David Robinson is what everyone thought Dirk was

[Roger Freemason Jr.]

He'd accept the fact he can't defend the dream as the true teammate he is. Robinson was more concerned with Rodman's lack of faith in Jeebus than he was beating the Rockets, and Rodman was having none of it.

He would just accept that he couldn't defend him? -__-;

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

Yes tbh, he's also a power forward so he wouldn't have to defend dream. He changed his game to fit in with a center like Chandler, D-Rob had to become a role player to co-exist with Duncan

[Lefty's understudy]

tbh as soon as I can find a pic of Robinson posing with those two trophies there is going to be an awesome google image burn in this thread

[Roger Freemason Jr.]

alrighty.

[Isitjustme?]

Dirk definitely would have blocked that.

[Spursfan092120]

Robinson played against tougher compe ion, imo...and if I'm comparing two of the best players, the first thing I'm going to look at is who was the bigger difference maker on both sides. Dirk has a little bit better offense, but David was MUCH better on defense. So my answer is David.

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

Dirk also has the ability to not be a and just sign a kid's damn autograph, that way it doesn't come back to bite him in the ass a decade later when the little kid grows up to be Shaquille O'Neal, and the only way to save face is to pad your stats in one game against the Clippers.

Shaq just made that up , D-Rob didn't inflate his stats against the Clippers , his teammates were just classy and wanted him to score 70 points

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

Robinson's defense made such a huge difference in the 1995 WCF tbh.

[Isitjustme?]

Dirk would never ever beat Hakeem (given they both had equal supporting casts) so not sure what that proves.

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

It proves Robinson isn't the all world defender Spurfan claims he is, no one is making Dirk out to be an elite defender.. Even the 1995 Suns did a better job defending Hakeem than Robinson.

[DesignatedT]

Drob 2 rings > Dirks 1.

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

Horry 7 rings > Duncans 4

[Juan]

Horry 7 > Jordans 6

Horry- goat

[Axe Murderer]

Dirk also has the ability to not be a and just sign a kid's damn autograph, that way it doesn't come back to bite him in the ass a decade later when the little kid grows up to be Shaquille O'Neal, and the only way to save face is to pad your stats in one game against the Clippers.

[baseline bum]

He'd accept the fact he can't defend the dream as the true teammate he is. Robinson was more concerned with Rodman's lack of faith in Jeebus than he was beating the Rockets, and Rodman was having none of it.

Link?

Rodman's only concern in that series was getting in a pissing match with the idiot coach.

[badfish22]

solid work by greens here

[dbreiden83080]

You mean he's white..

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

Rodman's only concern in that series was getting in a pissing match with the idiot coach.

Link?

I know D-Rob admitted he made mistakes as teammates with Rodman he wouldn't make again with Duncan.

[Isitjustme?]

tbh in an average game 4 extra blocks and 4 extra rebounds could not possibly make a difference.

[baseline bum]

Link?

I know D-Rob admitted he made mistakes as teammates with Rodman he wouldn't make again with Duncan.

Rodman got himself benched in game 2 by jacking up a bunch of threes in the first quarter, and dared Bob Hill to bench him in game 5 by showing up really late to practice (Hill obliged, taking him out of the starting lineup). I can't find a link to the second incident, but here's one showing him being an ass in the second round:
http://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/15/sp...oop-it-up.html

Who pulls that kind of crap in the conference finals after the team made a huge stand on the road to even a series they were previously dead in the water in?

And here's one where he missed not a practice, but a game
http://articles.sfgate.com/1995-03-1...-defense-spurs

Rodman was a cancer in the worst way on that 95 Spurs team.

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

Who pulls that kind of crap in the conference finals after the team made a huge stand on the road to even a series they were previously dead in the water in?

Someone who's sick and tired of getting chased around with a bible, tbh.

[spursfan09]

Interesting comparison between mavs greatest player ever vs spurs second greatest player ever.

[baseline bum]

Someone who's sick and tired of getting chased around with a bible, tbh.

Someone who doesn't give a about winning is more like it.

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

Tbh he seemed to care about winning when MJ was encouraging him to chase women rather than telling him Jeebus says not to chase women.

[Dunc n Dave]

Rodman got himself benched in game 2 by jacking up a bunch of threes in the first quarter, and dared Bob Hill to bench him in game 5 by showing up really late to practice (Hill obliged, taking him out of the starting lineup). I can't find a link to the second incident, but here's one showing him being an ass in the second round:
http://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/15/sp...oop-it-up.html

Rodman was a cancer in the worst way on that 95 Spurs team.

From the article linked above

Rodman, the league's premier rebounder, collected zero today -- because he played zero minutes. Exiled for conduct detrimental to the team (talking back to his coach last Friday night and then kicking his shoes off), the 6-foot-8-inch forward played absolutely no part in this afternoon's 80-71 playoff victory over the Los Angeles Lakers.

His team leads the Lakers in this four-of-seven-game series, 3-1, but there is no telling who leads the series of mind games between Rodman and Coach Bob Hill.

"I don't think anyone can get inside this cranium," Rodman said, pointing to his pierced earlobe.

Hill benched Rodman today to prove a point -- and to force him to listen up -- but, at the same time, the coach jostled J. R. Reid from a deep sleep. David Robinson was Goliath with 26 points and 22 rebounds, but Reid was his crucial sidekick in a desperate third quarter. Just when the Lakers pulled within 1 point, just when Hill was ruminating about inserting Rodman, Reid scored 6 points during an 11-0 Spurs run that essentially put a bow on the game.

Has Dirk ever had a 20pt-20reb game in the playoffs? Didn't think so....