[Another blogger] David Robinson reigns supreme...again

I'm gonna say stats do matter to a point, but this is insanity.

David was a great center, but I can think of 3 who were better in the same period of time...Shaq, Olajuwon, and Ewing.

I'll even say centers, like Daugherty, Mutombo, and Mourning were way more effective in the playoffs.

David Robinson is in the same category with players, like Karl Malone and few others. They're great players, but they're not the best. Karl Malone is another great example. He put up great numbers and had some big scoring averages in some seasons...but he wasn't nearly as effective in playoffs. He wasn't a winner, like Duncan and McHale.

Same principle applies with the Admiral, he did not raise his game in the playoffs, like the other great centers, like Dream and Shaq did.

I never saw a series where David Robinson had 38 and 15 in the Finals or had any big games in the last game of seven game series.

 

I couldn't agree more.

But don't say that to Spurs' fans', because the ONLY reason Hakeem did better in the playoffs was, according to them, because he was surrounded by great 3-point shooters.

 

David Robinson was a great center who's career was unfairly tarnished by the 1995 playoff demolition by Hakeem. He is clearly below Shaq and Hakeem and it's pretty stupid (IMO) to argue otherwise. He was a better player than Ewing in almost every phase of the game except jumpshooting.

 

My take:

1. Ewing is clearly the worst among these four centers. Most people would agree without looking at that analysis.

2. It is not fair to compare O'Neal with the others because his career did not coincide with them. When O'Neal was at his peak, all the others had already declined to pretty much nothing. In other words, O'Neal had inferior competition by far.

3. While I still believe Hakeem is the better center despite the analysis, I do think Robinson is very underrated by Rockets fans, mostly because of their hatred of the Spurs and the "schooling" by Hakeem in the 05 playoffs.

 

Weak. How many titles did Robinson win without Duncan carrying him?

 

Robinson hung his sneakers up before his production dropped off too much like Hakeem and Ewing's did.

 

From memory we only won 1 game in that stretch?

Someone could look that up.

But I remember thinking that, without doubt, Hakeem was MVP for that simple reason!

At least we'll always have the playoff series

 

3-7

 

Question to original blogger....

Is David Robinson even the best big man on his own team over the last 25 years?


He has gaudy numbers and was very athletic, but I don't think he is nearly as good as Tim Duncan. You replace Tim with David on the last 5 Spurs seasons, I guarantee you that the Spurs don't win one single championship. Duncan seems to be tougher player, more focused, more skilled offensively, and get this more....CLUTCH. Look at how many game winning plays in the playoffs Duncan has made in comparasion to Robinson. Duncan was the main reason, the Spurs finally won a championship and eventually dethroned the Lakers and was able to beat more talented teams, like the Suns and Mavs.



I'm not bashing David Robinson, he was great player and guy...but he wasn't as great advertised. He was like Dwight Howard with better offense. Still, he wasn't in the class with Hakeem and even a young Shaq. In fact, I also think the reason his game started to drop off alot after 96 was because the main aspect of his game was athleticism. He couldn't take over, like he did when he was younger. I can see Tim Duncan still as impact player and even top 5 PF well until he is past 35, because his game is based on fundamentals and BB IQ....and he has great passion to win.

 

dream or no dream, david robinson was great.

 

Shaq was able to school and bully David Robinson left and right. But Hakeem always schooled Shaq.

Shaq is scared of the great Hakeem Olajuwon. Enough said.

 

I would rank the big 4 from that era thusly

1. Dream
2. Shaq
3. Admiral
4. Ewing


Ewing's game, while generally effective, was certainly the ugliest to watch.

DRob's offensive game wasn't that pretty either.

I think aesthetically, as well as effectively, its Dream.

 

1995.

 

Complete nonsense. Shaq wasn't "scared" of Hakeem at all. Trying watching the videos of the 1995 NBA Finals to see how scared he was. Shaq liked Hakeem and spoke well of him, but there was zero intimidation. From his first day in the NBA, nobody intimidated Shaq.

If you meant to be sarcastic, my apologies.

 

Hakeem Olajuwon > David Robinson

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Yep. Three minutes and ten seconds worth watching.

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I never get sick of watching that video. The 31st time is just as good as the first.

 

David Robinson was an amazing player and widely regarded as the best Center in the league during the early 90s until Hakeem took the Rockets to two Championships. Check the stats. He was certainly an elite player in the league for quite some time. You want defense? Look at his shot blocking numbers. He is a top 10 Center of all time. He was not better than Hakeem but he is a lot closer that some people (who judge him based on youtube clips of Hakeem killing him in one series) realize.

He definitely deserves more respect than to be compared to Brad Daugherty or Dwight Howard.