THROWBACK THURSDAY: David Robinson

Weekly Podcast right here with your boy Katie. Each and every Thursday, we're running the point, running the fast break, getting you the stats, getting you caught up with everything going on with the San Antonio Spurs and more. And this week we have a very special report on the show. It's tis the season. We thought we would give back at least once a month, and we want to give you a throwback Thursday. I want to talk about the Admiral David Robinson and what maybe Victor wind bean Yama

can learn from him. We'll compare their stats, even though we're there at a different character right now on the floor. He's kind of more like a high bred Victor Is. He's a mix between that Tim Duncan, maybe a little bit of David Robinson, Tony Parker all rolled into one. We'll talk about that coming up here on the show today. But we had a very special report and a video that was dropped in our dropbox. Thank you to one of the listeners who said, hey, check out this YouTube. Guy.

He put together a really good video on David Robinson. And I know how much you loved David Robinson growing up, and I did. I absolutely loved David Robinson when I first started the Spurs. And this has taken me way back here, guys, showing you that I am a fan. I was a fan of a Robertson here, Alvin Robertson, Alvin Robinson, who almost won Rookie of the Year, He won Defensive Player of the Year in the second year of his campaign. He was a great point guard on

the floor. And Alvin Robinson was a major computer to the Spurs in the eighties. And now as I grew up and we drafted David Robinson. I enjoyed David and what's really crazy me being a man of Christ, I didn't realize how in dowed and devoted this man was to Christ as well in his walk, and I just thought it was something special. Later on in my life that I've figured out more of a connection that I

had with David Robinson. But NBA Legends man had a lot to say about d rob and we're going to get right into that, and when we return, we're going to talk about Victor Wimbinyama and what he can learn from the Admiral, and we're going to leave it at that. If you want to check out the rest of that video, it's a fantastic video. Go ahead and google it on YouTube tube. NBA lead Legend speak on David Robinson and this goes on for another ten minutes. And these are

Hall of famers. These are players in the nineties that were scrappers and fighters in a league at the time where defense was very prevalent. David Robinson was a beast in the middle. Taking a look at David Robinson's career stats, I mean, he was absolutely phenomenal from start to finish. He only had one year where he had a down year due to injury, and this is something we need to expect from some of our younger stars. Keep this

in mind. This includes Victor wimbin Yama. I would be excited to see a player of his talent never have an injury. But the problem is about midway in seven eight years in even Michael Jordan had a bad injury as well. But a lot of people say in today's day and age, well, today's technology and medical advancements, you might not see that. So we'll have prayers for Victor and the young guns of today's team that they don't injured.

But taking a look at David Robinson, stay and keep in mind I was a guard growing up and I love d rob I love David Robinson, love the way he moved on the floor. He did look like a guard. He did look like a wing. He morphed at times. If he had to play center, he played center. If he had to run the point, which he didn't run the point, but he ran fast breaks. He would man. David was phenomenal, with the exception of the three point shot.

The three point shot wasn't very prevalent in the nineties. However, the inside game was and he took it to some of the major stars a kim Olajuwan Patrick Ewing, Jack Sikma, Moses Malone. The list goes on and onto the break of Dawn. Props to David Robinson of Court. Now. David stats even as a rookie. He won Rookie of the Year just like Victor women Yama. A lot of comparisons are between him and Victor. This is why we're going

to break down David's game with Victor's game today. A lot of you out there like to say he's more of a Tim Duncan. I disagree. Tim Duncan was more of a finesse Mister Fundamental Wemby likes to try to do everything like David Robinson did. In Robinson's rookie campaign, he put up twenty four points a game, fifty three percent from the field, twelve rebounds, two assists, and close to three blocks. Victor win Beinyama last year, of course, was three blocks a game, twenty one points and producing

ten point three rebounds. These stats are very very similar. David Robinson won Defensive Player of the Year one MVP, won two NBA titles. I believe Victor's Defensive Player of the Year. He will win it more. I believe he will also win more NBA titles and d Rob I think he'll put together three or four here in San Antonio. I know you guys are saying five, six, eight, nine, ten, But it all depends on the management in which direction

the management wants to go. If they want to continue to build around this star and put good players with him, then yes, this will be a dynasty for years to come. But David's stats were phenomenal. If you boost all the way up to nineteen ninety three, he averaged almost thirty points a game. I want you young bucks to understand that thirty points a game. As a center, you won't see that in this game unless it's Victor win Binyama,

and he's not a true center. He's not a true center because we don't utilize him as a true center getting down low, making post moves. And I believe this is where Victor win Binyama can learn how to play like David Robinson. Can you imagine if he puts together a little bit more muscle over the years and has that game of d Rob doesn't lose. The three point shot is able to shoot thirty or forty percent from three point range. Knock down two or three three is a game. That's all he.

and two thousand and one. He wasn't getting the shots because of Tim Duncan, Monogynobli Parker and the crews that made those runs in the late nineties early two thousands. And that's understandable now. Of course, he picked up his ring in ninety nine and picked it up in two And you know what, David Robinson is the class actor of the city really is. And if this is something that Victor Winbinyama wants to live up to, this is a guy he shouldn't have the measuring stick in San

Antonio to be. Don't worry about being Michael Jordan, don't worry about the hype of trying to be the next Lebron. Don't even worry about being Yannis, don't worry wry about being Luca. I think that's what going on in Victor's game right now. When you're twenty years old, you just want to be like them, Victor, be like you. If there's anybody to look up to, David Robinson the class act of this city, and you're on your way, young man,

you absolutely are. At the beginning of this audio we shared with you today, which is very interesting to me, they started off talking about the defense of David Robinson, something where he would switch on guards and wings at any given moment and guard them one on one. This is something Victor wen Binyama needs to learn to do. We're seeing him kind of lay back from the free throw line and he's not jumping out on these screens when he gets beat. I paused there for a minute

because the wings spanned of Victor wen Binyama. We saw it last year in a preseason game against Golden State where his wing he jumped all the way out and affected a shot. Keep in mind, these guards, these forwards are gonna have to shoot a rainbow jumper to get it in the hoop. Victor this year hasn't contested that perimeter as much as he did at the beginning of last year. We'd like to see that change. I don't mind if he gets burned on a pump fake. I

don't mind if he doesn't block the shot. I think he's more concerned about block shots, so he sits back in the middle. But even when there is kind of rotations happening in the middle, a pick around the free throw line, what ends up happening is he doesn't pick up that pick. Or his court vision I like to call it the Chris Paul court vision isn't fully there yet either. It's getting there. But to have court vision on offense is one thing. To have it on defense

as another. And that's what David Robinson had. He could see the play develop, he could come around two or three guys and get that block shot. This is what Victor needs to work on. If you watch the Spurs every game like I have since Victor Winmbiniama's gotten here, Victor tends to lay off his guy a little bit, and when his guy goes around on a pick and maybe dishes to a wing that's cutting, he stops on the play he stops. I don't think he realized how

long he really is. That he doesn't have to run very far. One or two steps with your hand up is going to alter that shot or alter the play for that team. Once Victor figures that out, he is going to be even more of a defensive menace, and that is scary. This is the upside of Victor Winmbaniama that people don't realize, not just his scoring. All the fans out there are frustrated with his scoring. Well, pump the brakes. He started slow last year. He'll finish strong

this year. Just like I said at the beginning of the year, I was a little nervous, but I think I was more nervous because it looked like he was taking on more. It looked like he was trying to do more when he doesn't have to do that. He really doesn't. David Robinson was the same way. He had talent around him such as Maurice Cheeks Terry Cummings who were at the end of their careers but also taught

David Robinson, Chris Paul Harrison Barnes. You're seeing the Spurs start to do that again for Victor when Binyama and the young guns on this team. I want to see more contesting on that perimeter like David Robinson did. More contesting and closing out on the wings and the guards. Allow the rest of your defense and team to back you up in the paint, especially when you have a mom who in there, when you have a Zach Collins in there that can get down there and do the

dirty work. Even Kelvin Johnson at times when he wants to body up, can get in that lane and back up Victor. We have enough bigs right now to play with Victor that we need to readjust and help Victor be a menat us on the wings. Then, earlier in this audio that we shared with you on offense, David Robinson didn't shoot threes Wemby does. That's scary and also Wemby really needs to trust his mid range jumper. David Robinson. His mid range jumper was gold. As we just said

to you, his career, he shot over fifty percent. There was only one season he shot forty eight point six. That is redonculous to shoot fifty percent or better from the field for your career. He knew his game, stuck to it, played the paint did it better than any other and we want to commend mister David Robinson. Now as we get ready to close out the show here today with our Throwback Thursday, we will be doing more comparisons of former Spurs with our young guns that are

in the lineup now. Devin Visell maybe with a Willie Anderson, maybe a Sean Elliott compared to like a Harrison Bonds type. Nah, I compare him a little bit more to almost like Devin the Cell. Shawn Elliott throwback, Dennis Rodman throwback not just because of the hair of Jeremy Sohan, but the grit and toughness and more. We'll talk more throwbacks and future every month right here on the San Antonio Spurs Weekly Podcast. Thank you guys for joining us, and remember

no better the wind loss. Let that black and silver flow through your veins and go Spurs.