[2][3][4][5][6] In the 1989 NBA draft, the team had the third overall pick, and selected Sean Elliott from the University of Arizona,[7][8][9][10] and acquired All-Star forward Terry Cummings from the Milwaukee Bucks,[11][12][13][14][15] and acquired All-Star guard Maurice Cheeks and David Wingate from the Philadelphia 76ers during the off-season.
With his tour of duty at the Navy over, Robinson arrived to the Spurs along with Elliott, Cummings and Cheeks, who only spent half the season in San Antonio, and was traded at midseason to the New York Knicks in exchange for second-year guard Rod Strickland.
[39] In the Western Conference First Round of the playoffs, the Spurs swept the Denver Nuggets in three straight games.
[40][41][42][43] However, they would lose in a full seven game series to the Portland Trail Blazers in the Western Conference Semi-finals.
[53][54][55] For the season, the Spurs introduced a new primary logo, which featured the fiesta colors of turquoise, fuchsia and orange.