Statue of David Robinson: let's start a

[BadlyDrawnBoy]

as for Gervin.. ehhh.. maybe.

Maybe?

The guy put SA on the sports map. One of the all-time greats. He didn't win a le but the same can be said for a lot of the greats.

[Zan the Fan]

/\ BDB for mayor.

[Soulfood76]

How about an invisible statue of Hedo Turkoglu

I think there is one already out there on Kelly USA

[Samr]

Let's make a statue for Brent Barry and put it three inches off center of the base.

[Kip Fanatic]

How about one of Beno with a "Man Purse" in front of the Coach store in N. Star Mall?

[gospursgojas]

How about this:

Widen Houston St. from Downtown to the SBC Center. Give it a large grassey, walker friendly, well lit median. Rename the stretch of road or give it a nicname like Victory Lane or Winner's Ave. Every 100 ft, there'd be a statue of a San Antonio sports figure.

David, George, Tim, Jesse James, Josh Davis, Johnny Moore, etc.

Now thats an idea

[Mixability]

Im for it, but you would first have to honor George Gervin. So how about a statue of them both and maybe a third person like Sean Elliott. My idea would be Robinson with Gervin and Elliott on both sides of him with room behind them to put a bigger statue of Duncan in the future. So it would be a statue of several great players. Maybe several statues that lead up to the SBC Center and a mural of all the great Spurs would work. Have you thought about asking for Spurs fans to sumit drawings of what they would like to see. Maybe scan photos of the players from say basketball cards or magazines.

Elliott?!?! No way! I don't even think he deserved to have his jersey retired.

[Notorious H.O.P.]

Houston St can't be widened period, much less enough to put a walkway and statues on it.

Also, it would have to be an area people would want to walk through, and I don't think Houston St is it.

Thirdly, it would be a major liability for the city to have people walking there because of the traffic levels. This is both from the standpoint of someone who might get hit crossing the street or from a car coming onto the sidewalk, and also from someone who might accidentally pop up on the curb and hit a statue that they argue shouldn't be there or an accident caused by people who are staring at the signs and not paying attention to the road.

If you did multiple statues (which the city will not do), the best option would be in the grassy areas in front of the main SBC Center entrance. They already have criss-crossing walkways and would be seen by a greater number of people.

[gospursgojas]

So whats the dealio how do we seriously get this started

[alamo50]

I think a better place would be at the Carver Academy.

The Carver Academy is David's statue.

[ObiwanGinobili]

So whats the dealio how do we seriously get this started

yeah!
the threqad said "lets start a pe ion" and a link ot a pe ion place....... but no pe ion???

if we're gonna do it then lets do it and quit talking smack.

[Obstructed_View]

If the only other player that has a statue (that I can think of) is Jordan, then Robinson doesn't measure up basketball-wise. Robinson should get a statue in front of city hall, because what he gave to the city isn't basketball related. Why would you build a statue of the second greatest player on your team when the greatest is still playing? Lunacy.

[boutons]

"If the only other player that has a statue (that I can think of) is Jordan,"

Doesn't Magic have one? at Staples? I'm sure I've seen a huge bronze of Magic somewhere.

[Obstructed_View]

"If the only other player that has a statue (that I can think of) is Jordan,"

Doesn't Magic have one? at Staples? I'm sure I've seen a huge bronze of Magic somewhere.

I know Magic has one at MSU. You aren't refuting my point, you are just nit picking the details. The fact that Magic has a statue doesn't reinforce the argument that Robinson deserves one. David's not in that class as a basketball player.

[boutons]

I'm not trying to refute or to nit pick anything, just state a fact about a Magic statue.

[Obstructed_View]

I'm not trying to refute or to nit pick anything, just state a fact about a Magic statue.

Ok. I didn't know about the one in LA, but it makes sense.

[cherylsteele]

How about this:

Widen Houston St. from Downtown to the SBC Center. Give it a large grassey, walker friendly, well lit median. Rename the stretch of road or give it a nicname like Victory Lane or Winner's Ave. Every 100 ft, there'd be a statue of a San Antonio sports figure.

David, George, Tim, Jesse James, Josh Davis, Johnny Moore, etc.

This is not a bad notion....it would be cool.

Kinda like the Walk of Fame, but instead the Boulevard of Fame.

[ShoogarBear]

Personally I don't like the idea of any statue of a living person, or of an athlete. The ones of both Magic and Michael look pretty stupid to me.

[2pac]

The Carver Academy is David's statue.