However, there are exceptions to everything. As one of the four centers, O 'Neill has completely different attitudes towards the other three centers, especially towards Olajuwon and Robinson. Old fans should know that the arrogant O 'Neill has expressed his respect and admiration for Olajuwon more than once in public, but it is well known that O 'Neill despises david robinson at all. What is this for?
There is a story that O 'Neill told himself about the reason for the discord between O 'Neill and david robinson, that is, O 'Neill, who was still in high school in 1989, waited at the entrance of the Spurs locker room after the game, but when he asked david robinson for his autograph, Robinson disdainfully refused to impress O 'Neill, and O 'Neill made up his mind from then on. That is, after entering the NBA, General Robinson must be blown up. But this story was later confirmed by O 'Neill himself. He made this up completely. He did this just to stimulate himself to put 120% energy in front of these super centers, because friends who know O 'Neill know that angry sharks are the most terrible sharks.
Since the causes of both are false, why is O 'Neill always dissatisfied with david robinson? That's because although it's fake, their feud is real.
The initial cause was the battle for the scoring title of 1993- 1994. Although O 'Neill was only a young shark at that time, this season is only the second season of his career. However, before the end of the regular season, O 'Neill averaged 29.3 1 point on the scoring list, ahead of david robinson's 29.27 points. But if they play normally, O 'Neill will undoubtedly win the first place outside the best rookie and all-star. But who would have thought that in order to ensure that david robinson won the scoring title, the Spurs not only gave almost all the ball rights to david robinson in the last game of the regular season, but also increased the number of rounds through constant fouls. Finally, with the help of all the Spurs, david robinson scored a high score of 7 1 and scored his own points per game.
However, O 'Neill needs at least 68 points to win the scoring title, but as the magic coach said, they also want O 'Neill to win the scoring title, but they will not do such absurd things as the Spurs. In the end, O 'Neill only scored 32 points, and he could only watch the scoring champion being snatched away by david robinson. For O 'Neill, who has always held grudges and is in inverse proportion to his body and mind, he passed? Mean? David robinson, who robbed his scoring champion, will definitely make him hate for the rest of his life.
The feud between the two men in the season is far more than that. During this season, the two also had several verbal conflicts. In the All-Star Game of 1994, the inside players of the Western All-Star wanted to teach this outspoken rookie a lesson, and david robinson was one of them. O 'Neill 12 shot only twice, and an exhibition game was worse than the regular season. David robinson, on the other hand, scored 19 on O 'Neill's head, which made O 'Neill determined to get back in shape. However, in the game where they met after the All-Star Game, O 'Neill not only lost the game, but also lost to the unpleasant david robinson in statistics.
If 1993-94 season is the cause of their contradiction, then the shrinkage of 1998-99 season will push their contradiction to the peak. That season's playoffs, the Spurs and Lakers met in the Western Conference finals. Although david robinson fell behind in the confrontation with O 'Neill, Duncan's outstanding performance made O 'Neill unable to support himself in the inside and eventually lost the series. This time, O 'Neill even released a series called his career. David robinson is nothing. Duncan won the championship in the shrinking season. ?
Why did O 'Neill also lose the playoffs? O 'Neill praised the great dream, but he was rude to david robinson. There is a simple reason. In the NBA in the 1990s, there was an unwritten rule that superstars in the same position would beat their opponents head-on in a one-on-one way. This is why Rodman refused to accomplish his great dream with david robinson, and why he belittled the admiral as his teammate after the game. 1995 finals, although O 'Neill lost, but in the game against Olajuwon, he was convinced that he lost, because he himself publicly admitted that even in the face of his dream in his thirties, he could do nothing on the defensive end. However, in the finals of 1999, the Spurs broke the routine and adopted the way that david robinson and Duncan took turns defending the double team.
Apart from these incidents, O 'Neill and david robinson have feuds, and they are at the same level in character. The general is quiet and gentle, friendly and polite, and a devout believer, but he lacks enough desire to win. O 'Neill, on the other hand, is arrogant, cynical, careless and arrogant, but he has a clear love and hate.
David robinson is willing to talk about the Bible with his teammates, and even talk about the theory of relativity with Duncan. However, O 'Neill's communication with teammates tends to be dominated by women and entertainment. How can they look at each other with such a huge contrast?