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
Pete Newell was the Olympic coach and was a fine person. It was a great honor to play on that team, ... Jack McMahon of the Royals was another coach I enjoyed playing for in the NBA and I got the opportunity to play with and against so many great players.
So many kids think that, ... But when you look at the history of players coming out (of college) early, only a handful really make it.
Every time you score it's an assist now. But when I played you had to be going to the basket on the dribble. So it's easy to get the assists, but the rebounds are the toughest things to get night in and night out.
In sports, you're going to have players who are great but haven't won championships. That's true. You only get one winner a year, and the rest of the guys don't win.
I was taught to play that way when I was in high school and even before I got to high school.
If you're a basketball player, you've got to shoot.
I think that basketball players should get the job done no matter how it looks on the screen.
But after that you don't see a lot of real good fundamental play. You see a showboat-type basketball which is almost parallel to street basketball.
But I think the image that's thrown out on television is a bad image. Because you see players who want to imitate hip-hop stars. And the NBA is taking advantage of the situation.
You have to teach now - tell a kid how to box out, tell him how to pass, teach him footwork. Players don't understand that anymore.
Some players are more physical than others, some play with more finesse. Some are just really great all-around players. So you have to change your game.
When you play guard, you're not going to block a lot of shots. Inside, you're going to block shots.
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.