Is Oscar Robertson overrated?

[jongib369]

http://youtu.be/q5kUALT8p9Y

[pauk]

Meh... Tim Duncan >

[OldSchoolBBall]

His scoring and especially rebounding were inflated due to the extreme pace of the era, but I still think he's be a 24-27 ppg/6-7 reb/8-10 apg player at his peak today.

[RoundMoundOfReb]

Yes. Poor man's LeBron.

[LAZERUSS]

His scoring and especially rebounding were inflated due to the extreme pace of the era, but I still think he's be a 24-27 ppg/6-7 reb/8-10 apg player at his peak today.

[ShawkFactory]

His scoring and especially rebounding were inflated due to the extreme pace of the era, but I still think he's be a 24-27 ppg/6-7 reb/8-10 apg player at his peak today.

With elite intangibles. He'd win some rings in this era.

[Done_And_Done]

What a tank. I bet he could have been a cross athlete if he wanted.

[KyrieTheFuture]

He's barely even rated

[CP343]

He's barely even rated

This. He seems to be the least talked about guy that is arguably in the top 10.

[aj1987]

His scoring and especially rebounding were inflated due to the extreme pace of the era, but I still think he's be a 20-23 ppg/4-5 reb/6-7 apg player at his peak today.

Fixed.

Dude was basically Wilt-lite. A statpadder. Nothing more than that.

[pudman13]

This was very poorly argued. At one point they say he padded his stats, and then they complain that his numbers declined when he played with Kareem (and won a title.) Which do you want??

They also accuse Oscar of "stat padding," yet the term "triple double" didn't even exist during his playing career.

The fact is, anyone who watches any of those games in the Bucks' championship season can see just how good he still was, and why his "lesser numbers" in the context of a more well-rounded team don't mean there was any "decline" at all. Kareem says he was the greatest, and watching those games makes me think he's as fundamentally sound as anyone who ever played the game; he looked to me like the best player in the world.

The arguments in favor of West in this video are certainly better than the arguments against Oscar.

I think the lack of video of Oscar in his prime counts mightily against him, and so does the lack of flash in his game. If anything, he's underrated, as his ranking has declined quite a bit in modern years, with people only remembering him as at he guy who averaged a triple double, which is not the thing that made him great.

[Tarik One]

This. He seems to be the least talked about guy that is arguably in the top 10.

Because he was a very bitter ball player throughout his career. The quintessential "Angry Black Man"

[jongib369]

What a tank. I bet he could have been a cross athlete if he wanted.

He's built like a Jordan/Charles hybrid

[aj1987]

This was very poorly argued. At one point they say he padded his stats, and then they complain that his numbers declined when he played with Kareem (and won a title.) Which do you want??

You can't statpad yourself to a title. You need to play team ball.

[Marchesk]

Fixed.

Dude was basically Wilt-lite. A statpadder. Nothing more than that.

Time travel Kareem to Oscar's rookie season and see how his career plays out.