Cliff Robinson (basketball, born 1966)

For the 1980s basketball player, see Cliff Robinson (basketball, born 1960).
Cliff Robinson
Personal information
Born (1966-12-16) December 16, 1966
Buffalo, New York
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight 225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school Riverside (Buffalo, New York)
College Connecticut (1985–1989)
NBA draft 1989 / Round: 2 / Pick: 36th overall
Selected by the Portland Trail Blazers
Playing career 1989–2007
Position Forward / Center
Number 3, 30
Career history
1989–1997 Portland Trail Blazers
1997–2001 Phoenix Suns
2001–2003 Detroit Pistons
2003–2005 Golden State Warriors
2005–2007 New Jersey Nets
Career highlights and awards
Career statistics
Points 19,591 (14.6 ppg)
Rebounds 6,306 (4.6 rpg)
Assists 3,094 (2.2 apg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Clifford Ralph "Cliff" Robinson (born December 16, 1966) is an American retired professional basketball player who played for 5 teams throughout his career in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

College career

University of Connecticut

Robinson played collegiately at the University of Connecticut. In 1988, the Huskies won the NIT Championship and Robinson was named to the all-tournament team.[1] Robinson was later named to UConn's All-Century men's Basketball team.[1] On February 5, 2007, Robinson's number "00" was retired at Gampel Pavilion during halftime of a UConn basketball game against the Syracuse Orange as part of the "Huskies of Honor" ceremony which recognized personal accomplishments of 13 former players and three coaches.[2]

NBA

Trail Blazers

Robinson was selected with the 36th overall pick (2nd round) in the 1989 NBA draft by the Portland Trail Blazers. Robinson played for the Trail Blazers for eight seasons. Portland made the playoffs each year Robinson was on the team, and played in the NBA Finals in 1990 and 1992. Robinson won the 1992–93 Sixth Man of the Year Award after averaging 19.1 points, 6.6 rebounds and a career-best 1.99 blocks per game.[3][4] He was an All Star with the team in 1994.[4] Following game 4 of the 1992 Western Conference Finals against the Utah Jazz, Robinson performed a victory dance that he later told press was named the "Uncle Cliffy".[5] The nickname stuck with Robinson for the rest of his career.[6] Following a game against the Golden State Warriors on February 22, 1995, Robinson would be forced to end his 461 iron man streak of consecutive games played for which he started his career.[7] This streak stands as a franchise record for the Trail Blazers.[8]

Phoenix Suns

Robinson signed with the Phoenix Suns as a free agent on August 25, 1997,[4] where he remained for four more seasons. The highlight of his tenure with the Suns was registering a career-best 50 points against the Denver Nuggets on January 16, 2000.[4] He became the oldest player at 33 years of age and two months to register his first 50-point game.[4]

Detroit Pistons

Robinson was traded to the Detroit Pistons on June 29, 2001 in exchange for Jud Buechler and John Wallace.[4]

Golden State Warriors

He was traded to the Golden State Warriors on August 21, 2003, along with Pepe Sanchez, in exchange for Bob Sura.[4] Although he played all 82 games during the regular season, it would be the first season in his career where he would not participate in the NBA playoffs.[9]

New Jersey Nets

On February 14, 2005, Golden State traded Robinson to the New Jersey Nets in exchange for two second-round draft picks.[4] He was released by the Nets in July 2007.[10] Robinson then retired.[11]

Retrospective

Robinson holds career NBA numbers of 14.2 points, 4.6 rebounds, 1.05 steals and 1.03 blocks. His 1,380 games played are the 8th most all time in the NBA.[12] and second among players eligible for the 2015 Basketball Hall of Fame (after Kevin Willis).[13][14] At the end of the 2013-14 NBA Season, his 42,561 minutes played in the NBA ranked him 19th among all players,[15] 14th among retired players,[16] and first among players eligible for the 2016 class of the Basketball Hall of Fame.[17]

Robinson was one of only two players drafted in the 1980s that was still active in the league in 2007, with the other being Kevin Willis.[10] He played in the NBA Playoffs in all but one of his 18 seasons in the league, with his 2003–04 campaign with the Golden State Warriors being the exception.[9] As of the 2014 NBA Playoffs, his 141 games rank him 16th among inactive players not yet in the Hall of Fame, although he had a low .393 field goal percentage (nearly a full 10% lower than his career regular season average)[18] and 2.1 Win Shares in those games.[19]

At 6'10", he was the tallest player to make more than 1,000 three-pointers until he was surpassed by Dirk Nowitzki and Rashard Lewis;[20] Robinson made 1,253 threes in his career. Among players qualified for the 2015 Class of the Basketball Hall of Fame, Robinson ranks fifth among all players for field goals made [21] and first among those 6'10" or taller.[22]

Post-NBA career

In 2014, Robinson was named to a team assembled by Dennis Rodman as part of his "basketball diplomacy" effort in North Korea with the job of playing an exhibition match against the North Korean Senior National Team to celebrate the birthday of Kim Jong-un.[23] The team also included Kenny Anderson, Vin Baker, Craig Hodges, Doug Christie, Sleepy Floyd, Charles D. Smith and four streetballers.[24]

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1989–90 Portland 82 0 19.1 .397 .273 .550 3.8 .9 .6 .6 9.1
1990–91 Portland 82 11 23.7 .463 .316 .653 4.3 1.8 1.0 .9 11.7
1991–92 Portland 82 7 25.9 .466 .091 .664 5.1 1.7 1.0 1.3 12.4
1992–93 Portland 82 12 31.4 .473 .247 .690 6.6 2.2 1.2 2.0 19.1
1993–94 Portland 82 64 34.8 .457 .245 .765 6.7 1.9 1.4 1.4 20.1
1994–95 Portland 75 73 36.3 .452 .371 .694 5.6 2.6 1.1 1.1 21.3
1995–96 Portland 78 76 38.2 .423 .378 .664 5.7 2.4 1.1 .9 21.1
1996–97 Portland 81 79 38.0 .426 .346 .696 4.0 3.2 1.2 .8 15.1
1997–98 Phoenix 80 64 29.5 .479 .321 .689 5.1 2.1 1.2 1.1 14.2
1998–99 Phoenix 50 35 34.8 .475 .417 .697 4.5 2.6 1.5 1.2 16.4
1999–2000 Phoenix 80 67 35.5 .464 .370 .782 4.5 2.8 1.1 .8 18.5
2000–01 Phoenix 82 82 33.5 .422 .361 .709 4.1 2.9 1.1 1.0 16.4
2001–02 Detroit 80 80 35.7 .425 .378 .694 4.8 2.5 1.1 1.2 14.6
2002–03 Detroit 81 69 34.9 .398 .336 .676 3.9 3.3 1.1 1.1 12.2
2003–04 Golden State 82 82 34.7 .387 .357 .711 4.1 3.3 .9 .9 12.2
2004–05 Golden State 42 29 26.0 .398 .331 .603 2.7 1.8 1.0 .9 8.5
2004–05 New Jersey 29 0 20.7 .361 .379 .692 3.3 1.0 .6 .5 6.0
2005–06 New Jersey 80 13 23.3 .427 .343 .658 3.3 1.1 .6 .5 6.9
2006–07 New Jersey 50 1 19.1 .372 .379 .444 2.4 1.0 .2 .5 4.1
Career 1380 844 30.8 .438 .356 .689 4.6 2.2 1.0 1.0 14.2
All-Star 1 0 18.0 .625 .000 – 2.0 5.0 1.0 .0 10.0

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1990 Portland 21 6 18.6 .358 .000 .558 4.1 1.1 .9 1.1 6.5
1991 Portland 16 0 22.1 .538 .333 .551 3.9 1.1 .4 1.0 10.3
1992 Portland 21 0 24.9 .462 .167 .571 4.2 2.0 1.0 1.0 10.8
1993 Portland 4 0 32.8 .262 .000 .409 4.3 1.5 1.5 1.8 10.3
1994 Portland 4 4 37.3 .412 .222 .875 6.3 2.5 .8 1.5 16.3
1995 Portland 3 3 39.7 .362 .235 .563 6.3 2.7 .7 .3 15.7
1996 Portland 5 5 36.2 .344 .261 .757 3.6 1.6 1.4 1.0 15.2
1997 Portland 4 4 40.3 .362 .188 .688 6.8 3.0 .5 1.0 12.0
1998 Phoenix 4 4 23.0 .273 .000 .778 3.0 .8 .8 .5 6.3
1999 Phoenix 3 3 39.0 .475 .222 .636 5.3 2.7 2.0 .3 15.7
2000 Phoenix 9 9 37.0 .386 .325 .733 6.0 2.1 1.2 .8 17.6
2001 Phoenix 4 4 28.5 .420 .250 .636 4.0 1.0 1.5 .5 15.0
2002 Detroit 10 10 40.9 .363 .340 .800 3.0 2.9 1.8 1.9 13.2
2003 Detroit 17 17 30.8 .358 .373 .595 2.7 2.9 .9 .8 9.3
2005 New Jersey 4 0 17.8 .407 .286 1.000 2.5 1.3 .8 .3 7.0
2006 New Jersey 8 0 24.8 .333 .316 .800 3.3 .6 1.1 .4 4.5
2007 New Jersey 4 0 5.0 .167 .500 .0 .0 .0 .3 .0 .8
Career 141 69 27.6 .393 .298 .629 3.9 1.8 1.0 .9 10.3

Suspensions

Robinson was arrested for marijuana possession and driving under the influence in February 2001 and received a one-game suspension.[25] Robinson was also suspended five games in February 2005 while playing for Golden State, and was suspended for five games during the NBA playoffs on May 12, 2006 for violating terms of the league's drug policy for the second time in two seasons.[26]

Personal life

On September 21, 2003, Robinson married Heather Lufkins on the island of Barbados.[27] His son Isaiah Robinson plays basketball for the Jefferson High School Democrats in Portland.

Robinson is an advocate for medical and recreational cannabis policy reform and is planning to enter the legal Oregon cannabis market under the pseudonym "Uncle Spliffy" in 2016.[28]

Survivor

Robinson was a contestant on the 28th installment of the American reality television series, Survivor. The theme for the season was Brains vs. Brawn vs. Beauty, and Robinson was placed on the Brawn tribe, "Aparri." Although he did not initially plan to reveal his identity, he was recognized by Yung "Woo" Hwang, who admitted to being a fan of Robinson. Once his identity was revealed, he did not attempt to cover it up. After a tribe swap, Trish Hegarty revealed her strong distaste for Robinson and convinced fellow tribemate Tony Vlachos to vote with her to eliminate him. He was the fifth contestant of the season to be voted out, finishing in 14th place, while Vlachos went on to win the season and Hwang was the runner-up.

See also

References

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  24. ↑ http://www.thefloridanewsjournal.com/2014/01/06/dennis-rodman-announces-basketball-diplomacy-upcoming-games-north-korea
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