The so-called heroes cherish heroes, Olajuwon told O'Neal what Duncan told James: "The future is yours! I am glad that I will not meet you in the future!" As one of the four major centers, O'Neal looked down on him so much. He, even though he won more championships than Ewing, O'Neal looked down on David Robinson. This starts from before O'Neal became famous. In 1989, when O'Neal was still in high school, he waited at the door of the Spurs locker room for his idol David to appear after a game. However, when he asked Robinson for his autograph, David disdainfully refused to let O'Neal remember it. After entering the league, O'Neal, a sophomore, competed with David Robinson for the league's scoring title. As a representative of the technology and speed center, David uses various methods to attack the opponent's inside line. At the end of the season, the score was close to 3. Why does O'Neal look down on Robinson? What is the grudge between the two? , but O'Neal has a slight advantage. However, a dramatic scene occurred in the last game. David scored 71 points on 41 shots and became the league's scoring leader with an average of 29.8 points per game, beating O'Neal with 29.3 points per game. David's final rejection deepened their feud, and the following season, O'Neal was determined to win back the scoring title.

As one of the four major centers, O'Neal looked down upon him so much, even though he won more championships than Ewing and was not the scoring champion. In the 1996 All-Star Game, O'Neal was directly in front of David Robinson. Humiliate your opponent with a dunk! Sadly, in the shortened 1999 season, the Lakers and Spurs met in the Western Conference Finals. Although David failed to take advantage of the confrontation between the two, Duncan's brilliant performance left the Sharks alone. O'Neal said the cruelest words of his career. "David Robinson has nothing to do with this. He was won the championship in the shortened season by Duncan." O'Neal once told a story about the reasons for his disagreement with Robinson. That was 1989, and he was still in high school. One day, after an NBA game, he stopped in front of the Spurs locker room and asked for Robinson's autograph. At that time, Robinson was selected as the No. 1 pick by the Spurs as early as 1987. He later entered the NBA after being postponed for two years due to military service. During this period, he participated in the 1986 World Championships in Madrid and the 1988 Seoul Olympics with the US team, winning gold and bronze medals respectively, and became world-renowned. Of course Robinson didn't know where this big fool came from at the time, and rejected O'Neal's request with a bit of disdain. This deeply hurt O'Neal and made him determined to make Robinson look better after entering the NBA. But the veracity of this story has always been questionable, especially as those who knew Robinson well knew that he was a modest gentleman and unlikely to do so. O'Neill later confirmed that he made up the story just to motivate himself. While the story was made up, the disagreement between O'Neal and Robinson was real. The real reason is the scoring champion in the 1993-94 season. O'Neal (29.31 points) narrowly defeated Robinson (29.27 points) before the regular season finale.

However, in the last game, the Spurs, determined to complete Robinson's goal, gave all the balls to Robinson and even increased the number of rounds through constant fouls. In the end, Robinson scored 71 points and averaged 29.8 points per game. Of course, if it was just this matter, the relationship between the two would not be bad. Their discord is actually the result of many things. It is said that in the 1994 All-Star Game, the superstars wanted to give O'Neal a showdown, and Robinson was particularly active. As a result, O'Neal made 2 of 12 shots in that game and Robinson scored 19 points. The story of Jordan and the "Smiling Assassin" repeated itself with O'Neal and Robinson.