Originally Posted by
yokam
Murag wala. He was drafted in 1987 but the Spurs waited for 2 years for Robinson to fulfill his Navy duties. Basically on that span of time, there's no deal that happened so that there's no commitment between the Spurs management and David Robinson aside from the fact that San Antonio had the 7'1 Robinson in the bag.
so that technically makes Robinson a rookie the time he signed with the Spurs(who had rights on him) 2 years later. I do believe Oden was signed ayt? I guess that goes the same for Rookie free agents who were drafted many years back but wasn't signed and they are eligible for the ROY award during the season they play their first game