NBA Legends Explain Why David Robinson Was Unstoppable 

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

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

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.

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!!

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.

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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 !

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. 😂

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

Robinson was a class act and a savage

Love David Robinson. Thank you for spotlighting the Admiral.

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

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.

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

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.

Definition of class act

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

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.

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

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!

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

Amazing player and amazing human being

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!!!👍🏽

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

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.

Thank you for giving the OGs their flowers brother.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Underrated as hell. 🙏🏽💪🏾

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.

Oh my the Admiral ❤

Dream > O’Neal > Admiral > Ewing

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!!!

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

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 🙂

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.

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.

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...

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

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

Yes definitely just class act legendary player

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.

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

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

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!

David Robinson dont get his due because yall people like to overrate tim duncan

The Admiral!!

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.

My all-time player

Top 5 center, to me

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

Definitely underrated

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

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.

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!!!

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

RU-vid 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.

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).

David Robinson was jacked like a super hero

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.

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

That physique 😮💪

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

David Robertson The General

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.

A great player both on and off the court.

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.

That's a good organization right there.

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!

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.

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...

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

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.

The Admiral made me a Spur!!

David Robinson The Admiral

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

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

One of the most fundamental players I have ever seen

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.

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

David Robinson is the proto-Giannis

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.

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

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

I'd take Prime David over Duncan...Imagine if Robinson was the one being drafted into a 50 win team (1998 Duncan) Robinson would of been higher ranked than Duncan all time.

Best era of centres so aweome

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.

Maybe the greatest physical specimen the league has ever seen.