Chapter 3: David Robinson
This year's Spurs were a complete makeover, and last season's poor record earned the Spurs a draft pick in the 1989 NBA Draft, and they finally selected Sean Elliott from the University of Arizona.
The Spurs traded second-year rookie Greg Anderson, nicknamed "Cadillac," for Terry Cummings, a very scoring forward who averaged 20 points and 9 rebounds per game during the Spurs' first three years of healthy seasons, and was reimbursed for the 1992 season due to a knee injury.
Gervin retired and Johnny Moore, the dedicated point guard replaced with desert fever this season, to put it bluntly, meningitis, forced to threaten his life, he was strictly forbidden to play basketball by doctors, but Moore was not knocked down, but actively underwent rehabilitation, although occasionally came back to play a few games, but the performance was more in the will, to put it bluntly, he was powerless, his career has ended this season. Despite this, Moore's indomitable spirit touched many fans, and his No. 00 jersey was honorably retired from the Spurs.
The 1985-1986 season had its worst record since moving to San Antonio: 35-47, and was shut out of the playoffs the following year, with the sophomore Robertson becoming the team's best performer, playing all 82 games and starting. Averaging 17.0 points, 6.3 rebounds, 5.5 assists and as many as 3.7 steals per game, including a league-record number of steals per game, this performance not only made him an All-Star this season, but also won two important trophies - the Best Progress Award and the Best Defensive Player Award, on February 18, 1986, Robertson scored 20 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists and 10 steals against the Suns. He became the only player in NBA history to have a triple-double and the only point guard player.
In addition to Robertson, Mike Mitchell averaged 23.4 points and 5.0 rebounds per game, Gilmore has passed his prime, but also averaged 16.7 points and 8.5 rebounds per game, after George Gervin retired, the Spurs have actually entered a period of rebuilding completely, did not make the playoffs last season, and this season is the bottom of the Mid-Western Conference, Uncle Ji is completely old, averaging only 11.4 points and 7.1 rebounds per game, after this season, he was traded by the Spurs to the Chicago Bulls, and after 24 games, he was sent to the Boston Celtics, and then retired.
Uncle Ji played five full seasons with the Spurs, and his attendance rate is relatively high, and he currently ranks third in team history with a total of 3,671 rebounds and 700 blocks for the Spurs, both behind Duncan and Robinson.
Although the Spurs have the lowest record this season, Elvin Robertson still has a very good performance, averaging 17.7 points, 5.2 rebounds and 5.2 assists per game, and a league-high 3.2 steals, and has been elected steal king for two consecutive years. The poor record brought the Spurs the 1987 No. 1 pick (if this year's No. 1 pick was unintentionally obtained by the Spurs, if the Spurs were deliberately rotten).
Of course, it's no secret that the Spurs drafted David Robinson from the U.S. Naval Academy with this pick, but the latter will have to serve in the military, and the Spurs will have to wait two years to see Robinson on the court.
In the 1987-1988 season, Elvin Robertson has undoubtedly become the leading big brother of the Spurs, of course, 82 games full attendance, averaging 19.6 points, 6.1 rebounds, 6.8 assists and 3.0 steals per game fully deserves this title, but unfortunately Robertson did not complete the three or two of the steal king, and it was Michael Jordan who snatched the steal king from Robertson, who averaged 3.2 steals per game.
Another scoring master in the team, Mike Mitchell is also old, Uncle Mitchell averaged 13.5 points per game this season, only played 20 starts in 68 games, after the end of the season, retired, Mitchell played six and a half seasons with the Spurs, and currently he scored 9799 points for the Spurs to rank sixth in team history, 2683 rebounds ranked ninth in team history.
In the position of the team's center, Uncle Ji retired, Robinson has not yet come, the team's starting center is a man named Frank Brickkowski, he is not tall, talent is limited, but you are diligent, as long as the head coach gives an order, it is a matter of minutes to go up and down, and his average of 16.0 points and 6.9 rebounds per game this season is already the best performance of his career.
The Spurs finished the season with a 31-51 record and finished eighth in the West, but were swept out of the playoffs by the Los Angeles Lakers.
In the 1988-1989 season, the management of the Spurs ushered in a great change, the famous college head coach Larry Brown took office, Brown had the foresight to poach Greg Popovich, who was still struggling with the NCAA Division III team, to become a member of his assistant team, and since then Popovich's coaching style has been almost the same as Brown's - emphasis on team fighting, no star halo, strict discipline, no gangs, defense first, offensive success rate, etc.
Of course, Popovich was not the only one who was famous for the assistant coaching team under Larry Brown, there was also a person named RC Buford, this person is not known to many people, he is now the general manager of the Spurs, in 1992 Brown stepped down, the assistant coaching team was disbanded, Popovich embarked on the road of head coach, and Buford was mixed in the Warriors assistant coaching team and the NCAA, when Popovich was the general manager of the Spurs, when he saw the team playing that bird, he took off his suit and stood in the position of the coach on the court, The position of general manager is by Popovich who brought over Bufoudra, who is still in the NCAA, and has been doing it until now, so don't have any questions why Popovich is doing it, how is the record bad, and he is blacked eight and blackened seven, no matter what he plays, he can sit firmly in the Diaoyutai, don't be stupid, there are people in the background, the background is hard, what can you do.
In fact, the discovery of the Spurs' famous GDP combination has nothing to do with Popovich, it is all the credit of Buford, the role of these two people is to benefit each other, one is good at digging people, the other is good **, now Aldridge, David West and Boban Marjanovic are all signed by Buford, Ginobili and Parker were both recommended by Buford to Popovich, among which Tony Parker is too thin and small, Popovich doesn't want to say anything, Buford is about to kneel down for Popovich, In the end, Popovich sold face and accepted Parker, and every time Parker played badly after that, Popovich squeezed him every day, there is another paragraph in it, let's talk about it later, of course, if Ginobili and Parker are put into other teams, it is really hard to say whether these two brothers can have their current results or not, Popovich is Popovich, even if he gets him a few heads of garlic, he really grows a few more cloves than others.
In 1988, the Spurs won the tenth pick, and they used this pick to select Willie Anderson from the University of Georgia, Anderson is extraordinary in appearance, and the vertical length of his face is only Scott Pippen of the United States and Li Yong of China, But who knows that Uncle An and Tyrek Evans have a urine sex - the rookie is the peak, and since then, he has been playing more and more frustrated, not as good as a year, and the average score per game has retired four times in a row, of course, there is also a relationship between David Robinson and the joining, but the key is that after the super inside line came, Uncle An got more opportunities to shoot in the open position, what do you mean by the sharp decline in your shooting rate?
Elvin Robertson averaged 17.3 points, 5.9 rebounds, 6.0 assists and 3.0 steals per game, his average steals per game has exceeded 3.0 times for four consecutive years At the end of the season, Robertson was traded to the Bucks, for the Thorns, if you can see David Robinson and defensive expert Robertson together, such a combination is definitely expected, but unfortunately the NBA has no if, at present, Robertson has scored 6285 points in the Spurs and ranks tenth in team history, 2094 assists rank seventh in team history, and 1128 steals are third in team history, of which 2.9 steals per game is the first in team historyThere's no doubt that Duncan's No. 21 jersey will be flying over the ATT arena when he retires, but let's not forget that among the players who ever wore the No. 21 jersey was a super-guard named Alvin Robertson.
Frank Brickkowski played for another year, averaging 13.7 points and 6.3 rebounds per game, and the Spurs have a poor record this season with 21 wins and 61 losses, ranking bottom of the West.
In the 1989-1990 season, the people of San Antonio looked forward to the stars, the moon, and finally looked forward to David Robinson, and the performance of the "Admiral" did not disappoint, averaging 24.3 points (tenth in the league), 12.0 rebounds (second in the league), 2.0 assists, 1.7 steals and 3.9 blocks (third in the league), shooting 53.1% from the field! He was selected as an All-Star in his first year as a rookie!
How strong is Robinson, for example, have you played 2K buddy, whatever version you want, build a new center with a height of 216 cm, and then fill up his strength, mid-range shot, and blocking skill points, and then try what it feels like, Robinson was an incomparably awesome existence before Duncan came, and almost all the honors he deserved were taken, so the question is, why is Robinson so awesome, but he was the one with the lowest sense of presence among the four centers in the NBA at that time? This problem is mainly explained by two aspects, first of all, Robinson's own disadvantage, his physical strength is very good, it stands to reason that the low single is an expert, but in fact this is not the case, Robinson can solve the battle with a mid-range shot and will never enter the penalty area, because he has a congenital disadvantage, that is, the butt is small, for an inside player, the plumpness and sexiness of the butt directly determine the player's various technical abilities, such as the small butt can not block people when turning around, and it is easy to be blocked, There is no advantage in the basket position, so Robinson rarely has a strong performance like the shark, turning around under the basket and directly dunking the opponent, and it is more of a mid-range shot, a mid-range shot, and a mid-range shot, and he has already scored 30+ between tepid. Secondly, Robinson has a good personality, a good character is not a weakness, the key is that he is too good, he plays without aggression, at the beginning of his career, Robinson saw that his opponent fell, and he thought in his heart, should I help him...... In addition, the San Antonio small ball market is not well-known, and after being beaten by Olajuwon in the 1995 playoffs, the whole world has forgotten Robinson's achievements before 1995, about the 1995 playoffs, there is a story in between, let's talk about it later, if you are interested, you can take a look at the rocket roll, which is briefly mentioned when talking about Olajuwon.
In addition to Robinson, the Spurs also traded a guard named Rod Strickland from New York, Uncle Strickland is now mentioned, although many people don't know him, but it is a legendary life, he has a career of 17 years, and has played in as many as 10 teams, He averaged 13.2 points and 7.3 assists per game in his career, and averaged 18 points and 10 assists per game at his peak, which can be regarded as a good point guard, but why does Uncle Si still work part-time jobs everywhere, just because Uncle Si has an extremely rich off-court life, speeding, drunk driving, beating teammates, abusing coaches, going to nightclubs every day, hit-and-run, absent from training for no reason, being late, etc., but there is one thing, Uncle Si's thorns in that era have a characteristic, that is, although they are mixed off the court, they are not brain-dead, how to work the court, Uncle Si, Uncle Rodman Luo is not like this, Uncle Si is known as "the best point guard who feeds the ball to the center", and has worked with many super centers in his career, including Patrick Ewing, David Robinson, Murraysan, Sabonis, Alonzo Mourning, and Yao Ming, who cooperated with Jordan in 2000, when Uncle Si was still late every day, and it didn't take it seriously, Jordan couldn't help it, and said to Uncle Si,
You're a veteran player now, you should set an example for the younger players, what's the matter with your morning every day? If you really can't get out of bed in the morning, I'll drive you up every day!
Of course, Uncle Si didn't dare to let the god of basketball be his driver, so the problem of being late every day was broken.
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