Over the past two decades, it’s difficult to name a more well-run NBA franchise than the San Antonio Spurs.

Gregg Popovich led his team to five NBA championships during his tenure with the club and they’ve been a model of consistency, both on and off the court.

That is, until this past season, when the drama surrounding Kawhi Leonard and his mysterious quad injury created the first real controversy in San Antonio.

Seemingly a man of few words, Leonard (and the advisors within his close circle) made it clear that he didn’t want to be a Spur any longer over the course of the last year, which forced his trade to the Toronto Raptors last week.

Now that the deal went through, Popovich made it clear multiple times that he wants to move on and put the past in the past. But, due to the confusing nature of the entire situation, the storyline will most likely linger on for a while.

On ESPN’s The Jump with Rachel Nichols on Monday, Spurs great David Robinson weighed in and offered his perspective on Leonard.

An odd case

"He really, he's a hard guy," Robinson said. ”He's just quiet. He doesn't ... I've reached out to him several times and just never hear anything back from him.”

"I think the whole time he's been here [in San Antonio], I've talked to him maybe a handful of times, and I can count on one hand how many words he's really said to me. So he's just a quiet guy, and I think that that's made it difficult, I think, for all parties to really understand each other in this process,” Robinson added.

"I mean, it's one of the oddest situations I think I've seen since I've been in pro basketball," he admitted. "He's a hard guy to understand. He's a hard guy to read.”

Most of all, Robinson’s confusion about Leonard stemmed from the culture that was put in place in San Antonio over the years.

"San Antonio, we obviously have a reputation for taking care of our players, almost too much, I mean, people criticize us for sitting guys down," he said. "Now all of the sudden, you know, we've got a guy who says he felt pressure to play. Which is, you know, tough. I mean, what can you do? We typically don't risk our players' health. But if a guy's not happy, he's got to go somewhere where he can play, and I think [coach] Pop [Gregg Popovich] and [general manager] R.C. [Buford] and our team did a pretty good job of kind of meeting our needs for the future. I think we'll move on from here. I think we're pretty happy with the deal and we'll continue to grow and get better.”

Therefore, while he still clearly doesn’t understand Leonard’s point of view, Robinson approves of San Antonio’s decision and the return that the team received for him.