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David Maurice Robinson (The Admiral) ▪ Twitter: @DavidtheAdmiral
Position: Center ▪ Shoots: Left
Height: 7-1 ▪ Weight: 235 lbs.
Born: August 6, 1965 in Key West, Florida
High School: Osbourn Park in Manassas, Virginia
College: United States Naval Academy
Draft: San Antonio Spurs, 1st round (1st pick, 1st overall), 1987 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: November 4, 1989
Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2009 (Full List)
Other SR Links: Olympics at Sports-Reference.com
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News -- April 2013
- 4/25 HoopsHabit: Top 5 Worst Playoff Performances for Portland Trail Blazers in History: From the point at which Walton got hurt, this became one of the most unbelievable collapses in professional sports history. The...
- 4/7 HoopsHabit: Dallas Mavericks: Blueprint for the Post-Dirk Nowitzki Era: Dirk Nowitzki has been the guy for the Dallas Mavericks [...]The post Dallas Mavericks: Blueprint for the Post-Dirk Nowitzki Era...
News -- March 2013
- 3/31 Foul Line Extended: Dennis Rodman’s Off The Charts Rebounding: The 1995 San Antonio Spurs advanced to the Western Conference Finals before losing to Hakeem Olajuwon and the Houston Rockets....
- 3/13 HoopsHabit: Minnesota Timberwolves: Can T-Wolves be Next Year’s Surprise Team?: The Minnesota Timberwolves have the opportunity to be t [...]The post Minnesota Timberwolves: Can T-Wolves be Next Year’s...
- 3/13 HoopsHabit: NBA: The Evolution of the Center Position: The NBA is experiencing an evolution in the center posi [...]The post NBA: The Evolution of the Center Position appeared first...
- 3/5 Foul Line Extended: Most “Super Seasons”: Most NBA “Super Seasons”, minimums of: 20 Player Efficiency Rating 10 Win Shares Rk Player From To Count 1 Kareem...
- 3/1 HoopsHabit: NBA Stat Central #20: Just A Quickie: On this week’s NBA Stat Central…we’re [...]The post NBA Stat Central #20: Just A Quickie appeared first on HoopsHabit....
News -- February 2013
- 2/22 HoopsHabit: NBA: Why True Big Men Are Becoming Extinct: Voting for the NBA All-Star Game proved a sad fact: Tru [...]The post NBA: Why True Big Men Are Becoming Extinct appeared first...
- 2/22 HoopsHabit: NBA Stat Central #19: Triple-Doubles (2-22-13): On this week’s NBA Stat Central…Recording a [...]The post NBA Stat Central #19: Triple-Doubles (2-22-13) appeared...
- 2/6 The Picket Fence: Is The Big Man Era Over In The NBA?: “You can’t teach height.” It was the late Frank Layden, former Hall of Fame coach and general manager for the...
News -- January 2013
- 1/30 BBR Blog: News and Notes: Here is a summary of some recent additions to Basketbal-Reference.com: Team depth charts have been added for all NBA & ABA...
- 1/28 Hickory-High: Game of the Week: Memphis Grizzlies at Oklahoma City Thunder: This is a big one. This game matches Oklahoma City’s league-best offense against Memphis’ league-best defense....
- 1/8 Dancing With Noah: Pain: Defining our Future one Injury at a Time: I definitely have multiple fascinations and mini obsessions in my life. In this space here and in the space residing in the smooth...
- 1/1 Tyler's Think Tank: NBA All Decade Team 1990s: PG John Stockton-Gary Payton has a strong case as well SG Michael Jordan--Don't forget Reggie Miller SF Scottie Pippen PF...
News -- December 2012
- 12/3 The Basketball Champs Belt: 1952: The Best Center of All Time is Born: As TBCB begins to prepare our 1952-53 NBA season summary, we set the stage by sharing with you related facts, stories, and highlights....
- 12/3 The Wages of Wins Journal: Wages of Wins Videocast – SpursOur Weekly Podcast, with a Spurs expert. I hear they got fined this week?...
News -- November 2012
- 11/8 The Wages of Wins Journal: The Greatest and Worst NBA Players of All Time!: Josh Weil shares all the data you could ever hope for and shines a light on the best and worst NBA players of the box score era....
News -- October 2012
- 10/22 Z krainy NBA: Klucze i języczki Konferencji Zachodniej: Kto zawiedzie, a kto wzbije się na wyżyny? Wyciągamy języczki u wagi i znajdujemy słowa klucze dla drużyn z zachodu NBA. Śledź...
News -- August 2012
- 8/5 Orlando Magic Daily: The Magic want to be the Spurs: You will notice a certain silver-and-black twang to the Magic right now. Rob Hennigan interned in San Antonio right out of college...
News -- July 2012
- 7/11 Back Picks: The Odds of Winning Championships based on player impact: “If my team wins 15 more games next year, what are the odds that it will win a championship?” Many fans ask questions...
News -- June 2012
- 6/14 Back Picks: Top Playoff Performers Since 1986 by Box-Only Expected Value: As a follow up to the last post that examined the best playoff series since 1986, we can use our Box-Only Expected Value (BEV)...
News -- May 2012
- 5/2 Hickory-High: A Seven-Foot SoapboxWho's the best center in the NBA right now, Andrew Bynum or Dwight Howard? Continue reading →...
News -- April 2012
- 4/14 The Wages of Wins Journal: Tanking used to work in the NBA: Devin looks at the ideal team to use tanking as a strategy. The answer it turns out is a team playing between 1966 and 1984. Continue...
- 4/12 The Wages of Wins Journal: How the San Antonio Spurs are Moneyballing the NBADre looks how San Antonio has been moneyballing the NBA. Continue reading →...
- 4/3 The Wages of Wins Journal: Why tanking doesn’t work in the NBA: Devin looks at how the draft lottery managed to turn the fortunes around for one very lucky franchise. Continue reading →...
News -- March 2012
- 3/18 Z krainy NBA: Fisher – Camby: 1996-2012.: Derek Fisher i Marcus Camby. Łączy ich ten sam draft i teraz po szesnastu latach, trafili do tego samego klubu w ramach wymian....
News -- January 2012
- 1/30 The Wages of Wins Journal: An NBA history lesson: How to lose with style starring the Denver Nuggets: Dre looks for tandems that managed to put up a 50 point game and a 20 rebound game and still come out behind. Continue reading...
- 1/26 Z krainy NBA: Spurs zastrzegą numer Bowena: Nikt w NBA go nie lubił poza fanami Spurs, ale doceniali go wszyscy. Nieustępliwy obrońca, który swoją grą pokazywał,...
- 1/19 Orlando Magic Daily: Gameday Preview With Project Spurs: The Magic wrap up a back-to-back-to-back trying to become the second team to sweep the three-game sets. The trio of games ends...
News -- December 2011
- 12/11 Back Picks: Does Market Size Really Matter?: I’m told the NBA lockout wasn’t merely about money. I buy that notion. “System Issues” were at the heart...
- 12/3 Back Picks: Miller Time: Reggie’s Amazing Postseason Offense: As one of the greatest shooters of all-time, Reggie Miller is an exemplar of the Spacing Effect discussed in the last post. He...
News -- November 2011
- 11/14 Z krainy NBA: Lakers AD 1999, czyli sezon grzechów w mieście aniołów.: Na przełomie wieków nie było mocnych na Los Angeles Lakers. Trzy mistrzostwa z rzędu muszą stawiać ten team wśród najlepszych...
- 11/4 Z krainy NBA: Jak to mali blokowali wielkich: Złapałem się w ostatnich dniach na tym, że zaczynam szukać coraz dziwniejszych rzeczy o NBA, byle tylko coś z nią związanego...
- 11/2 Z krainy NBA: Reprezentacje Stanów Zjednoczonych 1992 – 2010 (cz. III): Atlanta 1996.: Częściowe połączenie składów z lat 1992-1994 z domieszką młodych przyniosło ostatni zespół mogący być nazywany jako...
News -- October 2011
- 10/29 Z krainy NBA: Filmy o koszykówce odc.7 – Like Mike: ,,Like Mike” to kolejny film o tematyce koszykarskiej, który według mnie warto obejrzeć. Występuje w nim znany raper...
- 10/26 Z krainy NBA: Reprezentacje Stanów Zjednoczonych 1992 – 2010 (cz. II): Mistrzostwa Świata 1994.: Mistrzostwa Świata z 1994 były dla Amerykanów okazją do zderzenia się z legendą barcelońskiego Dream Teamu i wieloma rozczarowaniami...
- 10/25 Z krainy NBA: Joakim Noah chce trenować z Hakeemem Olajuwonem: Joakim Noah jest kolejnym graczem, który chce skorzystać z pomocy najlepiej wyszkolonego centra w historii NBA - Hakeema Olajuwona...
- 10/19 Z krainy NBA: Reprezentacje Stanów Zjednoczonych 1992 – 2010 (cz. I): Dream Team: Hasło Dream Team już na zawsze zostanie związane z drużyną koszykarską. Drużyną, którą bez wątpienia można uznać...
News -- September 2011
- 9/14 Z krainy NBA: Shaq: Howard nie ma godnego siebie rywala: Shaquille O’Neal po zakończeniu kariery przede wszystkim zajmuje się nagrywaniem filmów o samym sobie. Ostatnio jednak...
- 9/9 Miami Heat Index: NBA Playoffs: “Murdered You On Your Own **** Awards, Part 3: The Miami Heat Index's "Murdered You on Your Own **** Award Series: NBA Playoffs Edition continues counting down the 20 best performances...
- 9/6 Miami Heat Index: NBA Playoffs: "Murdered You On Your Own **** Awards, Part 2: Rex Chapman went from a bad playoff run with the Heat in '96 to an immortal run with the Suns in '97.The Miami Heat Index's...
News -- August 2011
- 8/23 The Wages of Wins Journal: Why Kobe is an All-Time Great, Wade is not yet, and Iguodala might be someday: Longevity and production are required to be considered one of the greatest of all time. Players like Kobe have that on their resume....
- 8/21 The Wages of Wins Journal: Grant Hill is NO Dwyane WadeArturo provides a counterpoint in defense of Wade and argues some notable players off the NBA top 50....
- 8/17 Z krainy NBA: Hakeem “The Dream” Olajuwon – Człowiek finezja: Dzisiaj przedstawię kolejnego zawodnika jakim był Hakeem “The Dream” Olajuwon. Center który swoją finezją i...
- 8/17 BBR Blog: Mailbag: Highest Percentage of Games Started by Rookies: Nathan emailed us this question today: "I stumbled across the 97-98 Cavaliers page for some reason and noticed that during that...
- 8/15 The Wages of Wins Journal: Arvydas Sabonis and other Centers that Aged like Fine Wine.Greg reviews Hall of Famer Arvydas Sabonis and how he stacks up to other top centers of the last 20 years....
- 8/13 The Wages of Wins Journal: Defending Rodman (featuring the 100 Most Productive Seasons since 1978)Arturo makes a simple argument for the Greatness that is Dennis Rodman....
- 8/13 Z krainy NBA: Arvydas Sabonis at his best: Większość z was, podobnie jak ja kojarzy Arvydasa Sabonisa z lat jego gry w barwach Portland Trail Blazers, kiedy to był...
- 8/4 The Wages of Wins Journal: The Top 25 NBA Players in their PrimeJames takes a look at the best primes of the top players of the turnover era (1974-2011)...
News -- July 2011
- 7/28 BBR Blog: Basketball on Paper WAR and the Best Peak Regular-Season Players Since 1978: If you've been following the blog recently, I've developed a way to convert a player's Basketball on Paper stats to a Statistical...
- 7/14 Miami Heat Index: Heat Check: Value of a College Education in the NBA: Would LeBron James have played better in the NBA Finals if he played four years of college basketball?My dad thinks playing college...
- 7/4 Back Picks: Who Played the Hardest Defenses? Adjusting playoff stats by competition Part II: In the last post, we looked at which superstars of this generation have faced the toughest playoff defenses during their prime...
News -- June 2011
- 6/30 Back Picks: Who Played the Hardest Defenses? Adjusting playoff stats by competition Part I: It’s a common question in basketball debates: what individuals have faced the hardest defenses in the postseason? To begin...
- 6/27 Back Picks: Most Top-10 MVP Finishes (since 1977): Since the ABA-NBA merger in 1977, 30 players have finished in the top-10 in MVP voting at least five times. No one has more top-10...
- 6/14 Back Picks: The Elite in Elimination Games (since 1991): With the 2011 NBA season on the brink of elimination, it seemed a **** time to look at how Dwyane Wade and LeBron James have stacked...
- 6/12 BBR Blog: Best Playoff Players, 2003-2011 (*according to statistical +/-): As a follow-up to Thursday's post about the best Finals performances according to Statistical Plus/Minus, here's a playoff ranking...
- 6/11 Z krainy NBA: Odszedł były gracz Cavs i Spurs: Wczoraj, po przegranej dwuletniej walce z rakiem zmarł były koszykarz Cleveland Cavaliers i San Antonio Spurs, Mike Mitc****...
- 6/10 BBR Blog: The Best NBA Finals Performances Since 1991 (*according to statistical +/-): With the NBA Finals locked up 2-2, it seems like a good time to look at the best Finals performances in our database (which extends...
- 6/4 BBR Blog: A 19-Bullet Salute to Shaq: As you no doubt know, Shaquille O'Neal, one of the NBA's greatest centers, announced his retirement earlier this week. In honor...
- 6/3 BBR Blog: Mailbag: NBA MVPs and Their Rings: BBR reader Jamey wrote in with this question: "I'm watching the NBA Finals, and one of the hosts of the pre-game show said that...
News -- May 2011
- 5/26 Back Picks: High Volume and Variance, Playoff Edition Part II: In the last post, we continued our examination of high-volume and variance, looking at a dozen of the best players of this generation...
- 5/26 Back Picks: High Volume and Variance, Playoff Edition Part I: After this series of posts on volume and variance, a few people were wondering how some of these numbers would look in the playoffs....
- 5/18 Z krainy NBA: Kto dostanie pierwszy numer draftu?: Piotr Zarychta Dzisiaj losowanie numerów draftu 2011 w Nowym Jorku. Poniżej zamieszczę listę drużyn, które...
- 5/7 A Substitute for War: Supersized Humans, Missing Giants: An article from the New York Times has cause a little bit of a stir in the basketball world, really because it gives more scientific...
- 5/6 Z krainy NBA: Co się stanie z Portland w trakcie offseason: Piotr Zarychta Rich Cho, generalny manager Portland Trail Blazers wypowiedział się ostatnio na temat przyszłości drużyny...
News -- April 2011
- 4/27 Z krainy NBA: McDyess: "Gramy jak banda mięczaków": Memphis Grizzlies podeszli bardzo twardo do serii z San Antonio Spurs i efekty ich gry widzimy. Prowadzenie 3-1 mówi...
- 4/24 Chasing 23: Can Three NBA Teams Thrive In Los Angeles?: David Stern has always had a way of putting a positive spin on NBA controversies. If he were a TV executive, he would dismiss...
- 4/23 Chasing 23: 2011 NBA Defensive Player Of The Year: Dwight Howard – Chasing 23 Writers’ PicksChasing 23 Writers cast their votes for 2011 Defensive Player Of The Year. ...
- 4/15 Chasing 23: 2011 NBA Defensive Player Of The Year: Dwight Howard – Chasing 23 Writers’ PicksChasing 23 Writers cast their votes for 2011 Defensive Player Of The Year. ...
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