One Lehman Brothers executive, after being let go from the Wall Street firm, bought a Union, New Jersey franchise from a national handyman firm. A franchise was approximately $110,000 with a franchise fee of $14,900, according to a spokesperson for a national handyman franchise.
Remembering When the Spurs drafted David Robinson (& waited 2 years for him to play) Most teams are willing to use a #1 pick on a raw big man who might take a year or so of playing in the NBA before they start to develop into the All-Star type player they are hoping for. But not many would use their #1 pick on a player they wont even get to see in a NBA uniform for 2 years. Then again, most teams with a #1 pick donât have a shot at a David Robinson like the Spurs did. In 1987, the San Antonio Spurs used their #1 pick and drafted big man David Robinson from the US Naval Academy and then waited 2 years for him to finish his commitment to the Navy.
Craig Malcolm Robinson is an American college basketball coach, basketball executive and broadcaster. He is a former head men's basketball coach at Oregon State University and Brown University. He was a star forward as a player at Princeton University in the early 1980s and a bond trader during the 1990s. He currently is the vice president of player and organizational development for the New York Knicks. Robinson is the older brother of former U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama and the brother-in-la