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People say that, but I think the NBA was bigger than Larry Bird and Magic Johnson.
Oscar Robertson
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Oscar Robertson
Age: 85
Born: 1938
Born: November 24
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Oscar Palmer Robertson
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When I started playing, I wasn't fast, I was gangly, my jumpshot was terrible.
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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.
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Just fundamental things - I played guard and I played forward, so you get into a position where you are pivoting out on the court.
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You've got to learn the footwork, the positioning, how to box out, how to pass, how to shoot your free throws. All these things are necessary, not to be the No. 1 player in the world, but maybe you can play against him.
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I think that teaching coaches are the norm now.
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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.
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When you go into a game on offense, you make a couple moves and see what the defender is going to do. Then you pretty much can figure out what he is going to do against you - whether he carries his hands low or high, whether he is bumping or pushing, those type of things.
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I think no one has written a history of the great coaches who were around 30 to 40 years ago who taught the fundamentals.
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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.
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When you play against different people from all walks of life you can't do the same thing against every player defensively or offensively. You have to change up the way you go at a player.
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Look, I think you should promote the game, but I think you should make it what it ought to be. Not some kind of a side-show.
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It's like all guys want to do is make a dunk, grab their shirt and yell out and scream - they could be down 30 points but that's what they do. Okay, so you made a dunk. Get back down the floor on defense!
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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.
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It's a sad commentary when I have to say that sometimes in our country we are real sensitive to race.
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Just because it is an All-Star Game doesn't mean that you are playing as efficiently as you should.
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I think that everyone should be able to dribble. Everyone should be able to pass. Otherwise, why are you out there?
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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.
Oscar Robertson
But I like to think an athlete is an athlete.
Oscar Robertson
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.
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But when I did it (the triple-double), I didn't even know it until someone told me.
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