Throwback Thursday [U Don't Have to Call and David Robinson]

Usher's "U Don't Have to Call" isn't technically a Hip-Hop song but this song has been stuck in my head all week, and oddly enough, I've heard three other people sing it this week, strange. The great thing about Usher is his music is catchy, it gets stuck in your head, but its not annoying like say the Rebecca Black song "Friday", yeah it gets stuck in your head, but that doesn't mean its a quality song, its just good because its so terrible. Usher however, is a real talent, the dude can sing, he can dance, and he discovered Justin Beilber, depending on who you are thats a good thing or a bad thing. I love this song, its super catchy and fun to sing along with, even if you can't sing as good as Usher or for that matter even Rebecca Black, its still fun to sing, maybe that's why I've heard 3 other people sing it this week.

For some reason the history books haven't been extremely kind to David "The Admiral" Robinson, while people talk about the greatness of Hakeem Olajuwon, Shaq, and Patrick Ewing all the time as great Centers from their Era, Robinson goes largely overlooked. It may have something to do with the fact that while Robinson's Spurs were a perennial Playoff contender, the Spurs never won a title with just Robinson, it was when Tim Ducan got there that David Robinson and the Spurs finally won an NBA Title, however, just because he needed help doesn't discount how great he was. He was the most selfless player maybe in the History of the game, this guy was capable of scoring 70 points in a game, (I remember watching that game as a kid) yet he was an amazing defender, in a key series against Shaq and the Lakers, Robinson took the tough defensive assignment of Shaq, and let the younger Duncan be the primary scorer, how many players can you think of that would do something like that.

Robinson got his nickname "The Admiral" because he attended the Navy academy, that was were he played his college ball. Robinson won countless awards during his time in the NBA, he was the Rookie of the Year, was an All-Star a number of times, he won the 1995 MVP, he played on the very first 1992 Dream Team, with Magic, Bird, and Jordan, he won two NBA Championships and in 2009 was inducted to the Hall of Fame. He also has a reputation of being one of the most genuinely nice and caring players in all of sports. After a career like his, I don't think it really matters how history remembers you, but for my money during a span in the mid-90s there wasn't a better Center. Robinson could do it all, he had the finesse of Hakeem, could throw it down like Shaq, and play defense like Dwight Howard, The Admiral was a Jack of all trades....Master of All.