from my era, Robinson was the best center in the game and probly ranks in the top 5 players of all time to me. he hurt his back badly which of course slowed his play, altho he can still contribute alot to the spurs, im sure everyone can see the reason for him wanting to retire. and unlike malone, ewing and barkley, robinson got his (well deserved) championship ring. and even know his game droped off the past few season, he'll always get full respect from me because of the way he dominated the game in the past.
you gota wonder how long these guys like ewing, malone (& stock) scottie, hakeem etc will stay in the league to, which is kinda sad cause i grew up when those guys were at the top of their game and i learnt so much from those guys (as im sure most nba fans did) and now they gota kinda take a step back cause of the new generation...you know.