You don't have any proof that man did anything at all immoral or illegal at any time of his life. Quit lumping everyone in with your favorite player or broad arrogant assumptions.
Robinson was straight up OP in the NBA live series in the late 90s. He had this two handed dunk you could do with him where after it went through the rim it would bounce back up through the rim and go straight up off the screen. :D
I'm a simple man. I see David Robinson content and I click. Mechanics are the one thing that kept Robinson from perhaps a top-ten of all time spot. His post footwork and jumpshot had noticeable flaws. He'd go into the post and his pivots were too wide and unstable, subject to disruption by contact. His hook shot, which he didn't shoot often, was released at a strange angle. Bizarrely, Robinson would be in short-range areas and often go to the jumpshot form rather than shoot half-hooks or scoops. About that jumpshot, unlike anyone I've ever seen, Robinson released the shot on his way down, not at the height of his jump. In the game six loss against Phoenix in 1993, after Barkley's jumper to take the lead, the Spurs had a second and change to try and win, but Oliver Miller blocked Robinson's turnaround jumper at the buzzer. Miller had a great rookie year and was a good rim protector, but at 6'9" shouldn't have been able to bother Robinson's shot, but Robinson shooting it on the way down made that possible. I was 15-25 during the 90s as a Spurs fan, and David coming in was huge. It was a great time to be a Spurs fan, and I had no idea then just how much better it was going to get
Kenny is wrong. Dwight Howard had no post game and couldn't hit jumpers. But David Robinson could and more. Like be a better free-throw shooter than Dwight.
ah dude, I love the admiral as much as anyone else but Shaq in his prime is the most dominant center of all time. As a sixers fan, 2002 I think, they got Dikembe (RIP) to try and have some sort of answer to Shaq - it was just painful to watch. Not saying that Mutombo would have done better with peak Robinson but I would still take that over alpha Shaq
@@philly717 if you know your basketball history, you would definitely know and understand that Shaq is not the most dominant center of all- time. And if you believe Shaq is greater than David Robinson that's fine. I just know that David was a better overall player. He had a much more versatile post game, he had a consistent mid-range game, was a better free throw shooter and he was a much better defender than Shaq.
He missed a couple years to serve the Navy for the free education. He did it for the opportunity, then paid back abundantly. Robinson training Tim Duncan says enough. Great Dude.
DR is one of the most underrated players of all time just caus of 1 Houston series and caus he took a back seat in his later years to let Duncan shine. Don't get it twisted folks...DR is one of the best ever and would be the best player in the league if he were playing in this crap era and he would look like superman
I'll never forget first 👀 him playing @ Kentucky's Rupp Arena, in January of 1987. He dominated the Wildcats that day, on both ends of the floor. I knew he was destined for NBA stardom after that performance against UK...🙂
RUMOR HAS IT... with Tim Duncan the Spurs had a much better +/- with David Robinson on the court even though Tim Duncan was considered the #1 player... in his prime, he was a perfect player with no flaws (faster than anyone bigger than him & stronger than anyone smaller than him), losing to Hakeem Olajuwon has no shame (just ask the '86 Lakers with 3 #1 overall draft picks)... in '92 he averaged 2.3 steals and 4.5 blocks... fax!!!
Our 90's Heroes would be bored in todays NBA okay okay it got better and more physical. Looking forward to see The Nuggets got to the top! They defeated the Wolves in Pre-Season! Looking Good!
No love for the original super freak athletic 7 footer? Yet yall have read his book. Nba record book written by Wilt Chamberlain. That said Robinson was great and obviously a legend in his own right.
Shaq is my favorite center but honestly if I had rerank the best center’s all time It would be 1. Hakeem Olajuwon; 2. David Robinson; 3. Shaquille O’Neil; 4. Bill Russell; 5. Kareem Abdul Jabbar. I put Olajuwon, Robinson at the top because they had the most complete games as centers. They could literally play in any era of basketball and especially today. The other greats could as well but their games fit to exact T.
David Robinson had the highest WS/48 of all time (tied with MJ out to three decimal places). MJ barely shades him in the fourth decimal place. MJ .2505. DR .2502. That is a difference of only 0.0003. Both now trail Nikola Jokic's .2541 career mark, but Jokic has not played into his declining years so far as DR and MJ did, which will reduce his career average number.
That was 1 series Robinson was 30-12 against him regular season with similar stats Hakeem had Clyde with him one the best players in the NBA as a sidekick in that series also
With the lack of physicality or contact in today's game, no doubt that Admiral would be way better and with way greater longevity--even without "load management" because he wouldn't have the constant wear and tear battling physical rivals like Shaq, Mailman, Ewing, Zo, Mutombo, and Dream. Robinson gets overlooked from his era because of Olajuwon during his prime and Shaq after his prime, but Hakeem is the greatest center ever and Shaq was one of the greatest offensive forces who would play half of his prime with hardly any all-time center peers in their prime other than Duncan and Dwight plus a relatively brief run of Yao. Furthermore, David gave up 2 of his best years as a player while completing his military service obligation, so his prime was already abbreviated. Today, he would be a way more efficient scoring Giannis because he has far greater shooting range and post game as well as consistent free throw shooting (a major weakness for Giannis). While his assists wouldn't be as gaudy (unless his coach wants to have him initiate the offense like Jokic), Robinson would rebound better than Giannis as well as pile up steals at far greater rates (despite being the rim protector) and blocking way more shots. In fact, Anthony Davis would be a better comparison because unlike Giannis, AD is a rim-protecting Center who happens to shy away from officially playing the position (i.e. Duncan), except Robinson would still be far more durable and dominant rebounder, shot blocker, and scorer. In addition to being a model citizen and starting a Blue Ribbon charter school (unlike LePEDs whose own school had every child failing 8th grade-level math), David would still be considered an anomaly for being a multi-talented nerd in super-athlete's body.
They want Wemby to be that. Just needs more bulk. Robinson came in like a brickshit house. So did LeBron. Wemby should pan out. He might be an injury risk too. He's probably still growing. He's going to get a staff of pretty much everybody to keep him healthy. Surely, he does. It would suck if he had a short career. It's good basketball.
@@SonnyK248 DR is MORE athletic than Giannis! 0:22 Stealing a pass from MJ and running with him(one of the fastest MF in NBA) at THAT height and build! Giannis look skinny when compared to the Admiral! If NBA back then is positionless like today? He would definitely would average more points than Giannis.
Today's soft 3pt era...Mr Robinson would average 32pts 14rebs 5assists n 4 blks a game..easily..There's no great centers in today's nba... and the best defender every year..Robinson> Gobert dpoy.
David was awesome, but Hakeem buried him in the 95 playoffs. Never seen ANYONE like Hakeem. To the Admiral's credit, he scored a career best of 71 points and was a dominant player in the NBA. He deserved an mvp. So Hakeem had to show David who the real mvp was. As great as David was, I think he hot for 32 points that game. But Hakeem scored like 45 and destroyed Robinson down low. Definitely a monster in the pivot, David still didn't win his rings without Duncan.
@@thepewpewlife1562 sorry what I should have said is Giannis is more like Larry Johnson on the Hornets. Or maybe shawn Kemp instead of David Robinson to me. Due to how they played even though Larry Johnson could shoot he was strictly looking to posterize players. Until injuries forced him to changed his game. I like Giannis and to his credit he has improved his shooting each year. But if he couldnt attack the rim anymore does he have enough to become a role player? Maybe if he ever shows that post game he said he has been developing. But we havent seen him be able to run a pick and roll with Dame yet. So I'm not sure if he would be a role player like Larry Johnson was able to do on the Knicks.
I think he would average 40 today. He could run coast to coast better than any center in history. He had an amazing Jump shot and no doubt could've extended that to the 3. There would be nothing you could do with him....Offensive and defensive monster.
I think he would be better than Giannis, better free throw shooter. I would put him over the Joker, and Embiid for him speed. He would be an MVP all day in today’s league!
Yes, he was too nice for my taste. I’m comparing him to Shaq, Rodman, etc. By today’s standards, he would be the best center. But this current NBA is a joke compared to what it used to be. Now it’s all about running and shooting. Back then, they were gladiators. Comparing today’s game to that is like comparing the gay population to straight.
Yessir David Robinson the admiral was a monster 🐐🐐
David was a jacked monster without any balco crap! Plus he mentored Duncan instead of causing drama, and Duncan went on to become a great too.
What makes you think he wasn't juiced to the gills?
He was juiced, like most NBA players
@@ricardojuanlopeznaranjo6651 What are they on?
You don't have any proof that man did anything at all immoral or illegal at any time of his life. Quit lumping everyone in with your favorite player or broad arrogant assumptions.
@@Gottiline_Ace What proof would you require?
Loved watching him play.
This was such a great era of basketball.
So much talent and great players.
And he was one of them!
Robinson was straight up OP in the NBA live series in the late 90s. He had this two handed dunk you could do with him where after it went through the rim it would bounce back up through the rim and go straight up off the screen. :D
If Robinson didnt go to the NBA he was going to become a rocket scientist of some sort. Very smart
I'm a simple man. I see David Robinson content and I click.
Mechanics are the one thing that kept Robinson from perhaps a top-ten of all time spot. His post footwork and jumpshot had noticeable flaws. He'd go into the post and his pivots were too wide and unstable, subject to disruption by contact. His hook shot, which he didn't shoot often, was released at a strange angle. Bizarrely, Robinson would be in short-range areas and often go to the jumpshot form rather than shoot half-hooks or scoops.
About that jumpshot, unlike anyone I've ever seen, Robinson released the shot on his way down, not at the height of his jump. In the game six loss against Phoenix in 1993, after Barkley's jumper to take the lead, the Spurs had a second and change to try and win, but Oliver Miller blocked Robinson's turnaround jumper at the buzzer. Miller had a great rookie year and was a good rim protector, but at 6'9" shouldn't have been able to bother Robinson's shot, but Robinson shooting it on the way down made that possible.
I was 15-25 during the 90s as a Spurs fan, and David coming in was huge. It was a great time to be a Spurs fan, and I had no idea then just how much better it was going to get
DR would not only stand out as a player, but as a man of character. DR is one of my all time favorites.
Did Tim Duncan just try to roast Robinson for his wardrobe?
Cmon man.
He's just awsome!
Unstoppable!
His physique was only matched by his mental fortitude, a true champion by any standard
For anyone that doubts David R.........imagine Draymond covering him.
Beautifull person, and extraordinary player
He would be a beast in any era.
Kenny is wrong. Dwight Howard had no post game and couldn't hit jumpers. But David Robinson could and more. Like be a better free-throw shooter than Dwight.
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He would average at least 40 points a game today. God bless you David.
Glad I witnessed him and also dominated Jordan but then refs were funny against David that Twin Tower combo was beautiful
Brilliant enough to attend the naval academy and two years service as an engineering officer.
Great video. Thanks for showing "The Admiral" some love. I would definitely would take him over Shaq. I don't care who disagree with that
ah dude, I love the admiral as much as anyone else but Shaq in his prime is the most dominant center of all time. As a sixers fan, 2002 I think, they got Dikembe (RIP) to try and have some sort of answer to Shaq - it was just painful to watch. Not saying that Mutombo would have done better with peak Robinson but I would still take that over alpha Shaq
@@philly717 if you know your basketball history, you would definitely know and understand that Shaq is not the most dominant center of all- time. And if you believe Shaq is greater than David Robinson that's fine. I just know that David was a better overall player. He had a much more versatile post game, he had a consistent mid-range game, was a better free throw shooter and he was a much better defender than Shaq.
That stare down. YIIIIkes.
David Robinson didn’t care about basketball. He only did it because he was good at it. It was just a job to him.
Eveybody would be a beast in this cupcake nonsense era!
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He missed a couple years to serve the Navy for the free education. He did it for the opportunity, then paid back abundantly. Robinson training Tim Duncan says enough. Great Dude.
I was mad because I wanted to see him in the nba
this is how lebroooom wants to be talked about. this is how narcissistic he is.
DR is one of the most underrated players of all time just caus of 1 Houston series and caus he took a back seat in his later years to let Duncan shine. Don't get it twisted folks...DR is one of the best ever and would be the best player in the league if he were playing in this crap era and he would look like superman
Amazing the Admiral. I think of Shawn Kemp and Karl Malone too.🙌🏼
David Robinson was a smart and big defender. Extremely dangerous.
Nice piece!💯
The admiral driving base line was epic
He graduated from the US Naval Academy at Annapolis. The man is extremely brave and intelligent!
He was chiseld from bronze like the giant statue Talos from Jason and the Agronauts but could run like a glazelle. That man was serious!
I'll never forget first 👀 him playing @ Kentucky's Rupp Arena, in January of 1987. He dominated the Wildcats that day, on both ends of the floor. I knew he was destined for NBA stardom after that performance against UK...🙂
Crazy they had Duncan and Robinson
Meanwhile bronzr fans: we done wid da 90s😂
I don't know that he'd be any different in this era. He was just so good at so many aspects of the game he could play in any era.
VA in the house MR Robersrson
Shaq Attack, The Admiral, Mount Mutombo, Joker and Hakeem the Dream as a starting five! Would that be unfair?
RUMOR HAS IT... with Tim Duncan the Spurs had a much better +/- with David Robinson on the court even though Tim Duncan was considered the #1 player... in his prime, he was a perfect player with no flaws (faster than anyone bigger than him & stronger than anyone smaller than him), losing to Hakeem Olajuwon has no shame (just ask the '86 Lakers with 3 #1 overall draft picks)... in '92 he averaged 2.3 steals and 4.5 blocks... fax!!!
The Admiral playing in today's game would be the only player blocking KD on a regular basis.
PUT SOME RESPECK ON HIS NAME!
The admiral was built like a Greek God with skills to pay the bills.
Our 90's Heroes would be bored in todays NBA okay okay it got better and more physical. Looking forward to see The Nuggets got to the top! They defeated the Wolves in Pre-Season! Looking Good!
Robinson and rodman... ma man time to throw 3p
No love for the original super freak athletic 7 footer? Yet yall have read his book. Nba record book written by Wilt Chamberlain. That said Robinson was great and obviously a legend in his own right.
The only question about The Admiral was how he thought he was going to fit in a submarine?
@@instynsbrayn There wouldn't be a submarine. We would be the submarine
he was a quiet gentleman...
David Robinson is the influence of positionless basketball today, a center with guard skills. Victor Wembanyama is Robinson 2.0
skillwise., athlete,.he was better than hakeem..but he lacks the assertiveness and he was just too nice..
NY favorite players PIPPEN FIRST AND SECOND WAS HIM💪💪
Mr. Robinson is one of my favorite centers of all time. He could do anything. As for today's NBA... LOL, let's not.
Shaq is my favorite center but honestly if I had rerank the best center’s all time It would be 1. Hakeem Olajuwon; 2. David Robinson; 3. Shaquille O’Neil; 4. Bill Russell; 5. Kareem Abdul Jabbar. I put Olajuwon, Robinson at the top because they had the most complete games as centers. They could literally play in any era of basketball and especially today. The other greats could as well but their games fit to exact T.
David Robinson had the highest WS/48 of all time (tied with MJ out to three decimal places). MJ barely shades him in the fourth decimal place.
MJ .2505.
DR .2502.
That is a difference of only 0.0003.
Both now trail Nikola Jokic's .2541 career mark, but Jokic has not played into his declining years so far as DR and MJ did, which will reduce his career average number.
He got DESTROYED by Olajuwon…
Yup, I was young and thought it would be an even matchup with the Admiral coming out on top... Never been so wrong in my life.
That was 1 series Robinson was 30-12 against him regular season with similar stats
Hakeem had Clyde with him one the best players in the NBA as a sidekick in that series also
He didn't get "destroyed" why would you even say that?
He was the orginal Greek freak!!💯👍🏿
Bro, the admiral against Oalujuan, not a match ..
2nd most physically gifted true 7 footer. 2nd only to Chamberlain.
He would TERRORIZE today's league!!!
David,or Tim Duncan., head coach for San Antonio spurs. Ticket sells trade destinations. Would be through the ruff.💯🏆🏆
With the lack of physicality or contact in today's game, no doubt that Admiral would be way better and with way greater longevity--even without "load management" because he wouldn't have the constant wear and tear battling physical rivals like Shaq, Mailman, Ewing, Zo, Mutombo, and Dream. Robinson gets overlooked from his era because of Olajuwon during his prime and Shaq after his prime, but Hakeem is the greatest center ever and Shaq was one of the greatest offensive forces who would play half of his prime with hardly any all-time center peers in their prime other than Duncan and Dwight plus a relatively brief run of Yao. Furthermore, David gave up 2 of his best years as a player while completing his military service obligation, so his prime was already abbreviated.
Today, he would be a way more efficient scoring Giannis because he has far greater shooting range and post game as well as consistent free throw shooting (a major weakness for Giannis). While his assists wouldn't be as gaudy (unless his coach wants to have him initiate the offense like Jokic), Robinson would rebound better than Giannis as well as pile up steals at far greater rates (despite being the rim protector) and blocking way more shots. In fact, Anthony Davis would be a better comparison because unlike Giannis, AD is a rim-protecting Center who happens to shy away from officially playing the position (i.e. Duncan), except Robinson would still be far more durable and dominant rebounder, shot blocker, and scorer.
In addition to being a model citizen and starting a Blue Ribbon charter school (unlike LePEDs whose own school had every child failing 8th grade-level math), David would still be considered an anomaly for being a multi-talented nerd in super-athlete's body.
They want Wemby to be that. Just needs more bulk. Robinson came in like a brickshit house. So did LeBron.
Wemby should pan out. He might be an injury risk too. He's probably still growing. He's going to get a staff of pretty much everybody to keep him healthy. Surely, he does. It would suck if he had a short career. It's good basketball.
David Robinson makes Giannis look like one of his brothers. In today’s NBA, DR might average 70! Hyperbolic, yes, but not by much.
You mean 70 points a month?
@@SonnyK248 DR is MORE athletic than Giannis!
0:22 Stealing a pass from MJ and running with him(one of the fastest MF in NBA) at THAT height and build!
Giannis look skinny when compared to the Admiral!
If NBA back then is positionless like today? He would definitely would average more points than Giannis.
@@SonnyK248 spoken like someone who didn’t watch him play. DR is still in better physical condition than half the league’s active players.
@@marclaguardia3529 Maybe he's still juicing?
5:49 I'm weak stop talking bout the south like that 😂😂😂😂😂
Robinson was built for quickness and uptempo. He lost a lot of his prime time with Tarkanian, Lucas and Hill
Today's soft 3pt era...Mr Robinson would average 32pts 14rebs 5assists n 4 blks a game..easily..There's no great centers in today's nba... and the best defender every year..Robinson> Gobert dpoy.
David was awesome, but Hakeem buried him in the 95 playoffs. Never seen ANYONE like Hakeem. To the Admiral's credit, he scored a career best of 71 points and was a dominant player in the NBA. He deserved an mvp. So Hakeem had to show David who the real mvp was. As great as David was, I think he hot for 32 points that game. But Hakeem scored like 45 and destroyed Robinson down low. Definitely a monster in the pivot, David still didn't win his rings without Duncan.
david robinson is playing today... he's name is giannis antetokounmpo
Giannis gets 4blk a game?
The Admiral had a pretty smooth midrange but wasn’t as agile
Maybe if Giannis could shoot. Really Giannis is Larry Johnson he needs to get a consistent shot in case he losses his athleticism.
@jasonnelson6624 Larry Johnson could shoot though.
@@thepewpewlife1562 sorry what I should have said is Giannis is more like Larry Johnson on the Hornets. Or maybe shawn Kemp instead of David Robinson to me. Due to how they played even though Larry Johnson could shoot he was strictly looking to posterize players. Until injuries forced him to changed his game. I like Giannis and to his credit he has improved his shooting each year. But if he couldnt attack the rim anymore does he have enough to become a role player? Maybe if he ever shows that post game he said he has been developing. But we havent seen him be able to run a pick and roll with Dame yet. So I'm not sure if he would be a role player like Larry Johnson was able to do on the Knicks.
I think he would average 40 today. He could run coast to coast better than any center in history. He had an amazing Jump shot and no doubt could've extended that to the 3. There would be nothing you could do with him....Offensive and defensive monster.
I thought he was good u till the dream shake him off…
After the dream humiliate him he was never the same
I think he would be better than Giannis, better free throw shooter. I would put him over the Joker, and Embiid for him speed. He would be an MVP all day in today’s league!
Isnt he tge one with the quadruple double?
Yes
Give me a break the admiral was ten times the player the Greek player is
Karl Malone knocks out David Robinson with an elbow ua-cam.com/video/2-2rm1p9ZVQ/v-deo.html
Well if lebronze is the so called goat..and he beat lebronze n got a ring...that says it all
jokic can be happy that david is not playing now:)
Until he met shaq lol 😂 shaq gave the admiral the business the dream cooked him to lol
Robinson took the Spurs from broke, to playoff contenders. When he finally got help, he won rings.
In today's less physical basketball, he would definitely be better. Because that aspect was missing for him to be the best in his time.
What? He was extremely physical. He was just nice. You obviously never watched him
Yes, he was too nice for my taste. I’m comparing him to Shaq, Rodman, etc. By today’s standards, he would be the best center. But this current NBA is a joke compared to what it used to be. Now it’s all about running and shooting. Back then, they were gladiators. Comparing today’s game to that is like comparing the gay population to straight.
Youngsters today are calling Leclown the Goat...never made a quadruple double of his life