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Oscar Robertson 'The Big O' on super teams:
In pushing hard for free agency, Robertson helped found the Church of What’s Happening Now. Old-school players have criticized the practice of playing with a stacked deck. Not Robertson.
“What’s wrong with a stacked deck?” he once told me. “I don’t think, in this day and age, one superstar is going to win.”
Robertson compared free agency to playing pickup ball on the playground, where you chose your team. “When you went down to the playground, if you got beat, you go home. So what do you do?” he said. “You look around and you get guys who can play basketball.”
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Locker Room Talk: First day of NBA free agency should be called Big O Day
In pushing hard for free agency, Robertson helped found the Church of What’s Happening Now. Old-school players have criticized the practice of playing with a stacked deck. Not Robertson.
“What’s wrong with a stacked deck?” he once told me. “I don’t think, in this day and age, one superstar is going to win.”
Robertson compared free agency to playing pickup ball on the playground, where you chose your team. “When you went down to the playground, if you got beat, you go home. So what do you do?” he said. “You look around and you get guys who can play basketball.”
Full article here
Locker Room Talk: First day of NBA free agency should be called Big O Day

