David Robinson Hall of Fame Links

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Reflections on the Career of David Robinson

  • Chris Sheridan remembers the final days of Robinson’s career: “…Robinson’s most lasting legacy is built out of brick and mortar, chock full of textbooks and chalkboards, over on the gritty east side of town.”
  • Joe Calvillo of Spurs.com briefly outlines the off the court pursuits of David Robinson.
  • A report from 2001 about Robinson’s contribution to the community.
  • Kelly Dwyer: “His second fiddle, for so long, was Sean Elliott — a cleaEdit Post ‹ 48 Minutes of Hell — WordPressr number three if I ever saw one. In fact, I remember the first rumblings about Elliott perhaps being better served as a third-option before the 1996-97 season started, and it was almost sacrilege. Elliott’s a star! A third option? Well, yeah. Nothing against Sean, he was a hell of a player and a dogged competitor, but he’s been overrated to a point.”
  • The Painted Area compares Robinson to the Big O.
  • Project Spurs provided a number of thoughtful posts this week, including a stab at how Robinson would look on current teams.
  • Buck Harvey pours out a top-shelf assessment of how the various Hall of Fame speeches represent the men behind them.
  • Johnny Ludden: “Long before fantasy sports made stat-watching a billion-dollar industry, Robinson filled up the box scores. His numbers have continued to hold up against time. Basketball blog The Painted Area recently did a post that ranked Robinson’s career Player Efficiency Rating of 26.18 as fourth all-time. IBM devised a different statistical formula to rate the NBA’s best player each season, and Robinson won the award five times.”
  • Spurs.com was at the Hall of Fame and is offering a 5 games for $50.00 game package in honor of Robinson’s induction.
  • Pounding the Rock’s Fred Silva says: “The only criticism that you will find of David is that he was ‘soft.’ This is simply a result of the great character that Robinson possesses. Unlike Jordan, Robinson did not have the ‘killer instinct.’ He would never go for blood. Robinson played the game as if it were a game; because that is exactly what it is and Robinson always knew this.”