Cliff Robinson (basketball, born 1966)

For the 1980s basketball player, see Clifford T. Robinson.
Clifford Robinson
No. 3, 30
Forward/Center
Personal information
Date of birth December 16, 1966 (1966-12-16) (age 45)
Place of birth Buffalo, New York
High school Riverside High School
Career information
College Connecticut
NBA Draft 1989 / Round: 2 / Pick: 36th overall
Pro career 1989–2007
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
Rebounds 6,306
Assists 3,094
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Clifford "Cliff" Ralph Robinson (born December 16, 1966 in Buffalo, New York) is a former American professional basketball player, formerly of the National Basketball Association.

Contents

Basketball career

Highlights

Robinson holds career numbers of 14.2 points, 4.6 rebounds, 1.05 steals and 1.03 blocks. His 1,380 games played are the 7th most all time in the NBA. 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.[1] He played in the NBA Playoffs in all but one of his 18 seasons in the league.

At 6'10", he was the tallest player to make more than 1,000 three-pointers until he was surpassed by Dirk Nowitzki; Robinson made 1,253 threes in his career.

University of Connecticut

Robinson played collegiately at the University of Connecticut. In 1988, UConn won the NIT Championship and Robinson was named to the all-tournament team.[2] Robinson was later named to UConn's All-Century men's Basketball team.[2] 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.[3]

Portland 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.[4][5] He was an All Star with the team in 1994.[5] 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."[6] The nickname stuck with Robinson for the rest of his career.[7]

Phoenix Suns

Robinson signed with the Phoenix Suns as a free agent on August 25, 1997,[5] 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.[5] He became the oldest player at 33 years of age and two months to register his first 50-point game.[5]

Detroit Pistons

Robinson was traded to the Detroit Pistons on June 29, 2001 in exchange for Jud Buechler and John Wallace.[5]

Golden State Warriors

Robinson was traded to the Golden State Warriors on August 21, 2003, along with Pepe Sanchez, in exchange for Bob Sura.[5]

New Jersey Nets

On February 14, 2005, Golden State traded Robinson to the New Jersey Nets in exchange for two second-round draft picks.[5] He was released by the Nets in July 2007.[1] Robinson then retired.[8]

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 – 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 .3 .0 .8
Career 141 – 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.[9] 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.[10]

Personal life

On September 21, 2003, Robinson married Heather Lufkins on the island of Barbados.[11]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Nets release Cliff Robinson, Associated Press
  2. ^ a b http://www.uconnhuskies.com/AllStories/MBasketball/2006/12/26/20061226.html
  3. ^ www.UConnHuskies.com Mens Basketball
  4. ^ "Clifford Robinson: The NBA’s New Ironman". NBA. http://www.nba.com/nets/features/robinson_ironman.html. Retrieved 2011-05-11. 
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h "Clifford Robinson NBA.com Bio". NBA. http://www.nba.com/playerfile/clifford_robinson/bio.html. Retrieved 2011-05-11. 
  6. ^ "Dancing Robinson Shows Off Moves; Versatility Key in Portland's Game 4 Win". Washington Post. HighBeam Research. June 12, 1992. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1010389.html. Retrieved 2011-05-11. 
  7. ^ "24 seconds with Clifford Robinson". Seattle Times. January 16, 2005. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2002152046_24seconds16.html. Retrieved 2011-05-11. 
  8. ^ "After final buzzer, Oregon’s still home". Portland Tribune. http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=121986778563346700. Retrieved 2011-05-11. 
  9. ^ "Suns' Robinson legally intoxicated, tests show". CBC Sports. 2001-02-09. http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2001/02/09/robinson010209.html. Retrieved 2011-05-11. 
  10. ^ Eligon, John (2006-05-13). "League Suspends Robinson 5 Games for Drug Violation". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/13/sports/basketball/13cliff.html?_r=1&oref=slogin. Retrieved 2011-05-11. 
  11. ^ http://digg.com/news/story/Heather_Lufkins_married_Clifford_Robinson_NBA_player

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