Former Spurs star David Robinson has been selected to the FIBA Hall of Fame, the organization announced Monday.
Robinson, the first American basketball player to compete at three Olympics, is one of the most decorated players in U.S. international history, winning two Olympic gold medals and a bronze. He was also part of the 1986 world championship team, when the U.S. was still represented by college players.
That changed in 1992 as Robinson joined a host of other NBA stars on the fabled Dream Team to recapture the Olympic gold medal in Spain. He added a second gold at the 1996 games, where he was the U.S.’s leading scorer with 12.0 points per game.
Robinson is the U.S. Olympic record-holder for rebounds and blocked shots, and ranks second in scoring. He was inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1992.
Robinson will be enshrined in the FIBA hall alongside legendary Tennessee coach Pat Summitt and four-time Olympic gold medalist Teresa Edwards in a ceremony on June 19. Australian Andrew Gaze, who played 19 games for the Spurs in 1998-99, is also part of the class.
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My favorite Spur of all time and the reason I became a Spurs fan. Congratulations David!
Good to hear. The Admiral deserves it!
Love it. He's been the foundation of everything good that's happened with the Spurs since the late '80s.
Congratulations to my all-time favorite athlete....the reason I became a Spurs fan in 1990.
The big man, David Robinson.
Class act through and through.
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Well deserved honor. One of the greatest human beings to come through the NBA.
Anyone miss that the article said he was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1992 when the real year was 2009?
It's also Memorial Day today! If you follow Big Dave on Twitter give him a shout-out and thank him for his service(Sean Elliott as well while you're at it lol).
"Basketball Hall of Fame in 1992."
11 years before he quit playing?
Geez. What a royal up by Dan McCarney.
Way to show respect to the one and only reason why the Spurs are located in San Antonio today.
^ So true.
Softies HOF?
Makes sense
Congrats D-Rob.
I wonder what other Spurs /exSpurs will make the FIBA Hall of Fame? Based on international play only, I can say Manu is probably the only one.
(Though Andrew Gaze is going in too who played 19 games for the Spurs).
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