
Class of 2017
Robert Horry
Robert Horry earned the nickname “Big Shot Bob” for his many notorious clutch shots in the playoffs. Possibly none more notorious than his shot with time expiring against the Sacramento Kings in Game Four of the Western Conference Finals in 2002. Down 2-1, Horry’s shot gave the Los Angeles Lakers the spark they needed to eventually win the NBA Finals that year. After that year, he signed with the Spurs, allowing San Antonio to bear witness to the same clutch factor that Lakers fans had enjoyed years prior.
In game 5 of the NBA Finals in 2005, Horry hit yet another three-pointer with six seconds remaining to lift the Spurs over the Pistons in a series they would eventually win in seven games. He wasn’t just known for hitting big shots in big moments though. Over the course of his 16-year career, he won a total of seven championships with three different teams. Only nine players in league history have seven or more championships, and Horry is one of only two who have won rings with three different teams, as his first two championships came in 1994 and 1995 with the Houston Rockets.
Horry won another ring in San Antonio in 2007, when they swept LeBron James’ Cleveland Cavaliers. In 2008, he retired as a Spur, marking the end of one of the winningest careers in basketball history in terms of championships.