5 Greatest Players in San Antonio Spurs Franchise History

#2 - David Robinson

The other 'Twin Tower', Robinson was one of the greatest players drafted and trained by the San Antonio Spurs before the Popovich- RC Buford era. Further, until Tim Duncan was drafted Popovich created the team around Avery Jhonson and David Robinson and team went to the playoffs 1991- 1996. However, David Robinson's one aim was to beat out his archrival Hakeem Olajuwon but lost out to him before he got the support of Duncan. Robinson's nickname as the Twin Tower is very apt, he has defensive honours like 8xAll-NBA Defensive teams and a 1992 Defensive Player of the Year. Robinson has also showcased his talents across the board by winning a scoring champion(94), rebound leader(91) and blocks leader(92).

Not only this, David Robinson was named in the Top-50 players in his 7th year itself( how is that possible!!). Robinson also boasts 2x NBA Championships with 10x NBA All-Star and 10xAll-NBA teams. Moreover, one achievement which for these players goes unnoticed is that he is 1 of 8 players in the Spurs history whose Jersey Number(50) was retired.

For his career David Robinson averaged:

21.1 Points

10.6 Rebounds

2.5 Assists

1.4 Steals

3 Blocks ( HOW??)

Spurs v Lakers X Robinson