Glenn Robinson

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Glenn "Big Dog" Robinson (born January 10, 1973 in Gary, Indiana) is an American professional basketball player, formerly in the NBA. He played during the 2004-05 season.

[edit] College career

[edit] Purdue

[edit] 1992-1994

Robinson led Gary Roosevelt High School to an Indiana state basketball championship and was a McDonald's All-American before playing college basketball at Purdue University for two seasons after struggling with NCAA eligibility courtesy of Proposition 48 which requires minimum academic standards. In 1994, he received the Wooden and Naismith Awards and led his team to an Elite Eight appearance. Robinson was also unanimously selected as the Big Ten Conference Player of the Year following his junior campaign. On the season, he averaged 30.3 points and more than 10 rebounds per game, leading the Big Ten in both categories. Robinson's coach, Gene Keady, commented that Robinson was "an absolute warrior on the court, especially the practice court. If all my players practiced with the same intensity and listened to his coaches as he does, my job would be much easier." At the time, Robinson was one of the best all around college players of all time.

[edit] Professional career

[edit] Milwaukee Bucks

[edit] 1994-2002

Robinson was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks with the first overall pick in the 1994 NBA draft. Unfortunately, before Glenn Robinson could take the court, he and the Bucks became involved in a contract holdout that lasted until the beginning of training camp after it was rumored that he desired a then-unprecedented 13 year $100 million contract (http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1208/is_n20_v218/ai_15924175]. Robinson eventually signed an nearly equally unprecedented 10-year, $68 million deal that still stands as the richest NBA contract to a rookie due to the "rookie cap" that was installed the following season. During his first pro year, Robinson was twice named the Schick NBA Rookie of the Month and was named to the NBA All-Rookie Team after a leading all rookies with an average of 21.9 points per game. Throughout the season, Robinson and fellow rookie Grant Hill fought neck and neck for the Rookie of the Year award. Despite playing the same position, Hill was seen as a more clean cut player and was voted to the All Star team while Robinson was seen as more of an outsider, and at season's end Robinson finished third in Rookie of the Year voting behind the aforementioned Grant Hill and Jason Kidd who tied for the award. While playing for the Milwaukee Bucks, Robinson racked up some of the best personal stats in franchise history. Early in his career, Robinson shared the front court with teammate and All Star Vin Baker. Teaming with Ray Allen and Sam Cassell, Robinson helped lead the Bucks to the Eastern Conference Finals in 2001. Robinson is the second place all-time leading scorer in Milwaukee Bucks history, averaging at least 20 points per game in seven of his eight seasons in Milwaukee.

[edit] Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers, San Antonio Spurs

[edit] 2002-2005

Robinson was traded by Milwaukee to the Atlanta Hawks for Toni Kukoč, Leon Smith and a 2003 first-round pick on August 2, 2002. After a year in Atlanta he was traded on July 23, 2003 with a 2006 second-round pick to the Philadelphia 76ers in a four-team deal in which the Hawks acquired Randy Holcomb, a first-round draft pick and cash considerations from Philadelphia, along with Terrell Brandon from the Minnesota Timberwolves. As part of the deal Philadelphia sent Keith Van Horn to the New York Knicks and acquired Marc Jackson from the Timberwolves. The Timberwolves acquired Latrell Sprewell from Knicks. After a year in Philadelphia during the 2003-04 season, Robinson did not play a game for the 76ers in the 2004-05 season largely due to an injury. On February 24, 2005 he was traded to the New Orleans Hornets. In exchange the 76ers acquired forwards Rodney Rogers and Jamal Mashburn. Robinson was waived by the team almost immediately and never suited up for them. Robinson was signed by the San Antonio Spurs on April 5, 2005 to establish an additional veteran shooting presence as the team prepared for the playoffs. With the Spurs, Robinson finally won an NBA championship in 2005, playing about 8 minutes per game in the postseason.

Robinson has not played professional basketball since the 2004-05 season. At present, he has scored 14,234 career points (a career scoring average of 20.7 PPG). Robinson also averaged 6.1 rebounds, 2.7 assists, and 1.2 steals per game throughout his NBA career. He was selected for the 1996 U.S. Olympic basketball team but was unable to play because of injury.

[edit] External links

• Glenn Robinson Info Page at NBA.com
• Glenn Robinson Statistics at Basketball-Reference.com
• 1994 Oscar Robertson Trophy