For the NBA to know friends, must have heard of the 90s NBA four major centers, they also almost represent the last glory of the center era, then who are these four? They are Olajuwon, who is perfect at both ends of the basket, O'Neal, the shark who has the strongest dominance in nature, Ewing, whose skills are like a center template, and Admiral David Robinson, who is also full of technology and is known as 7-foot Jordan.
These four super centers in the history of the league have worked together to present the last center prosperity for everyone, and have also created their own glory, so do you know who has the most controversy among these four super centers? The answer is Admiral David Robinson.
As the 1987 winner of the show, Robinson won almost all the awards in his career, the best rookie, the scoring king, the rebounding king, the block king, the best lineup and the best defensive team, the best defensive player, the regular season MVP, the championship, the Olympic gold medal, and also played a rare quadruple-double in the game, so why would David Robinson, who has such a brilliant career, become the most controversial one?
First of all, let's talk about David Robinson's 71 points, in the NBA 1993-1994 season, because of Jordan's retirement, the scoring king will eventually be produced between O'Neal and David Robinson, and before the start of the final game of the regular season, O'Neal, who was still a rookie at the time, was still in the leading position, as long as the last game was played normally, the scoring king was basically nailed down, but no one thought that in the spurs' final regular season game against the weak Los Angeles Clippers, Will give birth to the most famous "brush data" phenomenon in the history of the league, in that game, the Spurs from the beginning of the initiative on the court, took a great lead, the game also entered the garbage time early, and in the garbage time, as a superstar David Robinson still stayed on the court, the Spurs players on the court also handed over all the ball rights to Robinson to deal with, their purpose is clear, is to rob O'Neal's scoring king, and finally with the help of the whole team, David Robinson brushed out a personal high of 71 points, successfully reversed O'Neal, and became the scoring king of the season, which also made the competition for the scoring king and Robinson's highest single-game score full of controversy, and also formed a big beam with O'Neal.
I don't know if you have seen the bright sword, of which Li Yunlong's knowing invincible, but also the courage to shine the sword spirit let the small editor once boiling blood, in fact, this is it, for the strong, rather choose to stand dead, rather than choose to kneel to live, but in the 1994-1995 season playoffs, Robinson against Olajuwon in the series, Robinson is really kneeling, in this series, facing the full fire of Olajuwong, Robinson has no resistance at all, the second game of the new regular season MVP, Let the big dream cut 42 points and 16 rebounds on his head, 6 games down, Olajuwon averaged 35.3 points, 12.5 rebounds, 5 assists, 1.3 steals, 4.2 blocks, shooting 55.4%, while David Robinson averaged only 23.8 points, 11.3 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 1.2 steals, 2.2 blocks, shooting 45.2%, the average data per game is not comparable, is there really such a big gap between David Robinson and Olajuwon in terms of strength? In fact, it is not, in fact, the gap in strength between the two sides is not large, but Robinson lost his desire to win and self-confidence in the duel with Olajuwon early.
When the value of superstars and leaders can best be reflected is when the game is in a desperate situation, and after the spurs lose two games in this series, seeing that Robinson is unable to perform the duties of leader, the young general Johnson, who is considered the leader of the team's locker room, stands up, and it is he who gathers all the Spurs players in the locker room to study how to play against the Rockets, lead the team to win two consecutive games, and turn the big score into 2-2, but what is not expected is that the efforts of the entire Spurs team will eventually be ruined in the hands of their leaders In the fifth game, Robinson let big dreams cut 42 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists and 5 blocks on the defensive end, only 22 points on his offensive end, and 7 turnovers, and in the sixth game, the key moments of substitute guards Rivers scored 9 consecutive points to help the team reverse the score, but Robinson missed two free throws and a serious mistake, so that the Spurs' entire efforts were in vain, which is why Rodman would be so demeaning to David Robinson while praising big dreams after the end of the series.
In fact, although ranked among the four major centers, countless honors, but Robinson is the most unsuitable player among the four people to become a leader, to know that in addition to the admiral, Robinson also had a nickname called "Mr. Good", he was born noble and polite to people, but in his bones he lacked a kind of blood and killing that must be a king, and in adversity, he lacked a determination to win and the spirit of daring to show the sword, and even some were too gentle on the field, and his mind was not completely on the court. Popovich once broke the news, when he was explaining a technical action to Robinson, Robinson told him that the piano music he wrote was still two months away from being completed, as the leader core of a team, in the season, he did not think about how to improve his strength and help the team win the championship, but thought about his own piano music, such a player is suitable as a leader? Can you expect him to be tough at key moments?
Compared with the leader, Robinson is more suitable as the second boss of the team, the stadium is like a battlefield, the battlefield does not need elegance and gentleness, only toughness and iron blood.