David Robinson is the reason I am not only a Spurs fan, but a fan of the NBA at all.

@JonahsWail

6 ай бұрын

He was one of my first favorite players too. Top 10 favorite player of mine still.

@draregrevtaam1147

6 ай бұрын

When we first got to see some NBA in the Netherlands I became a fan of the Spurs. This was during the Bulls prima years, but I always preferred the underdog and I ended up being a Spurs fan. I always love stars that remain humble. In that regard Robinson was the easy pick as my fan favourite. NBA dissapeared from our screen in the Netherlands and I lost my interest just when Duncan joined the Spurs and they won their first title and many after. Only since last year I returned to following the NBA. With youtube there is plenty of material to watch and ESPN shows the playsoffs so it's nice to watch basketball again. I ended up rooting for the Nuggets during last season as Jokic is also a selfless and humble star which always has team before himself. It was easy to root for them and it ended quite nicely :) I'm not picking a side again. I just like to watch good games and will always prefer a certain style of game. So I will root for the teams that play as a unit.

@alexdo4867

6 ай бұрын

Same here.

@Mr.Bassman

5 ай бұрын

Same page! Well put

@TheSub-SaharanAmericanLegend

4 ай бұрын

Same here

The Admiral was an amazing player. I think a lot of people forget how important he was to the 1999 Spurs.

@Dandeeman26

6 ай бұрын

Loved the Admiral good player humble but great human.

@isaiasmendoza17399

Ай бұрын

To the spurs overall

@RL-bq4wp

Ай бұрын

He was important to the history of Spurs, he was already there 8 years before the victorious era arrived, and he had already been defender of the year, scorer of the year and MVP

DRob has an incredible resumé, scoring title, quadruple double, the 71 pts game, reg season MVP, 1992 Original Dream Team Barcelona, defensive player of the year, he was a freak of nature!!

@jaysouthmusic8230

6 ай бұрын

Along with 2 titles with the spurs he’s very underrated

@Kankoat

6 ай бұрын

@@jaysouthmusic8230 And the 1986 FIBA World Championship played in Spain leading the last college team who won a FIBA tournament. A bunch of teenagers none of which (except Robinson) being in any of the first three teams of that year, playing together for the first time, facing a full power Arvidas Sabonis before his foot injury, and the Soviet Union, maybe the biggest basketball machine Europe had produced. An acomplishment of that USA team as huge as underrated.

@Charles-qm3mo

5 ай бұрын

Also rookie of the year

@RL-bq4wp

Ай бұрын

And rookie of the year

David Robinson even served in the United States Navy when he was young. It is truly amazing that after completing his two years of compulsory military service and retiring from the military as a lieutenant in the Navy, he later became a superstar player in the NBA.

I never knew he was underrated, he's a Mythical creature. Offense/Defense is what he did and a 7'1 who moves like a guard.

@wayneburbrink1215

5 ай бұрын

I remember word was he was soft not really a big man , I just believed it until years later I understood his game he was not soft he was just great at everything

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To me David Robinson has always been one of the greats. I was wondering why he wasn't really talked about. I was like "Is it me? Did I imagine he was that amazing of a player?". Great video. Thanks for this tribute to #50, the Admiral !

@johnnier.o.d4746

5 ай бұрын

imagine if during his prime the admiral played with tony parker & manu ginobili instead of sean elliott & avery johnson ,he probably won @ least 1 ring ..... no disrespect to sean & avery,but a combo of tony parker & manu is just 10X better ...... go spurs !!!!!

@blizzard2099

5 ай бұрын

@@johnnier.o.d4746 David won his second ring with these guys in 2003 😉

@simshengvue4642

5 ай бұрын

I think the admiral is one player that is talked about perfectly by all players. Maybe not about Hakeem in 95 though

@johnnier.o.d4746

5 ай бұрын

@@blizzard2099 sorry, I'm talking about during the prime years of the admiral,during the 90's before duncan was there ....

@mattstrathis4328

19 күн бұрын

He was always my favorite player because he seemed underrated even back then. He was just overshadowed by other greats maybe because his championships came at the end of his career.

Love David Robinson. Thank you for spotlighting the Admiral.

David was a class act. Need more like him in NBA

Robinson was a class act and a savage

If you wanted to make a nice guy team you would put Robinson at center, Grant Hill at small forward, Clyde Drexler at shooting guard, Magic at point guard and Dirk at power forward. They would beat you in the game and apologize to you for doing it. 😂

@jaysouthmusic8230

6 ай бұрын

That is so true and you wouldn’t want any problems with them instead want to hang out with them after the game 😂

@chukwunonyeanyakoha8573

6 ай бұрын

Then have Tim Duncan, Joe Dumars and Pau Gasol on the bench

@neboyshanicolich761

6 ай бұрын

C. Shaquille O'Neal PF. Kevin Garnett SF. Larry Bird SG.Michael Jordan PG.Allen Iverson Not so very nice squad...but hell of a basketball team.

@disuser-lp3qv1tm8f

3 ай бұрын

Shawn Kemp was also a nice guy, never looked for trouble with anyone, just the rim.

NBA Superstars 2 - Meet me in the middle on vhs watched it so many times. Robinson, Olajuwon, and Ewing were the definitive big 3 during my childhood.

I think Robinson had a 35-16 win record over Olajuwon which is crazy. People just remember the one playoff series where Olajuwon beat Robinson

@charlesreed3700

6 ай бұрын

The Spurs had a winning record against the Rockets. But head to head The Dream always bested him. He was a great player. Growing up in Texas, I got to enjoy both of them.

@TrentonO3000

5 ай бұрын

Rodman was supposed to help on Olajuwon in that series but decided he didn't want to and threw a temper tantrum and essentially sabotaged that playoff run. No center in the NBA could defend Olajuwon in iso for 40 minutes at a time and Robinson and the entire Spurs team got hung out to dry. They probably would have won the whole thing that year if Rodman didn't have one of his episodes. There's a reason the Spurs traded him away to the Bulls for peanuts afterwards.

@johnnier.o.d4746

5 ай бұрын

yeah, thanks to clyde the glide drexler who helped him big time beat the spurs that year ..... i'm pretty sure if the admiral was with the glide instead of sean elliot the result will be different ..... people will say the dream kicked the admiral's ass that year,but they forgot the big contribution from the glide ..... the rockets was even struggling to go the playoffs that year until the arrival of clyde drexler & they started playing great after that .....

@johnnier.o.d4746

5 ай бұрын

the rockets were

*My favorite player of all time!* *#GOSPURS*

@pablomoreno1204

23 күн бұрын

Same here. The dude was ripped

Absolute legend. Robinsons neighbourhood. Very underrareted especially offensively. Scoring 71 in the 90s is unbelievable. Getting a quadruple double ! In the days when triple doubles were hard to come by. The way he took a back seat for Duncan is testament to his greatness.

Definition of class act

More people should talk this guy. We all love the Spurs legends of the past 20 years and look how those guys revere the Admiral.

David Robinson was the first player I knew about in the NBA..bc my dad gave me a David Robinson basketball in 1989.

Robinson was truly one of the greatest centers I’ve had the privilege of watching back in the day and a man of character!

AMERICA’S NAVY!🇺🇸 Class act in all areas of life.

David Robinson - great player and also one of the classiest players anyone has ever seen play basketball. As a basketball fan, I was glad David Robinson retired from the game as a two-time NBA champion.

David Robinson is one of my top 5 all time favorite NBA basketball players and I must say that my most favorite team he played for was the Dream Team coz 4 of my 5 all time players were on that team! I almost became a spurs fan coz of him. I truly feel that he doesn’t get enough recognition for being one of top 5 all time best centers!

Thank you for giving the OGs their flowers brother.

His physical appearance made him even more intimidating. So so athletic, fast, and such a good man!! I loved the guy, and still have “the admiral” poster at my parents house. So many greats and the new kids of today have no clue. Thanks for the vid!!!👍🏽

@joshlewis575

5 ай бұрын

As a kid growing up in that era seeing pictures of the admiral he looked like a super hero in that black uniform with all those muscles. He was a beast

Amazing player and amazing human being

He was definitely one of the best centers of his era, only behind Olajuwon and Shaq. That's a massive compliment! A lot of great centers in the 90's and early 00's.

Big Dave. One of the greatest people ever created. And phenomenal player

I am glad Shaq cleared up his high school meeting with David Robinson story....

@markgonzalez4199

6 ай бұрын

I never believed Shaq on that. It would have been so out of character for Robinson.

@TheMarksman0415

Ай бұрын

​@@markgonzalez4199 Shaq is just a bulsh*tting egotistical a**hole. I'm a Spurs fan and I was happy af when Kobe got a ring without Shaq and hearing that Shaq was furious was the cherry on top.

I loved Robinson as a kid. It was him Jordan and Bird as my favorite player growing up. I had his jersey and I also mailed him his rookie of the year card and he mailed it back signed to me! I was so happy. The only thing that bothers me about him not being mentioned as much is people want to define him in that playoff series that Hakeem beat him in his MVP year. They had way many more battles over the years than that one.

I always thought Robinson could have scored a ton more had he wanted to. One of the interesting things about his game is that if you look at footage of him early in his career and footage of Wilt early in HIS career, you'll see a lot of similarities. It seems as though everyone remembers Wilt when he was with the Lakers, but he'd really beefed up by then. In his first couple of seasons, he ran like a deer, just like the Admiral. They were two of the greatest athletes ever to play the game. Robinson obviously hit the weight room just like Wilt, but for whatever reason, Wilt could carry more weight. Robinson is easily a top 10 NBA center, though, and if you think back, the 1980s and the first half of the '90s was the golden age of the NBA big man, thanks in no small part to the Admiral. Too bad Sabonis couldn't have made it over a little sooner! That era was just NUTS for big men in the NBA. I loved that era because of guys like Dream and the Admiral.

@johnnier.o.d4746

5 ай бұрын

yeah, thanks to the communist u.s.s.r ,we lost our opportunity to see a young sabonis,just like communist china who ruined yao ming's career, there's always what if,but at least, we can enjoy his son playing in the nba right now .....

David Robinson is one of my most favorite players ever. He was a phenomenal athlete. He's also probably the nicest guy to ever pass through the NBA... a class act.

Yes. David "The Admiral" Robinson was great but underrated. Was he playing today he would crush many of these guys

David was the foundation… Duncan put them over the top. The assembly of those Spurs teams in the early 2000’s was off the charts.

One should with Sabonis about him. The clash of him with Robinson, in his prime, was epic!!!

Brother Sean thank u for this post/video. David Robinson is the spurs to me like MJ is the Bulls to me. And in my opinion Tim Duncan is NOT better than DR. I'm a bulls fan for life,but it's certain people i wish were on the bulls. And he's 1.

My favorite player. The reasons being character and his massive impact on his team and both ends of the floor. He turned the whole franchise around, helped turn it into a dynasty, and became the prototype of Spurs basketball.

David Robinson is one the best centers in basketball history. All across the board.

I loved his dunks the most because it looked so impactful and powerful. He just looked cool playing the game.

Oh my the Admiral ❤

A great player and a really great human being. Hugely accomplished player and not forgotten.

There were only 3 cards I freaked out whenever I ripped open a 90/91 Skybox pack: Jordan, Kemp, and Robinson.

56 yrs old San Antonio Texas raised, i tell my 22 yr old son all the time just how great BiG Dave was as a player on and off the court, the Iceman gave San Antonio some shine but the Admiral really put San Ton on the map. Peace!!!

Shaq couldn't guard him. He was a weaker version of Wilt. He could shoot the ball go coast to coast. He had the stamina unlike centers that were in the game during his time.

@seltonk5136

6 ай бұрын

wasn't even the best center in his division. Tormented by olajuwon

@johnnier.o.d4746

5 ай бұрын

​@@seltonk5136so what if we switch clyde drexler to the spurs for sean elliott .... don't just say the rockets won that series bcuz of the dream,the glide helped him big time beating the spurs ..... they even struggled that year until they traded for clyde drexler ..... & we know drexler is an all time great compare to sean elliott .....

@seltonk5136

5 ай бұрын

I'm dumber for having read that

Not only was he a great player, he still to this day does a lot of work within the San Antonio community. Great player, Great Human, very Rare, highly respected and loved.

Awesome video and great clips. The Admiral was the reason I started to loved basketball. Thanks for share this.

Still my favorite player of all time!!! And yes, VERY underrated!

I've always wanted to see David Robinson in today's game. It's him and Hakeem that I think would really fit today's game even better. Both were super mobile big men with shooting strokes and I know they would've developed that three ball as well if they were in today's era.

Robinson was actually 30-12 VS Hakeem in the regular season and they both have basically identical stats career wise but that 1995 WCF really changed the narrative on Robinsons career because tbh regular season he is actually slightly better then Hakeem and Duncan but they both stepped up there game in the playoffs won Finals MVPs we’re as Robinson stats dipped in the postseason

Very underrated I tell ppl all the time what this video says. A defensive juggernaut with great shooting ability & first step.

Top 5 center, to me

What a great tribute to my all time favourite player! Probably one of the most underrated players ever! He was the Number 1 Pick! He won the Rookie of The Year, Defensive Player of the Year, The MVP; has two titles and still has not received his due respect and recognition! He deserves a statue at the Alamo Dome and the Frost Bank Center!

One of the greatest centers ever. He is in that discussion. People bag on him for that one Hakeem playoffs thing, but you should not forget this man's greatness. Duncan owes him a lot too.

The Admiral!!

David Robinson was jacked like a super hero

Without question, the best pivot of his era along with Shaq, Hakeem Olajuwon and Pat Ewing. He just so badly needed help to be on top... I am sure he would have won a chip or two if there was Tim Duncan or Tony Parker, then...

@johnnier.o.d4746

5 ай бұрын

if he had tony parker as the pg instead of the midget avery johnson & manu ginobili instead of sean elliot,he probably won @ least 1 ring without duncan .... no disrespect to sean elliott & avery johnson's game, but the combo of manu & tony are in another level, especially manu ginobili in the playoffs ...

Robinson was an amazing player and just seemed like a good guy. Him and Duncan together was the stuff of nightmares for teams having to play them.

The Admiral was great for sure, just not at the same level as the Dream. Very similar to Hakeem in many ways, but what the Dream did to him in the 95 WCF was unbelievable. Had I not actually been there to see the destruction of the reigning MVP, I wouldn’t have believed it. It was unreal.

@jasonnelson6624

6 ай бұрын

Robinson was my favorite growing up then the dream humiliated in the playoffs. Then Barkley blocked him on a would be game winning shot. Never did view him quit the same after those. Still a great player.

@Koronesuki1313

6 ай бұрын

Way to put down the Admiral on a video about him that doesn't even compare him to Hakeem. And funny how people who didn't watch him play always mention the 95 wcf when Robinson had a winning record against Hakeem their entire careers. Referencing the 95 wcf is like saying Big Ben is better than Shaq because of the 04 finals. 😅

@jasonnelson6624

6 ай бұрын

@@Koronesuki1313 how was he put down? It doesn't matter what there head to head record was before then. Robinson won MVP and Hakeem took it personal and had a point to prove. Which Robinson had no answers for him and looked completely out classed. Is that incorrect? I'm sure you weren't referring to me as not watching the game? Because I definitely watched it and watched it live.

Dream > O’Neal > Admiral > Ewing

My all-time player

i became a spurs fan in '89 the rookie year of the admiral as a young teen ..... go spurs !!!!!!

There were four players in NBA history who had the PERFECT body frame/build specific for basketball going back to 1960. They are Michael Jordan, Dennis Rodman, Shaq, and David "The Admiral" Robinson. Their genetics bolstered their careers and it was a huge factor in the game changing level of success each of them had in their era and on the game from their eras and beyond. I'm ready for the 'hate mail' now, lol.

David Robertson The General

KZread really needs more videos of David Robinson. He was an amazing athlete, could do a little bit of everything on the cout. Fans today have no idea how great he was. A modern day Bill Russell.

Yes hes underrated. Great player,great center, great human being.

The Admiral was my favorite center growing up, and if it weren't for the Greatest Center ever in Hakeem, would have been regarded as the greatest center of the 90's and 2-way center of all-time. Considering David lost 2 years of his prime due to his Naval service and others shortened due to his major back injury, he could have been easily ranked even higher. Still, I believe he's only behind Hakeem, Kareem, Wilt, and Russell among all-time centers (top-3 defensively with Hakeem and Russell), just ahead of Duncan and Shaq for superior versatility on defense, better passing, better shooting touch, and general versatility to thrive in more eras/styles. While Duncan (and Shaq) experienced more team success and longevity than Robinson, Tim had the far better supporting cast for his entire career, superior team management, unparalleled stability in coaching by one of the greatest, limited competition of top rival teams (primarily the Lakers and Suns/Kings/Jailblazers), and complete dearth of top centers for most of his career (Shaq and Duncan being the only top-level centers during the 2000's other than Dwight and Yao). Arguably, David would have been at least as successful had he played in Duncan's years. Not that it factors into the equation, but the Admiral earns more admiration for being the epitome of an already rare-quality athlete who is also really smart and well-rounded person (academically, talented in music and gymnastics) as well as being a model citizen (he opened his own charter school with his own money).

Underrated as hell. 🙏🏽💪🏾

In my opinion, a great modern day comparison for David Robinson is yanis. They play a very similar game.

He was so damn fast n quick for a centre Aesthetically speaking - no one made blocking shots look as effortless as Robinson

I still remember Sega's David Robinson Supreme Court video game :)

I remember watching a college basketball game with my Dad when Robinson used to play for Navy. It was one Alley-Oop after another throughout the entire game!!!

He was awesome. I love his last game - just a monster. And his 12 dunks game is funny - he dunks so much that he has troubles with finding new ones to do.

I had a friend who got his autograph as a young teenager. In addition to signing his name he put a scripture quote on there in addition to the autograph. What a class act!

David Robinson The Admiral

The Admiral made me a Spur!!

The fact that David Robinson is considered " old school" is depressing. Living in San Antonio during the Spurs run with Robinson was amazing.

Thank you, Sean :-) again, you highlight guys that didn't 'need' guys around them. They won with what they had had. Unfortunately, that has disappeared in basketball and has weakened what we would call the greats. God bless you 🙂

for me, he is one of the best centers of all time, he MUST be in the top 5, I don't see how he can't be...

Yes definitely just class act legendary player

Definitely underrated

Top 20 for sure. If you put him on a bad team he takes that team to the playoffs in just a year, if you take him off one year, that team fails to make the playoffs. And he did it with minimal help. When he got real help, they won the title multiple times. DPOY, scoring title, regular season MVP, a quadruple double, scored 71 once... yeah, that's Top 20.

That's a good organization right there.

One of the most fundamental players I have ever seen

You would still be suspended midair when he teleports and swats you. Man’s insanely quick and athletic. What a force of nature

I'm a huge fan of David Robinson and I think the reason he is overlooked is that playoff matchup against Olajuwon. That a was a hard time to be a center: Olajuwon, Robinson, Shaquille, Ewing. And the second level was Mourning, the limited Sabonis, Divac, Mutombo, Dougherty... Just like today.

As a kid David Robinson was a superhero, he seemed like a black Captain America that was built to play basketball and be a role model. It was impossible not to respect him.

That physique 😮💪

David is worthy of being a top 50 player. Beyond that he played the game the way it was meant to be played. Today there are only a few players in which you can say that. He is a legend in my book.

I always liked him, still have his rookie card in my closet that I've been packing around for over 30 years now. Along with all my other 90's NBA cards, his is one of the cool ones for sure.

Thanks to David Robinson, we learned how truly great Hakeem Olajuwan was.

back then i thought he was mediocre, but now realize he was a legit stud.. and apparently a nice guy ! but yeah he was getting up and down with ease, i loved using spurs on old video games

A great player both on and off the court.

Shaq and David were actually very similar Centers that played by circling around the rim and relying on their quick feet and athleticism. Both had short turn around jumpers. David also had a face the basket J and could make it out to 15-18ft. Shaq didn't have that but he was so much more powerful and dominant on the low block

DR was something special especially when you look at him as a whole total package

Saw him play while at navy and he was a gazelle, out ran, out jump'd and just out hustled everyone...might be top 20 all time

I just subscribed to your channel and I wanna say Thank You for the Stories about David and Tim because San Antonio doesn't get much respect in the NBA even though they won 5 Championships but I don't care if they get Respect or Not the San Antonio Spurs are the team with Class and when we won the First Championship we celebrated on the streets but never destroyed property or start fires like you see other cities do just a team and fan base with Class. Is love to see you do something with Mr. Spur The Iceman George Gervin

The ADMIRAL David Robinson was a good man also. Military Honors and Top Professional Basketball honors. Only NBA player that can claim those honors. Of course The Worm and an Admiral would not get along. One was a good man and the other chose a different path.

Best era of centres so aweome

David won a scoring title and a defensive player of the year and an MVP...Only two guys to ever do that

Maybe the greatest physical specimen the league has ever seen.

I think behind Dream, the Admiral is my favorite center