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#6 Oscar Robertson
Oscar was a gifted passer and was the league leader in assists for 6 years(1961, 1962, 1964-66, 1969), averaging a career-high 11.4 assists in the 1961-62 season. By the time he retired in 1974, Robertson had assisted 9,887 times averaging 9.5 assists per game throughout his career. He is 4th all-time in terms of career assists average and 6th when it comes to total assists.
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As a player with the Cincinnati (Ohio) Royals in 1961–62, he averaged double figures in points (30.8), rebounds (12.5), and assists (11.4) per game, a feat unmatched by any other player until Russell Westbrook did so in 2016–17. In his MVP winning season, 'The Big O' averaged 31.4 points, 9.9 rebounds and 11 assists per game.
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Robertson was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks in 1971, where he teamed up with Kareem Abdul Jabbar to win an NBA title. He was also voted one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History in 1996.
