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"Oscar Is without a doubt the greatest basketball player I have ever played against. "-Jerry West on Oscar Robertson. Information on the Milwaukee Bucks, Oscar Robertson of the Milwaukee Bucks did not invent the triple-double. He simply played that way. The fact he made the difficult-to-attain statistical feat seem somewhat routine is a testament to his abilities as perhaps the most complete player of all time. The NBA caught a glimpse of what was coming when the former University of Cincinnati star Oscar. Robertson's stats averaged 30.5 points, 10.1 rebounds and 9.7 assists per game as a rookie with the Cincinnati Royals. He was not about to settle for almost making history, so the following year he did the unthinkable. Increasing his output in each category, the "Big 0" averaged double figures in each of the three main statistical categories, a feat that may never be duplicated.

Robertson, a three-time college scoring champion and 1960 Olympic gold medalist, set an NBA career assists record (9,887) that lasted nearly two decades. He made the All-NBA First Team nine years in a row, earned the league's MVP Award in 1964 and was named MVP of the All-Star Game three times. Robertson won the 1967-68 scoring title and led the NBA in assists eight times. The stats, however, do not do justice to the Robertson story. Oscar's moves were legendary. Long before school children recounted the graceful acrobatics of Julius Erving, marveled at the point guard skills of 6-foot-9 Magic Johnson or tried to "be like Mike" on playgrounds across America, it was Robertson who made jaws drop with his creative passes in mid-air, unstoppable fadeaway jump shot and willingness to make whatever big play needed to be made.

Said former Celtics guard Bill Sharman: "Robertson was a big man with the moves of a really tremendous little man." Jerry West called Robertson "the closest player I have ever seen to being perfect." Although Robertson spent most of his 14 seasons on Cincinnati and Milwaukee teams that were far from title contenders, he did not retire without a championship, helping the Bucks to the 1971 crown in the twilight of his great career.