Nate Robinson
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| Full name | Nathaniel Cornelius Robinson | |
| birthday | 31st May 1984 (age 36) | |
| place of birth | Seattle , Washington , United States | |
| size | 175 cm | |
| Weight | 81 kg | |
| position | Point guard | |
| college | Washington | |
| NBA draft | 2005 , 21st Pick, Phoenix Suns | |
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2005–2010 New York Knicks 2010–2011 Boston Celtics 2011 Oklahoma City Thunder 2012 Golden State Warriors 2012–2013 Chicago Bulls 2013–2015 Denver Nuggets 2015 Los Angeles Clippers 2015 New Orleans Pelicans 2016 Hapoel Tel Aviv 2017 Delaware 87ers ( G-League ) 2017 Guaros de Lara 2018 Homenetmen Beirut
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Nathaniel Cornelius "Nate" Robinson (born May 31, 1984 in Seattle , Washington ) is an American basketball player who was active from 2005 to 2015 in the NBA .
Despite his height of 1.75 meters, Robinson won the Slam Dunk Contest at the NBA All-Star Weekend in February 2006 by one point over Andre Iguodala . In 2009 he won the contest again, jumping over the 2.11 meter tall Dwight Howard with a spectacular dunk . At the All-Star Weekend 2010, he became the first player in the NBA to win the Slam Dunk Contest for the third time.
career
High school
Robinson first played in his school days for Rainier Beach High School in Seattle , but then moved to James Logan High School in Union City , California. In his senior year, he returned to Rainier Beach High School, where he played basketball and football . In the 2001/02 season Robinson led his basketball team to 28 wins with only one loss and won the AAA State Championship with the team . He averaged 17.9 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists per game as a senior and was named AAA Player of the Year in Washington. Nate made it into the 100 finalists on the McDonald's High School All-American Team .
He was also named AAA Player of the Year in Football, where he ran 1200 yards, received 500 yards, and made 21 touchdowns. He also became SuperPrep All-American and was 17th best player. Robinson also holds the state record in the 110-meter hurdles for Washington. He ran the track in 13.85 seconds.
college
Robinson had a successful college career, leading the Washington Huskies , the University of Washington team , to two NCAA Division I Basketball Championship tournaments, where they made it to the Sweet Sixteen , the final 16, in his junior season . Nate Robinson also played football for the Huskies . His biggest moment came when the team was three points behind their local rivals Washington State Cougars , Washington State University , with minutes remaining in the final quarter : Robinson intercepted a pass from opposing quarterback Matt Kegel and his team converted possession into possession a field goal. His team won the game in the third overtime.
Professional career
Nate Robinson is the first player in the NBA to participate in the NBA Summer League four times . He has played in the Summer League every year since his 2005-06 rookie season . He is also the first Summer League player whose jersey number is no longer given in his honor. The number 4 by Nate Robinson has been hanging from the ceiling in the Cox Pavilion at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas since 2008 . He also won the 2008 NBA Summer League MVP Trophy.
Robinson was selected in the NBA Draft 2005 in 21st place by the Phoenix Suns , but swapped together with Quentin Richardson for Kurt Thomas and draft rights (54th pick) to the New York Knicks . Robinson played 72 games, including 26 from the start. He got an average of 9.3 points and 2.0 assists per game. His best game was at Madison Square Garden against the Philadelphia 76ers when he scored 17 points and grabbed 6 rebounds. He made three points in the game-winning throw over his childhood idol Allen Iverson . At the All-Star Weekend 2006 he won the Slam Dunk Contest with 141 to 140 points against Andre Iguodala . It took him 14 tries for his last dunk .
That season he was also involved in physical altercations between Jerome James and Malik Rose .
Robinson was involved in the so-called brawl between the Denver Nuggets and the New York Knicks . He fought with JR Smith and was suspended for ten games as a result. Robinson tried to defend his title from 2006 in the Slam Dunk Contest , but he was only second behind Gerald Green .
On February 14, 2009 he took part again in the Slam Dunk Contest. In the first round he made two dunks and finished second behind Dwight Howard with 87 points . Before the final, he changed his clothes: he put on a green jersey, green shorts and green shoes, and he also had a green ball. With this he countered the Superman theme by Dwight Howard, because in the comic, Superman’s archenemy is Kryptonite is green. He made KryptoNATE out of Kryptonite. He jumped over the 36 centimeter taller Howard and dunked.
He fitted in well with the rotation of new coach Mike D'Antoni . He liked the coach's fast game and played his best season so far with an average of 17.2 points and 4.1 assists per game in an average of 30 minutes. His energetic and spectacular game made him a fan favorite during the season at Madison Square Garden .
In February 2010 he was transferred to the Boston Celtics with Marcus Landry for Eddie House , Bill Walker and JR Giddens . Robinson played a total of 26 times for the Celtics in the season and achieved an overall point average of 6.5. Although he only played 14.7 minutes on average, he was still very important for the Celtics in the playoffs. In Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals he scored 13 points and was instrumental in getting into the Finals.
February 24, 2011 Robinson was with Kendrick Perkins in exchange for Jeff Green and Nenad Krstic to the Oklahoma City Thunder , from Seattle (previously: in 2008, Seattle SuperSonics ), transferred were moved to Oklahoma City. Robinson, who is deeply embedded in the basketball community of his hometown Seattle, quickly got caught in the tension between the fan scenes from Seattle and Oklahoma City. When he described the Thunder fans as "the best fans on the planet" during the 2011 playoffs, he felt compelled to weaken emerging criticism through balancing statements. He was released from the Thunder shortly after the start of the 2011/2012 season and signed with the Golden State Warriors on January 4. At the Warriors he shared a seat with Stephen Curry . On July 31, 2012, he was signed by the Chicago Bulls.
After a season in Chicago, he moved to the Denver Nuggets . During his second season in Denver he was traded back to the Boston Celtics in early January 2015 in exchange for Jameer Nelson . But he made no game for Boston and was signed shortly after by the Los Angeles Clippers . However, Robinson only stayed in Los Angeles until the end of the season.
In October 2015, he agreed on a one-year contract with the New Orleans Pelicans . On March 17, 2016, Robinson signed a contract in the Israeli Ligat ha'Al with Hapoel Tel Aviv . In February 2017, he signed a contract with the Delaware 87ers in the G-League . Just a few weeks later he moved to Venezuela to join Guaros de Lara . His last stop was the Lebanese club Homenetmen Beirut from July to September 2018.
Web links
- Nate Robinson - player profile on basketball-reference.com
- Nate Robinson - player profile on NBA.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ nba.com: Player biography ( Memento from June 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Hoop magazine issue September / October 2008
- ↑ a b c nba.com: Career statistics ( Memento from June 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ NBA Slam Dunk Contest 2006
- ^ NY Daily News: Little Nate, Big James slug it out at practice
- ↑ espn.com: Suspensions total 47 games from Knicks-Nuggets fight
- ↑ NBA Slam Dunk Contest 2007
- ↑ NBA Slam Dunk Contest 2009 ( Memento from May 21, 2012 on WebCite )
- ↑ espn.com: C's land Robinson, send House to NY
- ↑ Thunder get Robinson, Perkins
- ↑ Jerry Brewer: Sonics fans: Use your anger constructively , in: Seattle Times, May 15, 2011, accessed March 18, 2015
- ^ Delaware 87ers Acquire 11-Year NBA Vet Nate Robinson
- ^ Nate Robinson signs in Venezuela with Guaros de Lara
- ^ Nate Robinson signs with Homenetmen in Lebanon. In: sportando. Internet Archive, July 31, 2018, accessed May 2, 2020 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Robinson, Nate |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Robinson, Nathaniel Cornelius (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American basketball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 31, 1984 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Seattle , Washington , United States |