Pete Maravich, Allen Iverson: Ten NBA greats who retired without a Championship Ring (Part 2)
Pete Maravich
Pete Maravich, who was also known as “Pistol Pete” was the supreme inventive talent in the history of the league when it came to offense. Pistol still holds the best scoring record in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division.
He leads the way with 3,667 points and he scored these points with an average of 44.2 points per game.
Hall of Famer John Havlicek once termed Pete as “the best ball-handler of all time”. Pistol was also included in the list of 50 Greatest Players of all time. He was named as the National Basketball Association All-Star on five
occasions and twice he was selected for All-NBA first and second team.
Pistol made his mark in the league right from the beginning of his career and because of his excellent performance he was selected in NBA All-Rookie first team. On the 50th Anniversary of NBA, Maravich was also included
in NBA’s 50th Anniversary All-Time team.
During his career with NBA, Maravich scored at an average of 24.2 points per game, while he also clutched 4.20 rebounds per game and dished out 5.4 assists. However, this sensational player is among the list of the unlucky greats,
who failed to achieve championship ring during their careers.
Allen Iverson
Allen Iverson is still considered as the most destructive offensive weapon the league has ever graced. Iversion, although short in size by NBA standards, was flexible and played on both point and shooting guard positions. He was
the No. 1 pick in the 1996 NBA Draft, when he was picked up by Philadelphia 76ers and for his excellent first year he was named the Rookie of the Year.
Allen was crowned as the NBA All-Star 11 times and also won two All-Star MVP awards in 2001 and 2005. Iverson was the top scorer of the league from 1998-2005. Besides the Sixers, Iverson also played for Denver Nuggets, Detroit
Pistons and Memphis Grizzlies, before he again played one last time for the Sixers.
He scored at an average of 26.7 points per game, while in the playoffs his average was even better with 29.7 points per game. In 2004, he won a bronze medal with US national side in the Summer Olympics.
Despite of his so many astonishing achievements in his career, Iverson failed to get his hands on the coveted championship ring. The small stature player almost single-headedly took the Sixers to the NBA Finals in 2001, where they
were routed by Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’ Neal led Los Angeles Lakers.
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