In the 1989-90 season, the Spurs won 35 more games than the previous year—this was the biggest single-season turnaround in NBA history.
In the NBA playoffs, David Robinson led the team to defeat the powerful Los Angeles Lakers and advance to the Western Conference Finals.
In his second year as a professional player, according to NBA reports, Robinson's merchandise sales exceeded all players except Michael Jordan and Ah Gan.
Within a year, he became a superstar with a national fanbase.
David was the only NBA player who ranked in the top ten in four statistical categories.
He came in third in the 1990 Most Valuable Player voting, behind only Ah Gan and Magic Johnson.
David was richer, more famous, and more successful than he dreamed.
He was young, smart, tall, and very wealthy.
He had five luxury cars and two beautiful houses.
He dated beautiful women, and people always spoke well of him.
