By rss@youtube.com (1avardac) Just a rough cut of the game, focused mostly on Pete. Author: 1avardac Keywords: pete maravich pistol lsu hawks jazz celtics basketball Added: December 27, 2008

He was 67. Komives was a Piston from 1968-72, playing alongside the likes of Davie Bing and Bob Lanier. In his 10-year NBA career, Komives also had stints with the New York Knicks, Buffalo Braves and Kansas City-Omaha Kings. His two best seasons came ... Former NBA player Komives dies HoopsWorld

The Pistons seemed poised to have a good season in 1971-72: Bing was coming off another All-NBA First Team selection, second year center Bob Lanier was about to become one of the league's top players and the Pistons had narrowly missed the playoffs in 1970-71 despite posting a fine 45-37 r...

By noreply@blogger.com (Greg Eno) Shortly after becoming the general manager of the Pistons in December 1979, Jack McCloskey realized the enormity of his task. The team was awful. Its two stars -- Bob Lanier and Bob McAdoo -- didn't want to be there. Lanier's trade request was the most public, and the most poignant, for Big Bob had been a Piston his whole career, which was in its tenth year. Ex-coach Dick Vitale stripped the Pistons bare of draft picks, thanks to bad trades -- one of which was McAdoo. The team was lucky to win one of every four games. So McCloskey picked up the phone and called his old friend and boss, Lakers GM Jerry West. West ran the outrageous offer past Lakers ownership, but it was rejected. Keep Calvin and Hanson, and find 51 other players, and go from there.   [read the full post]