VIDEO: '89-'90: A Season to Remember

[Dunc n Dave]

Here's a little treat for you guys on this Sunday afternoon during the off season. The season that started it all!


https://youtu.be/4bry7S7x1rU

I finally found my old VHS copy of this, and decided to digitize it and upload to youtube for everyone to enjoy. Enjoy the nostalgia!

[weebo]

Awesome vid. Thanks!

[FkLA]

tbh I never knew RC started off as an assistant

https://i.imgur.com/OywxQs0.png?1

[Spurtacular]

:lol Gregg as a lowly assistant to a traveling salesman.

[Russ]

:lol Gregg as a lowly assistant to a traveling salesman.

But enough about the 2004 Olympic fiasco . . .

[phxspurfan]

Terry Cummings sighting

[Prime BEEF]

Awesome stuff here. Thanks for sharing

[baseline bum]

McCombs can go fuck off for killing the trade for Barkley back in 92. And then replacing Strickland with Vinny Del Negro. Cheap motherfucker.

[ZeusWillJudge]

It's easy to forget just how beautiful it was to watch David and Sean both. I always regret the year Sean spent in Detroit, especially in retrospect knowing that his prime was going to be cut short.

Thanks for taking the time to digitize that and post it for us. It was fun to watch, for sure.

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

I remember how excited I was that the Spurs got Terry Cummings. If his knees had held up David might of gotten closer to that ring, pre-Duncan. He had a pretty complete game, and fit in well next to David & Sean.

[BSfromTX]

I remember how excited I was that the Spurs got Terry Cummings. If his knees had held up David might of gotten closer to that ring, pre-Duncan. He had a pretty complete game, and fit in well next to David & Sean.

no doubt.. that was a talented team. Willie and Sean were funny to watch and of course David.

[exstatic]

I'm still waiting for someone to post the 2006 championship video.

[R. DeMurre]

That was great. Thanks!

[Seventyniner]

Awesome vid, thank you for uploading and posting it.

It was humbling to hear Greg Simmons mention Pop and RC's name at the 8:15 mark. What franchises have ever had that kind of continuity? I know both of those guys spent a couple of seasons away from the team, but that's still 28 years of service.

[Portnoy1000]

McCombs can go fuck off for killing the trade for Barkley back in 92. And then replacing Strickland with Vinny Del Negro. Cheap motherfucker.

What was this supposed package for Barkley?

[cool cat]

None of you Spergs even mentioning Willie Anderson, he was great. Better than Sean. His decay was more impactful than trading for this and not trading for that or Cummings getting injured in an offseason pick up game. He is one of the greatest spurs "what if's" along with Johnny Moore.

I’m not familiar with his story, what happened his stats looked good but he fell off a cliff quickly.

[Maddog]

None of you Spergs even mentioning Willie Anderson, he was great. Better than Sean. His decay was more impactful than trading for this and not trading for that or Cummings getting injured in an offseason pick up game. He is one of the greatest spurs "what if's" along with Johnny Moore.

It was an amazing group of young talent- but far from stable. While the end of the season was disappointing, the future looked very bright.
DRob
Sean
Rod Strickland
Willie (As mentioned- a forgotten talent)
A hall of fame coach- (in retrospect maybe not the best choice)
All 24 and under with Cummings in his prime.
3 years later VDN is starting at point guard and the Tark was coaching. It all fell apart through injuries, bad behavior and questionable FO moves.

[Dunc n Dave]

Didn't Willie Anderson have issues with chronic shin splints, or something? That seems to be what I remember.

[spurs1990]

Anyone catch this at the starting montage. I thought the story was a firm came up with the slogan in 1999. This fan should be chasing them for some credit

https://media.giphy.com/media/W5lm3HDVNM69pqOBx2/giphy.gif

[Ron Swanson]

Wow, that brings back a lot of memories. Thanks for sharing. I like how they included the 80s Cinemax soft-core porn music, too. Just really gets you in the feels.

[DJR210]

OP deserves bolding expeditiously

[DJR210]

and :lol Greg Simmons.. dude got fucking HEATED at us for saying Greggggggggggggggg Simmonnnsssssssssssss several times in a Michael Buffer type voice one year at Cowboys Camp as he tried to record a segment

[venitian navigator]

None of you Spergs even mentioning Willie Anderson, he was great. Better than Sean. His decay was more impactful than trading for this and not trading for that or Cummings getting injured in an offseason pick up game. He is one of the greatest spurs "what if's" along with Johnny Moore.

I remember he was selected 10 overall and then won rookie of the year...had a complete game and I was thinking at the time that he and Sean could have been wonderful together as probably the best nba wings duo for years to come. I don't remember what's happened then and what kind of Injury Willie suffered (I seeked for some informations but found nothing)...but was something in the legs that changed completely his strenghts as a basketball player and took him on a fast decline...

[DJR210]

:wow @ TC drawing double teams

[UZER]

Didn't Willie Anderson have issues with chronic shin splints, or something? That seems to be what I remember.

Yeah. Had a metal rod out in his shin at one point. If I remember correctly, they were so frail at one point that he broke, or severely injured himself running his shin into the side of a bed.

[UZER]

Sean before his knees were shot was quick. Him going baseline is for a slam was money. He had a super quick first step (hence the Ninja nickname), but then the NBA singled him out as the example for the new rule calling a travel. Crazy when you think about what players get away with now.

Cummings was such a solid players early on. Lots of muscles and finesse. Another guy that ended up with shot knees. I remember him on his last legs in SA and how he would catch the ball in the post, turn and face, then do 10 really slow jab steps left and right before making a move. It was “TC shoot the damn ball or pass it!” :lol

[TDomination]

Is that charlie sheen?



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[cd98]

This team had so much promise and then it completely fell apart. TC was too old by the time the Spurs were ready to dominate.

[spurs1990]

Would ya'll say that era was one if not the best starting five in Spurs history?
So much raw talent and scoring ability 1 through 5.

This 89-90 video was the first version of it (though only half a season's worth) but they still took the eventual WCF champs to game 7.

Rod Strickland age 23
Willie Anderson age 22
Sean Elliott age 21
Terry Cummings age 28
David Robinson age 24

[DJR210]

Is that charlie sheen?



https://previews.dropbox.com/p/thumb/AAem8i_t9-nLalLdzsXEuvlTwaBKbnTMXF1XXUh3NuMOFOkUfDZY_-EOrbilKe5iBv4oBO5BRuHnCmJwJMI_t_jB0j3jpnfnud4Cxmoo 1PCrWdXSa36IHCquJZ8CaletIhoOzAHb8QFyifpIPm2zZcU088 Rykwux_asJt3_K_2o_Glbh68SBGqznoYeLGV6KgEddvTxMCmkL XuX7SbQ_0wjF9nc9I9uAP_Z4GPK8Atowe5TyiKZTyRP4eZedOv z9ECg-KzMFL6lvl9w5OBgGNMDv_MOhegD0QBEojIJ8Kig3_TO3iLiAkL UvgR1N7DbwSFFizUXSDQpgxuKyKV3eiQyG/p.jpeg?fv_content=true&size_mode=5

Yep, pre-AIDS Charlie

[Prime BEEF]

Would ya'll say that era was one if not the best starting five in Spurs history?
So much raw talent and scoring ability 1 through 5.

This 89-90 video was the first version of it (though only half a season's worth) but they still took the eventual WCF champs to game 7.

Rod Strickland age 23
Willie Anderson age 22
Sean Elliott age 21
Terry Cummings age 28
David Robinson age 24

Yes definitely. Got to see my first spurs game this season when I was a kid. Was super stoked. I didn’t take losing to the blazers very well.

[stu scotts eye]

Watched this vhs about 1000x as a kid with my bros. Right around the same time we went to card shows at San Antonio hotels.

Good times...

[BatManu20]

Nice. Thanks for the upload OP :tu

[south side spur]

Would ya'll say that era was one if not the best starting five in Spurs history?
So much raw talent and scoring ability 1 through 5.

This 89-90 video was the first version of it (though only half a season's worth) but they still took the eventual WCF champs to game 7.

Rod Strickland age 23
Willie Anderson age 22
Sean Elliott age 21
Terry Cummings age 28
David Robinson age 24

Which makes what happened the following season that much worse. Getting skullfucked by RUN TMC in the 2 vs 7 matchup. What a let down. Like Baseline Bum has mentioned before Nellie outcoached LB.