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
If you're a basketball player, you've got to shoot.
I'd like to think that the nature of the two teams - Boston being a championship team over the years and the Lakers, same thing - was a lot bigger than Larry Bird or Magic Johnson.
I think that teaching coaches are the norm now.
I think no one has written a history of the great coaches who were around 30 to 40 years ago who taught the fundamentals.
I played on an all-black high school team and we didn't want people saying that we were clowns.
But I like to think an athlete is an athlete.
I think that basketball players should get the job done no matter how it looks on the screen.
Actually, Magic and the Lakers beat Philadelphia for Magic's first NBA Championship.
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.
But if people are buying the products, naturally they're gonna use them.
Just because it is an All-Star Game doesn't mean that you are playing as efficiently as you should.
But when I did it (the triple-double), I didn't even know it until someone told me.
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.