Preseason is in full gear and by now every major team publication or basketball website has had their season previews out for some time. Without much to add to the offseason (ESPN’s John Hollinger beat me to noting Matt Bonner’s new teardrop, which will only add to his +/- greatness), I thought I’d change things [...]

Last week we spoke with David Robinson, in part, to get word out about The Admiral Challenge. The Admiral Challenge is a Carver Academy fundraiser in which Robinson is calling on Spurs fans to make a one time donation of $2.99 to Carver. As an inducement, Robinson is offering airfare, hotel accommodations and seats next [...]

“The power of $3.” That’s a line David Robinson dropped on me in a recent conversation regarding a current Carver Academy fundraiser. Robinson is asking Spurs fans to donate as little as $3 to the work of the Carver Academy. Robinson has personally donated 10 million. San Antonio’s Hall of Fame center is thinking about [...]

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I have a friend who kept an unusual hobby in college. Let’s call her Sarah. Sarah was attractive, intelligent and had a warm, sunshiny personality that was impossible not to like. A gaggle of guys could be found chancing their arms for her attention at every party, dutifully waddling behind as she moved from room [...]

David Robinson Video Fun with Michael Jordan NBA Draft First Game Rookie of the Year

David Robinson is a two-time NBA champion. He is a recipient of the Most Valuable Player award. He won both the Defensive Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year awards. In the ’93-94 season, he won the scoring title, leading the league with 29.8 points per game. In the ’90-91 season, he won [...]

Back in 1996, David Robinson couldn’t understand why Michael Jordan was coming out of retirement. When asked whether he would like to be Jordan, Robinson replied: “I don’t understand what Michael’s doing…Why did he come back? He has a beautiful wife and three kids. What’s he trying to prove that he hasn’t proved already? Is [...]

Over at By the Horns, my good friend and colleague Matt McHale is celebrating Michael Jordan’s induction into the Hall of Fame. He’s compiling a list of links to all the posts where people are celebrating the achievements of the player many consider to be the greatest of all time. Well, Mr. McHale, let this [...]

I have a love/hate relationship with off-the-court affairs, whether it the good or bad kind. Like any cultural activity, basketball does not exist in an impervious vacuum that is separated from the racial, economic and political crosscurrents that define our day. Not surprisingly, the men of the NBA are often affected by and work to [...]

Over the next few days you are going to read quite a lot about David Robinson. You’ll read about his two rings, his MVP season, his scoring title, his rebounding title, his DPOY and ROY awards, and his countless contributions to the San Antonio community. But I wanted to briefly mention a characteristic of Robinson’s [...]

A recent Mike Monroe column began with this stirring hypothetical: It is nearly impossible to overstate the impact David Maurice Robinson had on the sports landscape of South Texas, but it is simple to try. Imagine San Antonio without the Spurs. Tonight I was reminded of these words while reading through some old articles about [...]

Spurs.com has footage of a David Robinson press conference from yesterday. The video, which runs 30 minutes, is broke into two parts, here and here. It’s definitely worth your time, and provides an offering of jovial moments intermixed with sober reflection. I’ll let you watch the video for yourself, but here is a quick response.

I plan a long series of posts considering the Spurs roster, with consideration toward individual players and larger roster issues. At points, these posts might overlap with thoughts on the upcoming draft (forthcoming shortly). But they will be tagged differently. I wasn’t sure where to start with my offseason analysis, but Pop’s DNP of Drew [...]