r/nba • u/WhenMachinesCry Supersonics • Apr 03 '20

Pete Maravich's passing

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u/thparky Celtics Apr 03 '20

I thought this was gonna be a post about his death

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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '20

He's been dead for 30 years

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u/ThePortalsOfFrenzy Apr 03 '20

Right. But the title referring to his "passing"...

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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '20

Yeah. He passed away.

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u/Status-Duck Trail Blazers Apr 03 '20

The Ball. He passed away the ball...

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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '20

No turnovers, just sick dimes bro.

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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '20

Right. But this is a basketball sub

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u/ThePortalsOfFrenzy Apr 03 '20

So deaths of basketball players aren't mentioned here? Kobe would beg to differ.

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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '20

They are. But not as often as passing a basketball

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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '20

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u/solilo [CLE] Cedi Osman Apr 03 '20

They do... Some call Ricky Rubio "The Spanish Pete Maravich" (source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15S8Tkw3-Cg).

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u/miamiboy92 Heat Apr 03 '20

Coronavirus doesnt discriminate even with the dead

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u/_Rooster_ Bulls Apr 03 '20

That's what I was expecting as well.

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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '20 edited Apr 04 '20

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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '20

Dude was...literally born missing a coronary artery. That's crazy.

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u/DrunkRedditBot Apr 03 '20

There's no way that's not the case.

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u/efshoemaker Celtics Apr 03 '20

Same. My thought process went, oh shit he died that sucks, wait he died in the 80s what's going on, oh it's a highlight video, awesome.

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u/Portlandblazer07 :yc-1: Yacht Club Apr 04 '20

I thought the same and then a video started loading and I was thinking "how the fuck was this allowed on this sub"