Oscar Robertson
Oscar Robertson
Oscar Palmer Robertson, nicknamed "The Big O", is an American retired National Basketball Association player who played for the Cincinnati Royals and Milwaukee Bucks. The 6 ft 5 in, 220 lb Robertson played at point guard and was a 12-time All-Star, 11-time member of the All-NBA Team, and one-time winner of the MVP award in 14 professional seasons. He is the only player in NBA history to average a triple-double for a season. He was a key player on the team which brought...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth24 November 1938
CountryUnited States of America
The thing about it is almost everyone could pass that way, but we were kept from doing it by our coaches.
When you play guard, you're not going to block a lot of shots. Inside, you're going to block shots.
The players have no real self-esteem when it comes to putting the best image out there in a real competitive fashion.
When I started playing, I wasn't fast, I was gangly, my jumpshot was terrible.
The Olympics were great, because you had to make the team, and then go to the games. Now, I don't know, these guys today don't want to do anything like that.
When I came into the league, once a team drafted you, they owned you forever. If they didn't like the clothes you wore, or the car you drove, they could blackball you.
The triple-double is just a stat. It's a test of your strength and stamina and playing ability, really.
We're all Americans trying to compete. Magic was competing for his team and Larry for his team.
This is where young players today want to land. They want to be NBA players because of the money.
There's so many young peoople who start to play basketball and never learn the fundamentals.
They should have a rule: in order to be a sportswriter, you have to have played that sport, at some level; high school, college, junior college, somewhere. Or, you should have had to have been around the game for a long time.
People will think there are no other great ballplayers. Look at Garnett. Look at Duncan, Shaq, Kobe. Look at the players with Sacramento. The have a really good basketball team.
I don't know hardly any of the players who have the in-between game like me, who can go to any position on the court.
College coaches want to power the ball inside, they want (their post players) to power the ball up, but no one can shoot from that 15-foot area anymore.