Nate Robinson
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| Position | Point guard |
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| League | NBA |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Weight | 180 lb (82 kg) |
| Team | New York Knicks |
| Nationality |  United States |
| Born | May 31, 1984 (age 22) Seattle, Washington |
| College | Washington |
| Draft | 21st overall, 2005 Phoenix Suns |
| Pro career | 2005–present |
| Awards | 2006 NBA Slam Dunk Contest winner |
Nathaniel Cornelius "Nate" Robinson (born May 31, 1984, in Seattle, Washington) is an American professional basketball player who plays for the New York Knicks of the NBA.
Robinson is one of the shortest players in the league, listed at at 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) (and measured at 5 in 7¾ in (1.72 m)[1]), but with a vertical leap of 43.5 in (110.5 cm)[2], Robinson won the Slam Dunk Contest at the 2006 NBA All-Star Weekend.
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[edit] College
Robinson had a successful collegiate career in which he led the Washington Huskies to the Sweet Sixteen in the 2005 NCAA basketball tournament during his junior season. At the end of that season he was named a third-team Associated Press and National Association of Basketball Coaches All-American.
Robinson also played football at Washington, and was a highly touted return man and cornerback. Robinson initially attended college on a football scholarship, walking onto the school's basketball team. It was only later that his football scholarship was dropped, and he received a basketball scholarship and played that sport exclusively.
[edit] NBA career
[edit] 2005-06 season
Robinson was the 21st selection of the 2005 NBA Draft, chosen by the Phoenix Suns before being traded to the New York Knicks with Quentin Richardson for Kurt Thomas and the draft rights to second-round pick (54th overall) Dijon Thompson.
Robinson played in 76 games his rookie year, starting 26 of them, while averaging 9.3 points and 2.0 assists per game. During the All-Star weekend, Robinson won the 2006 Sprite Rising Stars Slam Dunk Contest, edging Andre Iguodala 141-140 in an unprecedented overtime, although he took 14 attempts to make his final dunk. In his most memorable dunk of the night, he jumped over 1986 champion Spud Webb, and received a perfect 50-point score for the dunk.[3]
During the season, Robinson was reportedly involved in physical altercations between teammates Jerome James and Malik Rose in separate incidents during the 2005-06 season. He was at one point considered by Knicks coach Larry Brown to be demoted to the NBA Development League. He was instead placed on the Inactive List for 10 games between February 24 and March 11.[4]
[edit] 2006-07 season
On November 20, 2006, Robinson blocked a shot attempt of 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) Houston Rockets center Yao Ming in the closing seconds of the third quarter. It was only the third time in ten NBA seasons that a player's shot attempt was blocked by another player at least a foot-and-a-half shorter.[5] On December 16, 2006, Robinson was one of the primary participants in the Knicks-Nuggets brawl. He exchanged words and wrestled with Nuggets guard J.R. Smith, and was suspended for 10 games as a result.[6] Robinson competed in the 2007 Slam Dunk Contest to defend his 2006 title, and came in second place after Gerald Green. In the second round, Green's Boston Celtics teammate Paul Pierce brought out a cardboard cut-out of Robinson to dunk over. But Robinson came out and stood in its place instead, and Green jumped over him to complete the dunk.[7]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Condotta, Bob. "Nate Robinson says he'll enter NBA draft", The Seattle Times, April 11, 2005.
- ^ Wynn, Luke. "Draft Overrated/Underrated", Sports Illustrated, June 24, 2005.
- ^ Wong, Matt. "Robinson wins dunkfest amid controversy", ESPN.com, 2006-02-21.
- ^ Isola, Frank. "Nate nearly shut down", New York Daily News, 2006-04-06.
- ^ "Rockets duo helps Houston handle New York -- again", ESPN.com, November 20, 2006.
- ^ "Suspensions total 47 games from Knicks-Nuggets fight", ESPN.com, 2006-12-20.
- ^ Berman, Marc. "NATE SEES GREEN", New York Post, 2007-02-18.
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| 2005 NBA Draft | ||
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| First Round Andrew Bogut | Marvin Williams | Deron Williams | Chris Paul | Raymond Felton | Martell Webster | Charlie Villanueva | Channing Frye | Ike Diogu | Andrew Bynum | Fran Vázquez | Yaroslav Korolev | Sean May | Rashad McCants | Antoine Wright | Joey Graham | Danny Granger | Gerald Green | Hakim Warrick | Julius Hodge | Nate Robinson | Jarrett Jack | Francisco García | Luther Head | Johan Petro | Jason Maxiell | Linas Kleiza | Ian Mahinmi | Wayne Simien | David Lee |
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| Second Round Salim Stoudamire | Daniel Ewing | Brandon Bass | C.J. Miles | Ricky Sánchez | Ersan İlyasova | Ronny Turiaf | Travis Diener | Von Wafer | Monta Ellis | Roko Ukić | Chris Taft | Mile Ilić | Martynas Andriuškevičius | Louis Williams | Erazem Lorbek | Bracey Wright | Mickaël Gelabale | Andray Blatche | Ryan Gomes | Robert Whaley | Axel Hervelle | Orien Greene | Dijon Thompson | Lawrence Roberts | Amir Johnson | Marcin Gortat | Uroš Slokar | Cenk Akyol | Alex Acker |
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Categories: 1984 births | African American basketball players | American basketball players | American football cornerbacks | American football return specialists | Living people | National Basketball Association players under six feet | NBA Slam Dunk Contest champions | New York Knicks players | People from Seattle | Washington Huskies men's basketball players | Washington Huskies football players
