams, Hakeem Olajuwon, John Stockton, Steve Nash, Rajon Rondo, Ricky Rubio, Stephen Curry, LeBron James, Jason Kidd, Tracy McGrady, Chris Paul, Joe Johnson, Mark Jackson, Kyrie Irving, Penny Hardaway, Derrick Rose, Mark Price, Manu Ginobili, Chauncey Billups, Dwyane Wade, Tony Parker, Tim Hardaway, Reggie Theus, Stephon Marbury, James Harden, Russell Westbrook, Pau Gasol and Goran Dragic.
"Pistol was a big influence on me. I've often tried his moves on the basketball court. What he did on the court are things that players today still can't do."--Isiah Thomas
"I learned all my tricks from Pete Maravich."--Kobe Bryant
"I've got a lot of Pistol Pete in my game."--Steve Nash
"Pistol Pete is a legend to all who understand the history of basketball."--Jason Kidd
"He was one of the truly great players that could fill an arena. He was an excellent player. He could dribble with both hands, shoot with both hands, and see the whole court. I enjoyed playing with Pete. His biggest influence to my mind was his ability to pass. When he stepped on the court, it was like a warning sign: 'Watch out. I know how to play this game.'"--Larry Bird
"Pete was 'The Man.' I'd just sit there and shake my head and say to myself: 'How'd he do that?'"--Magic Johnson
"We're all doing things he did first."--Steve Nash
"(Oscar) Robertson was the best guard I ever played against. Jerry West was the best I ever played with. And Pete is the best I've ever seen."--Elgin Baylor
"He was the greatest ball handler I've ever seen in my life. He could do things with the basketball that were unbelievable."--Rick Barry
"A lot of guys break the laws of gravity. Pete breaks the laws of physics."--Red Auerbach
"The stuff that Pistol did with the ball was the breaking ground for what we can do today."--Jason Kidd
"Through following basketball and enjoying his flair for the game, I feel as though I knew him. He was a great scorer and a great passer at the same time. The passes he made were unbelievable. He was so ahead of his time."--Magic Johnson
"Oh my. He did things with the basketball that players - still today - can't do. If Maravich was playing today, he'd be a god."--Isiah Thomas
"All those things that made him a great player, they were also his curse. It was hard for him to blend his game with other players. He had been groomed to see how many points he could score rather than how many games he could win. That's the enigma of Pete Maravich."--Paul Westphal
"Like a master chess player, Pete Maravich saw things that nobody else did."--Bill Walton
"He was the original. When you talk about 'Showtime,' you talk about creativity, and bringing a whole different concept to the game of basketball. Pete was the original. He opened the minds of a lot of players as to how the game should be played. What he could do with the basketball at full speed was incredible. He was the best ball handler I ever saw. Ever."--Pat Riley
"He was a startling player. One of a half dozen I've ever seen who I'd buy a ticket to see play. He was as dazzling a passer and as great a ball handler as I've ever seen. He was like a great singer with a style all his own, a pacing that was different, a flair for the unusual."--Chick Hearn
"You were never quite sure what he was going to do with the ball in the open court. He had a thousand moves to either shoot it or pass it."--Jack Ramsay, Hall of Fame Coach
"The best showman of all time? I'd probably have to say Pistol Pete."--Isiah Thomas