in ten nba seasons, maravich, a five time nba all-star, scored 15,948 points in 658 games for a 24.2 points per game average.
on January 5, 1988, while warming up to play a pickup basketball game with a group that included focus on the family head james dobson, he collapsed and died of a heart attack at the age of 40.
years before his death, at the age of 25, maravich told pennsylvania reporter, andy nuzzo, "i don't want to play 10 years in the nba and then die of a heart attack at 40."
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