James Robinson (basketball)

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James "Hollywood" Robinson (born August 31, 1970 in Jackson, Mississippi) is an American professional basketball player, most notably in the NBA.

Robinson, an undersized 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) shooting guard, attended the University of Alabama before being selected with the 21st overall pick in the 1993 NBA Draft by the Portland Trail Blazers.

Contents 1 High school and college 2 NBA 3 Career statistics 4 Trades and contracts 5 Trivia 6 External links

[edit] High school and college

As a Mississippi high school star, Robinson competed against Chris Jackson, who went on to collegiate stardom at Louisiana State and NBA fame with the Denver Nuggets. As a junior at Alabama in 1992-93, Robinson led the Crimson Tide with 20.6 points per game. The 6-foot-2 scorer also tallied 4.5 rebounds and 2.3 assists per contest and was named to the All-Southeastern Conference First Team. He set a school record by scoring 20 or more points in 12 straight games and became the first junior in Crimson Tide history to surpass 1,500 career points (he finished with 1,831). His scoring average was the highest at Alabama since Buck Johnson's 20.7 in 1986. After such a stellar year, Robinson elected to pass up his senior season and enter the NBA Draft.

[edit] NBA

After an uneventful first professional season (58 games with 11 minutes per game), although he did compete in the Slam-Dunk Championship at the NBA All-Star Weekend, Robinson's importance in Portland increased from 1994–96, as Clyde Drexler was traded to Houston midway through 1994-95 and Terry Porter was often injured the following season. After that season, he was traded, along with Bill Curley and a conditional first-round pick to the Minnesota Timberwolves, for Isaiah Rider.

As a Timberwolf, Robinson achieved roughly the same averages than his final two Portland years, albeit in less playing time. In 1997-98, he signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Clippers, and posted similar numbers (almost 8 ppg in 104 games). Waived in March 1999, he would rejoin the Timberwolves, with little impact.

Midway through 2000-01, after one season of absence, Robinson served a ten-day contract with the Orlando Magic, eventually his last NBA stint.

[edit] Career statistics

Season	Team	G	FG%	3P%	FT%	OR	DR	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
1993-94	POR	58	.365	.315	.672	0.6	0.8	1.3	1.2	0.5	0.3	0.9	1.2	4.8
1994-95	POR	71	.409	.341	.591	0.6	1.3	1.9	2.5	0.7	0.2	1.8	2.0	9.2
1995-96	POR	76	.399	.359	.659	0.6	1.5	2.1	2.0	0.4	0.2	1.5	1.9	8.5
1996-97	MIN	69	.407	.382	.684	0.3	1.3	1.6	1.8	0.4	0.1	1.0	1.8	8.3
1997-98	LAC	70	.389	.329	.720	0.5	1.1	1.6	1.9	0.5	0.1	1.4	1.4	7.7
1998-99	LAC	14	.398	.267	.741	0.7	1.2	1.9	1.3	1.0	0.2	1.1	2.1	7.6
1998-99	MIN	17	.322	.295	.571	0.5	1.6	2.1	2.2	0.5	0.3	1.6	1.8	4.5
2000-01	ORL	6	.364	.400	n/a	0.0	1.3	1.3	0.0	0.7	0.2	0.7	0.8	1.7

[edit] Trades and contracts

• 7/23/1996 – Traded by the Blazers with Bill Curley and a conditional first round draft pick in 1997 or 1998 to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Isaiah "J.R." Rider.
• 8/16/1997 – Signed as a free agent by the Los Angeles Clippers; 3/18/1999 – waived
• 3/26/1999 – Signed to the first of two consecutive 10-day contracts by the Minnesota Timberwolves; 4/17/1999 – signed for the remainder of the season

[edit] Trivia

• He was one of three Robinsons that the Portland Trail Blazers had in its roster in the 1995-96 NBA season, the others being Clifford Robinson and Rumeal Robinson.

[edit] External links

• James Robinson Info Page at NBA.com
• James Robinson Statistics at Basketball-Reference.com