ESPN's THE UNDEFEATED and the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) will present The Legend and The Prospect: A Conversation between Oscar Robertson and James "J-Byrd" Daniel III - a public forum with the NBA Hall-of-Famer and the high-scoring Howard University men's basketball guard.
The forum will be held Thursday, October 27, at 7:00 pm ET in the Oprah Winfrey Theater at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, 1400 Constitution Avenue, NW, in Washington, D.C. Members of the public and the media are invited to attend. The Undefeated columnist J.A. Adande, a renowned sport journalist and former ESPN basketball reporter/analyst, will moderate the intimate conversation focusing on pro and college basketball - two days after the start of the 2016-2017 NBA season, social activism, and other subjects in between. The panelists: Known by sports fans as "The Big O," Robertson was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1980. As a 6-foot-5, 220-pound guard, Robertson was a pioneer as an "all-around" player whose versatility on the court became the standard upon which others are judged. He was named one of the 50 Greatest Players in the NBA History in 1996. Beyond his playing career, Robertson led the NBA Players Association to file the anti-trust suit against the league in 1970 - one of the most important cases for players' rights in professional sports. After he retired from the NBA, Robertson worked to provide affordable housing and improve living conditions for African-Americans in his hometown of Indianapolis. He has remained a sought after voice and social critic of policies that adversely affect the minority population in the country.Videos