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

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.