MVPs: 1. Finals MVPs: 0. All-NBA 1st Team: 4. 2nd Team: 2. 3rd Team: 4. All Star: 10. MVP: 0.
Defensive POY: 1. All-Defense 1st Team: 4. 2nd Team: 4.
Points Champ: 1. Rebounds Champ: 1. Blocks Champ: 1.
Career Averages: 21 PPG/ 11 RPG/ 2 APG/ 1.4 SPG/ 3 BPG/ .519 eFG%/ .736 FT%.
Best Season: 30/ 11/ 5/ 1.7/ 3.3/ .510/ .749 (1993-94).
Postseason Averages: 18 PPG/ 11 RPG/ 2 APG/ 1.2 SPG/ 2.5 BPG/ .479 eFG%/ .708 FT%.
Best Postseason: 25/ 12/ 3/ 1.5/ 2.6/ .448/ .812 (1995).
Championships: 2 (#2 player on 1, #? player on 1...Spurs didn't really have a #2 player in 2002-03). Runner-ups: 0.
Why he's below Stephen Curry: Never getting to the Finals as the Spurs' best player really holds Robinson back compared to the other great centers of his era. On one hand, it might be unfair to criticize him too much because he never had much help during his prime. But on the other hand when the Spurs faced the Rockets in the conference finals the year Robinson was MVP, he was completely outplayed on an individual level by Hakeem.
Why he's above the rest: His lack of playoff success might lead some to overlook how good he was in the regular season. He is one of only 5 players to win Defensive POY and MVP during his career. He's the only player in NBA history to lead the league in 3 of the 5 major stat categories. Advanced stats love him, probably because of his high block rate and good shooting percentages. He's #2 in win shares per 48 minutes, #5 in PER, and #4 in box plus/minus. I'll let you judge whether that means Robinson is underrated or whether it means advanced stats are flawed. But regardless of how good he really was in his prime, Robinson found success in the second phase of his career, winning a championship as the 1b to Duncan's 1a in 1999 and averaging 10 points, 7 rebounds and nearly 2 blocks in his career's final series in 2003.
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