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50, duh!
Some people will about anything. If David had not mentioned Carver and only talked about himself, someone out there would have called him out for being a selfish prick. This man is not about self promotion, and I doubt he would have wanted to have another ceremony be about himself or basketball.
50, duh!
BTW: For all those people who are saying I'm ing about this: I was in the arena the night they originally retired David's jesery. And I was honored to be there for it. I remember getting emotional because I had never known the Spurs without David.
Spoken by someone who today would fail the intelligence acceptance requirements of the Carvey Academy. Grow up, it's David Robinson's night, he can talk about what ever he wants. If you don't think the future of SA is dependent on educating the youngsters to be leaders then YOUR priorities are all messed up.
Go Spurs...
We Love You David
And that night he talked about nothing but his basketball career.
This was the third ceremony that I know of honoring david.
He's probobly had enough and wanted to take advantage of it and help out underprivledgd youth.
What was the point of Gervin, TD, Pop, and Holt even being on the court?
Respect.
All hall of famers except holt and they love him and wanted to there for him....
ahAll hall of famers except holt and they love him and wanted to there for him....
Man, David Robinson's awesome.
He's definitely not your ordinary NBA superstar. He brought so much to our team
and it still a big part of our city.
I didn't have a problem with the ceremony.
We're a lucky town!
Did you expect David to stand up there and take sole credit for all his basketball achievements? Or perhaps you expected him to use this night to settle old scores with past opponents by declaring "if I see you, I'm coming after you."
C'mon dude. If you know anything about David, you should know that he's probably quite embarrassed with all the atteniton focused on him. You should also know that David is not your everyday, run-of-the-mill, selfish athlete. In fact, he's the polar opposite. A humble man with a huge heart and bigger vision. This night was never intended to be about him alone.
he did ramble about the school a bit. We were like "should we walk and beat the traffic"? but we stuck it out.... this town loves david. Couldn't ask for a classier guy.
Before I say what I got to say, I'm a huge D Rob/Spurs fan since I can remember. I think what he did tonight was great in trying to raise money for his school which in turn benefits the youth of our city. One thing I noticed though, or is it just me, he really doesn't mention Duncan much in his speeches. I know it's not "Duncan Night" and he doesn't need to talk about him but it just seems he mentions everyone else & not him. Like tonight he names Manu (personal favorite), Blair, Pop, old coaches in his thanks but not Duncan (by name at least). I know he pointed to him and said he'll be talking when Duncan is in the hall of fame but it just seems thrown in there. If I recall when his jersey was retired he did the say thing. Named a bunch of players and did the "oh did i forget someone" bit. Even the crowd was like "and Duncan". I know D Rob success is not all because of Duncan, but this team didn't really become a contender until he joined the team. I don't know maybe its just me like I said. This is not a knock on D Rob, I love the guy, just was wondering if anyone else kind of noticed that.
its just you
I think D-Rob mentions Duncan appropriately. Wasn't it at his HOF induction that he said something to the effect that he prayed to have Duncan on his team? And then Spurs won the lottery! And in that same speech he said he was blessed to play with the best power forward of all time? It was why Stockton felt the need to say Malone was the best PF of all time.
That's just one example, of course. I think they get along fine. I have no idea if they are friends off the court, but I've certainly never felt that Robinson would snub Duncan. (Not deliberately at least.)
BECAUSE David has other interests and passions (I'd rank it: God, family, Carver, NBA career) he's likely to have a happy, fulfilling life.
If you want to see someone quite willing to talk about their NBA career, ad nauseum, I give you one Michael Jordan, a poor sonova who will be miserable until the day he dies because he's defined by being something he can never be again: an NBA player.
Looks like Ice has been hanging out at his Sports Bar to much!
My eye's moisted up a bit.
If I ever win the lotto, half is going to the Carver Academy, I've always promised myself that whenever I buy a lotto ticket.
I win 2, 10, 20 or even 30 mil, half of that isnt going to affect me.
Nice to see Tim dressed up for the special occasion.
What planet are you from? Do you know how to read? And btw, what the have you done for this city? It was David's Night and for all he has done for San Antonio he could damn well do anything he pleased. Get a life dude.
Well david did say it was not about the past tonight but future which I thought was very cool.But that has always been robinson always thinking about others before himself.
I thought it was amazingly unselfish of David to devote so much time to helping the CA. It's awesome that someone is so obsessive about helping others.
Still, I thought the speech was misplaced and awkward. It was advertised as a tribute night to Robinson and it wasn't until Elliott mentioned (during telecast) that the only reason David agreed to it was to promote the CA that I knew it was more about fundraising.
I think they should have headlined it as David Robinson/CA night or something a little more accurate. Almost everyone would have still tuned in just to hear from David.
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