For the Spurs, for so long, it was “The Admiral,” the man who fiercely punished the basket with rim-rocking dunks and sent opponents’ hopeful layup attempts back in time. “David was the guy,” Kerr said, who won two titles with the Spurs in 1999 and 2003 after helping Michael Jordan win three with the Chicago Bulls. “He was the foundational piece that everything was built on. Not just on the court, but off of it. That’s one of the things that made David so unique. “It went way beyond his basketball ability. It was his character, his personality, the imprint he made on the Spurs when he was there and got rolling; you just knew what you were getting every night from them. They had an identity because of him.”