My brothers and I were very average at basketball but I do remember when I was about 9, my dad got us the movie "Pistol: Birth of a Legend" as well as had us attend a Pistol Pete basketball came for a year or two. Pete's work ethic and practicing the fundamentals of finger pad control, backspin, follow through, combined with his use of new "trick" moves were quite an inspiration on how to play really good ball. It's a shame he died so young, but your reference to his 44 PPG is just bananas and reminds us of how dominant he was a shooter.