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1996 San Antonio Spurs: Postseason Disappointment Starts Getting Old

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The basketball fans of San Antonio were getting used to first being teased and then having the rug out from under them, as the 1996 San Antonio Spurs got ready for a new season. The David Robinson era began with such promise in 1990, but quickly turned into successive first-round playoff exits.

The 1990 San Antonio Spurs: The Admiral’s Arrival Starts A New Era

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The San Antonio Spurs are the model of NBA organizational excellence in the 21st century, but when the calendar flipped from the 1980s to the 1990s that wasn’t the case. The 1990 San Antonio Spurs were a franchise that had never reached the NBA Finals and hadn’t so much as won a playoff series in seven years. The long-awaited arrival of David Robinson changed the game forever in San Antonio.