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Oscar Robertson

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I was taught to play that way when I was in high school and even before I got to high school.


— Oscar Robertson


#even #got #high #high school #i

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.


— Oscar Robertson


#bigger #bird #boston #championship #championship team

If you're a basketball player, you've got to shoot.


— Oscar Robertson


#basketball #basketball player #got #player #shoot

It's a sad commentary when I have to say that sometimes in our country we are real sensitive to race.


— Oscar Robertson


#country #i #our #race #real

Now, I guess, people want stars. People are trying to invent stars.


— Oscar Robertson


#i #invent #now #people #stars

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.


— Oscar Robertson


#change #finesse #game #great #just

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.


— Oscar Robertson


#because #games #go #great #guys

The thing about it is almost everyone could pass that way, but we were kept from doing it by our coaches.


— Oscar Robertson


#almost #coaches #could #doing #everyone

This is where young players today want to land. They want to be NBA players because of the money.


— Oscar Robertson


#land #money #nba #players #today

We're all Americans trying to compete. Magic was competing for his team and Larry for his team.


— Oscar Robertson


#compete #competing #his #larry #magic






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Robertson attends many of the games there viewing the Bearcats from a chair at courtside. Six years after the suit was filed the NBA finally reached a settlement the ABA-NBA merger took place and the Oscar Robertson suit encouraged signing of more free agents and eventually led to higher salaries for all players. On June 9 2007 Oscar received an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from the University of Cincinnati for both his philanthropic and entrepreneurial efforts.

For his outstanding achievements Robertson was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1980 and was voted one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History in 1996. Oscar Palmer Robertson (born November 24 1938) nicknamed "The Big O" is an American former National Basketball Association player who played for the Cincinnati Royals and Milwaukee Bucks. The 6-foot-5 220-pound Robertson played the shooting guard/point guard position and was a twelve-time All-Star eleven-time member of the All-NBA Team and one-time winner of the MVP award in fourteen professional seasons.

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