Thursday, February 09, 2012

Oscar Robertson: Heat Need Center

Robertson says, "I want LeBron to win. It felt like the whole country was against him last year. But I've always said this, To win championships, you need to have a center who can get you 12 points, 10 rebounds,” Robertson told the Miami Herald. “The Heat don't have that." By Robertson’s theory, the Oklahoma City Thunder, which own the NBA’s best record, can’t win the title either, unless Kendrick Perkins finds a solution to his struggles. Perkins' numbers are well off Robertson's 12 and 10 benchmarks, and Michael Jordan won multiple championships without a center having those stats. Robertson also believe the best players of his era would have beaten the 1992 Dream Team, which won gold at the Barcelona Olympics. "If we would have put myself and Jerry (West) in the backcourt, with Wilt (Chamberlain) and Bill (Russell) inside with Elgin Baylor, they never would have beat us,” Robertson said, according to The Herald. “How could they?"

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