A Look Back At The "Big O"

While the Warriors spend a good part of the offseason without a point guard - it makes me wonder if maybe they're not going to get a true point guard at all. Maybe they are going to stick with the core of what they have and head more toward a point forward system. It makes more sense to me to have Jackson run the point then Monta. It seems like with his experience he is much more ready for that responsibility. Monta could continue to thrive where he does best - at the 2. I started doing a little research on this system & it led me to read about Oscar Robertson - one of the greatest "all around" players of all time. He averaged a triple double his entire second season in the NBA, He was NBA Rookie of the Year in 1960-61, played in 12 straight NBA All-Star Games, was selected to the All-NBA First Team nine consecutive seasons, won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award in 1963-64, and helped the Milwaukee Bucks win the NBA Championship in 1971. He was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1979 and named to the NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team in 1996-97. He was also a driving force in the anti-trust suit against the NBA and ABA merger. If that weren't enough - after his retirement he began working to improve living conditions in his hometown of Indianapolis by working for affordable housing and against policies adverse to minorities in his community. Some might say he revolutionized the way the game of basketball was played. Before him there were no "big guards". One obvious comes to mind after - Magic. But no one has yet to match what the Big O was able to do on the floor. If you would like to read more on Oscar Robertson he has a book titled - "The Big O: My Life, My Times, My Game".