but Maravich had a lot of weaknesses in his game that are rarely discussed. He was an awful team player. He just never learned to play with a team. He also missed tons of shots and committed tons of turnovers. He loved circus shots and circus passes, but they came at the expense of ball control and shooting percentage. Everyone says his career was short because of injuries, and that’s partly true. The other part of it was that he could not adjust to being a role player. Even when he was slowed down by injuries, he still had plenty of skill to be an NBA player, but he couldn’t figure out how to be a secondary player. It cost him his spot on the Boston Celtics right as they were about to win championships.