{"id":1405059,"date":"2021-08-28T09:40:17","date_gmt":"2021-08-28T13:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1405059"},"modified":"2023-06-09T17:28:21","modified_gmt":"2023-06-09T21:28:21","slug":"oscar-robertson-listed-favorite-nba-players-all-time-lebron-james-missed-cut-difficult-in-different-ages-say-this-guy-better-than-this-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/oscar-robertson-listed-favorite-nba-players-all-time-lebron-james-missed-cut-difficult-in-different-ages-say-this-guy-better-than-this-player\/","title":{"rendered":"Oscar Robertson Listed His 5 Favorite NBA Players of All Time, and LeBron James Missed the Cut: &#8216;It's Difficult in Different Ages and What Not to Say This Guy Was Better Than This Player'"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>No sport brings about more top-five lists than the NBA. Players, coaches, <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/charles-barkley-goes-old-school-when-naming-his-top-5-nba-players-of-all-time\/\">analysts like Charles Barkley<\/a>, and fans always seem to have a top-five list of their favorite players handy. That group also includes NBA legend Oscar Robertson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Big O joined <em>Knuckleheads <\/em>with Quentin Richardson and Darius Miles to discuss various NBA-related topics. Near the end of the hour-plus interview, Miles asked Robertson to name his five favorite NBA players of all time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Left off Robertson's list? <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/tag\/LeBron-James\/\">LeBron James<\/a>, one of the biggest stars in NBA history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-oscar-robertson-and-lebron-james-share-a-surprising-number-of-similarities\">Oscar Robertson and LeBron James share a surprising number of similarities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Although basketball has changed drastically in the 60 years since Robertson first took the court, he and James have several things in common.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both players were No. 1 overall picks; Robertson in 1960 and James in 2003. Oscar was a 6-foot-5 point guard, a rarity in his time, while LeBron has ran point at 6-foot-9 for most of his career. Additionally, each received <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/why-carmelo-anthony-should-have-beaten-lebron-james-for-nba-rookie-of-the-year-in-2004\/\">Rookie of the Year<\/a> honors, earned multiple All-NBA and All-Star appearances, and won at least one NBA title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In this decade (since Jan. 1, 2010)\u2026LeBron James has 5,508 rebounds and 5,506 assists. <br><br>James is just the 2nd player in NBA history with at least 5,500 rebounds and 5,500 assists in a single decade.<br><br>He joins Oscar Robertson, who accomplished this feat in the 1960s. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/as9GevTmxh\">pic.twitter.com\/as9GevTmxh<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ESPN Stats &amp; Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESPNStatsInfo\/status\/1205110051049885697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 12, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The biggest similarity between Big O and King James, however, exists on the stat sheet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Robertson earned triple-doubles long before anyone else, becoming the first player to average a triple-double for an entire season. In fact, his 181 for a career was the all-time record until Russell Westbrook broke it in May 2021. But <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/lebron-james-vs-kareem-abdul-jabbar-the-tale-of-the-tape\/\">James is on the all-time list<\/a> for most triple-doubles as well, with 105, two away from tying Jason Kidd for fourth place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-despite-their-similar-styles-robertson-left-james-off-his-top-five-list-of-favorite-players\">Despite their similar styles, Robertson left James off his top-five list of favorite players<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When the topic of Robertson's favorite five players came up on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theplayerstribune.com\/posts\/oscar-robertson-nba-basketball-knuckleheads-podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Knuckleheads<\/em><\/a> podcast, the first name he mentioned wasn't a surprise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Big O started his list off with <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/michael-jordan-never-viewed-better-player-magic-johnson-larry-bird\/\">Michael Jordan<\/a>, then followed it up with Elgin Baylor, who entered the league just two years before Robertson. He rounded out his five with &#8220;The Kid Out of Golden State&#8221; (Steph Curry), Jerry West, and Wilt Chamberlain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I know I'm going to miss a few guys,&#8221; Robertson said. &#8220;But it's just wonderful to see great athletes perform in difficult situations.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Robertson also mentioned Bill Russell and Shaquille O'Neal before finally getting to King James.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I just thought about missing great basketball players, the one and only LeBron,&#8221; Robertson said with a smile. &#8220;Tremendous basketball player. But it's difficult in different ages and what not to say this guy was better than this player, than that player.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LeBron James Shows off for Oscar Robertson\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bly8SPXrMKM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-even-though-lebron-didn-t-make-his-top-five-robertson-wishes-they-could-ve-teamed-up\">Even though LeBron didn't make his top-five, Robertson wishes they could've teamed up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Regardless of Robertson's list, there's no denying his affinity for James as a whole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shortly after LeBron left the Cleveland Cavaliers for the Miami Heat in 2010, Oscar told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nba-news\/169603-oscar-robertson-lebron-is-in-a-class-by-himself\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ESPN's Mark Schwartz<\/a> that as a player, &#8220;LeBron's in a class by himself.&#8221; Then in 2016, Robertson wrote a piece on <em><a href=\"https:\/\/theundefeated.com\/features\/oscar-robertson-lebron-hes-mvp-athlete-entrepreneur-and-leader\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Undefeated<\/a><\/em> praising James:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;No one has ever before seen a player quite like LeBron. He\u2019s a five-tool player, fundamentally sound, and able to do practically anything on the court. As the NBA continues to evolve, I think he is the model other players ought to emulate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<cite>Oscar Robertson, <em>The Undefeated<\/em> (2016)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Robertson continued, saying, &#8220;I wish LeBron and I could have teamed up together. Who could have beaten us?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It's clear Robertson has plenty of love for James, even if the King didn't make Big O's favorite player list right away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Stats courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Basketball Reference<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Oscar Robertson listed his five favorite players in NBA history, LeBron James missed the cut.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":212,"featured_media":1405061,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4828,86460],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v22.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Oscar Robertson Listed His 5 Favorite NBA Players of All Time, and LeBron James Missed the Cut: &#039;It&#039;s Difficult in Different Ages and What Not to Say This Guy Was Better Than This Player&#039; - Sports7<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"On a recent podcast appearance, Oscar Robertson listed his five favorite players in NBA history. 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