Top 3 Spurs Players of All Time

Top 3 Spurs Players of All Time

The San Antonio Spurs have been one of the more successful franchises in NBA since it first joined the league in 1976, with 18 division titles and four championships under the Gregg Popovich era.  Many great players have come and gone in the franchise’s history, but who will forever remain as the greatest to have played on the team?  What follows are the top five Spurs players of all time.

Tim Duncan

Any discussion of the greatest Spurs players of all time has to start with Tim Duncan, or as Shaquille O’Neal famously referred to as “Mr. Fundamental.”  With 15 years in the NBA under his belt, Duncan has continued to play with the Spurs throughout his entire career to this point, and what a career it has been for him.  Tim will go down as one of the greatest power forwards in NBA history when all is said and done, with his list of accomplishments being tremendous to say the least.  Not only did he win three Finals MVP awards in his four championships with the Spurs, but is also a 13 time NBA All Star along with making the NBA First Team 9 times and the Second Team 3 times.  He is known not only for his great scoring but also for his defense, being selected to the NBA Defensive First Team 8 times and the Second Team another 5 times.  Duncan has one of the best-rounded games as a forward in the NBA today, and will easily be a first ballot Hall of Famer when his career is over with.

George Gervin

George Gervin wasn’t able to win an NBA title in his time with the San Antonio Spurs, but that should take away from the stellar career that he had with the team.  Gervin spent much of his career with the Spurs as they transitioned from the ABA to the NBA, and had some of his best seasons with the team throughout the 1970s and 1980s.  George was one of the purest shooting guards for his time, averaging over 25 points per game over the course of his career with a field goal percentage over 50%, and was the NBA scoring champion on four separate occasions.  He was selected to a total of 12 All-Star games with the ABA and NBA combined, along with making the NBA First Team 5 times.  He was inducted into the Hall of Fame and currently has his #44 retired by the Spurs.

David Robinson

Throughout the late 1980s and into the early 2000s, both Tim Duncan and David Robinson were together on the Spurs and were known as the “Twin Towers.”  While much has been said about Duncan, Robinson was a great player in his own right in his 14 years spent with the team.  He averaged over 20 points and 10 rebounds for his career, with his best season coming in 1993-94 when he averaged 30 points and 11 rebounds on the year.  David made the All Star team 10 times, and was a great defensive player as well, racking up four NBA Defensive First Teams and 4 Second Teams as well.  He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2009 and his #50 has been retired by the Spurs.

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