Big Respect to Oscar Robertson

[Arcadian]

Great player, but not in most people's top 10 players of all time lists.

Here's mine:
1. Jordan
2. Kareem
3. Magic
4. Bird
5. Wilt
6. Shaq
7. Duncan
8. Hakeem
9. Kobe
10. Russell

Actually yes he is in most people's top 10. Just ask around...take a poll. You'll see.

[james evans]

i still don't understand how kobe is in anyone's top 10 list. was a sidekick for 3 les, lost a 28 point lead and blown out in 2008, beat a nothing ass team during 09 when they played the magic thanks to dumb ass coaching by van gundy(benching the guards that got him there to play nelson and having red guard kobe in game 5), and shot like ass in 2010 while gasol was jerked out of an mvp finals trophy. i swear people believe anything that espy tells them without analyzing anything.

[DAF86]

Did Magic ever average a triple double for a season? O did it FIVE TIMES. He also averaged 30ppg six times. Magic did it 0 times.

I'm not defending Kirby, I don't think Kirby is even top 10 all-time at this point, but averaging triple doubles in a weak era for guards doesn't really mean much, especially when the only ring he did win was thanks to Kareem(Robertson was out of his prime by then).

Seriously, what makes him better than Lebron,Wade,Dirk,KG,West?

If it were so easy to average a triple double back then why didn't somebody else do it? Robertson did it 'cause he was far ahead of his time and those kind of player deserve respect and according to his numbers Robertson deserves top 10 player of all-time respect.

[Floyd Pacquiao]

ugly Spurs Timmy D heroball = 4 rings

classyball = 0 rings

Yeah but to be fair classyball should have netted 1 last year. It took the most epic choke in nba history not too

[TheGoldStandard]

Tim Duncan is still a beast but man.. think of all those years of Prime Duncan with the talent of this team now.. damn!

[hooperflash]

Tim Duncan is still a beast but man.. think of all those years of Prime Duncan with the talent of this team now.. damn!

Oh man, that would've been Miami-esque :0

[HI-FI]

that is an awesome gif. Christmas came early for lefty.

[lefty]

that is an awesome gif. Christmas came early for lefty.

[Boomersgold]

Actually yes he is in most people's top 10. Just ask around...take a poll. You'll see.

I do read around (Youtube comments, bleacher report articles, Bball forums). I'd say about 5-10% of the lists that I've seen have him.

[ElNono]

i still don't understand how kobe is in anyone's top 10 list. was a sidekick for 3 les, lost a 28 point lead and blown out in 2008, beat a nothing ass team during 09 when they played the magic thanks to dumb ass coaching by van gundy(benching the guards that got him there to play nelson and having red guard kobe in game 5), and shot like ass in 2010 while gasol was jerked out of an mvp finals trophy. i swear people believe anything that espy tells them without analyzing anything.

not sure he breaks the top 15 if not for being a media darling, tbh...

- Holds all time NBA record for most missed shots
- Missed the playoffs in his prime
- Posted a negative record (125-121) while he wasn't riding coattails of a dominant big man (Shaq/Pau)
- Single-handedly cost his team a championship in '04, chucking away at 38% (17% from 3pt land), while having a dominant teammate scoring at 63% clip
- Never made teammates better
- Never averaged .500 or better shooting in a season (IOW, he's a volume shooter, unlike Magic, MJ, Lebron, etc)

on the plus side, he did block Lebron on the All Star game last season, so there's that...

[james evans]

not sure he breaks the top 15 if not for being a media darling, tbh...

- Holds all time NBA record for most missed shots
- Missed the playoffs in his prime
- Posted a negative record (125-121) while he wasn't riding coattails of a dominant big man (Shaq/Pau)
- Single-handedly cost his team a championship in '04, chucking away at 38% (17% from 3pt land), while having a dominant teammate scoring at 63% clip
- Never made teammates better
- Never averaged .500 or better shooting in a season (IOW, he's a volume shooter, unlike Magic, MJ, Lebron, etc)

on the plus side, he did block Lebron on the All Star game last season, so there's that...

i'm glad at least someone agrees with me that he's not as good as the media wants us to believe he is. he can without a doubt score, but what helse does he do? he's made the all defensive 1st team so many times and i don't understand why or how?while duncan missed it a couple years ago.. who picks these lists? and i din't forget 2004. we were cheated in game 5 against the lakers(derek fisher in .4 seconds caught the ball, turned around, AND faded away) so i was happy the pistons tore their ass up. but kobe shot them out while his fans(not REAL laker fans) will deny it to this day. any laker fan pre-kobe will tell u he shot them out, but i aint complaining. i was happy he did..

[heyheymymy]

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