Glenn Robinson III

At 30 years old, Glenn Robinson III has this physical status:

Glenn Alan Robinson III (born January 8, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for the National Basketball Association. (NBA)

He played college basketball for the Michigan Wolverines.

He was an All-State basketball player for Lake Central High School in St. John, Indiana.

He declared for the NBA draft after his sophomore season with Michigan's 2013–14 team.

In the 2014 NBA draft, Robinson was drafted 40th overall by the Minnesota Timberwolves.

He has also played for the Philadelphia 76ers in the NBA.

He is the son of Glenn Robinson, the NBA's first overall draft pick in 1994.

Early life

Shantelle Clay, Robinson's mother, was prematurely born at Methodist Hospital in Gary, Indiana. He spent his first two months in an incubator before being about 6 pounds (2.7 kg). He was a member of the Hammond, Indiana, YMCA children's basketball league by age three. Robinson attended Grimmer Middle School in Schererville, Indiana, before attending Lake Central High School in St. John, Indiana. In seventh grade, he was 5 foot 6 inches (1.68 m) and 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) two years ago as a freshman. Robinson was nearly 6 foot 4 inches (1.93 m) in his sophomore year and a career at more than 6 foot 5.5 inches (1.97 m) as a junior.

Personal life

Robinson is the founder of the Angels, a non-profit group committed to helping young fathers in fatherhood and providing assistance to fatherless families. The ARI Foundation, which is headquartered in Gary, IN, was named after Robinson's daughter, Ariana. The ARI Foundation has hosted toy drives, back-to-school supplies, and holiday-specific charities, as well as furnished the apartments of working-class single mothers. The nonprofit's work has been highlighted in CNN, Sports Illustrated, and USA Today.

Beyond Athlete Management represents Robinson.

Shantelle Clay and Glenn Robinson, who was an eleven-year NBA veteran, are Robinson's uncle.

"Trey" and "GR3" are Robinson's nicknames.

Gelen (Gray) was the 2013 and 2014 Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) 220-pound (100 kg) wrestling champion, 2014 IHSAA discus champion, 2013 IHSAA discus runner-up, and 2013 ESPN Defensive Player of the Year. Gelen officially committed to the Purdue Boilermakers football team and played 46 games in four seasons.

In Track & Field, Jaimie, his younger sister, is a star.

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High school career

He competed for Lake Central as a freshman. Robinson grew up with his mother, Shantelle Clay-Irving, and his younger brother Gelen. He was under the wings of two replacement fathers, Dave Milausnic, Lake Central Varsity Basketball head coach, and Wayne Brumm, AAU SYF Players under 17 coach, during his freshman and sophomore seasons. Robinson was persuaded to join the gym early morning workouts, with many people waking Robinson at his house. Robinson, who would eventually coach Robinson as a collegian, Advised Robinson to employ Andrew Wallen, who helped Robinson with his vertical leap. Robinson also helped him gain weight from 167 pounds (76 kg) before his sophomore year to 210 pounds (95 kg) in two years.

After leading Lake Central in scoring as a sophomore, he was a first-team all-area pick. Robinson made his first verbal commitment to the Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team of 2012. He had scholarship offers from Colorado, Valparaiso, Missouri State, IUPUI, and Indiana, and Indiana State, and Rivals.com rated him as the 118th best player in the class of 2012. Robinson scored his career-high 39 points against East Chicago Central High School on February 5, 2011 on 14-for-19 shooting. Robinson scored 31 points in an overtime loss to Munster High School in the 2011 Indiana sectional.

Before deciding on their Michigan addresses, Robinson and Mitch McGary had been friends for years. Robinson had risen to the national no. 1 by the time McGary committed to Michigan in November 2011. According to Rivals.com, 34 players have been ranked at No. 34. For its 2012 campaign, the two, along with Nik Stauskas, gave Michigan a consensus top-ten entering class. Robinson and his future colleague Stauskas watched the 2011–12 Wolverines team win 61–56 in Michigan over Minnesota on Day 2012. In 2012, Robinson began blooming as a senior. At the Brandon Jennings Invitational in Milwaukee, he led Lake Central to a 71-47 victory over north Carolina-bound J. P. Tokoto's Menomonee Falls High School. Robinson earned the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award with 33 points, with Tokoto obtaining 28 points. Robinson led Lake Central to its first sectional championship since 1997 with a 24-point win over Highland High School. A rematch 66–56 win over Munster put them on the track to the sectional championship.

Robinson and his future teammate McGary were invited to compete in the four-team All-American Championship in New Orleans on April 1, 2012. He earned the ESPNHS All-American Championship game MVP after posting 16 points and 4 rebounds. He was named the best basketball player of the year by the 2012 New York Times in the year. Robinson, a senior year, was dubbed a five-star player by Rivals.com. Robinson, a Lake Central honor roll scholar, was a member of the honor roll program. Gary Harris, Yogi Ferrell, and Kellen Dunham came in fourth place in the Indiana Mr. Basketball poll. Robinson was a second-team selection for the Associated Press all-state team. His late rise offset a late fall by McGary, which allowed Michigan to keep its top-ten class status.

College career

Both of the Wolverines' co-captains, Zack Novak and Stu Douglass, have graduated from 2011-2012 Big Ten Conference co-championship, but the 2011–12 Big Ten Conference co-captains are still waiting for their co-captains. Three players were also recalled as movers. Trey Burke and Tim Hardaway Jr., the team's nucleus, was returned by the team.

Robinson made his Michigan debut in the starting lineup on November 9. Robinson nearly doubled over in his first game as a result of a 100-62 victory over Slippery Rock, with ten points and eight rebounds. Robinson scored 21 points in his second game, as well as his first eight field goals in a 91-54 victory over the IUPUI Jaguars on November 12. In the championship game victory over Kansas State in the NIT Season Tip-Off tournament, he had 12 rebounds on November 23.

Robinson earned his first career double-double on January 6, 20 points and ten rebounds against Iowa. He was the first Michigan freshman to post at least 20 points and ten rebounds in a game since Lavelle Blanchard did so three times for the 1999–2000 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team. On January 7, he was named Big Ten Conference Freshman of the Week. Robinson received his second Big Ten Freshman of the Week award on January 28 for two consecutive shootings on 71.4%, in which he averaged 8 rebounds. Robinson and Stauskas were named to the Wayman Tisdale Award (USBWA National Freshman of the Year) top 12 midseason lists on January 31, 1999. Robinson tied his career-high point total of 21 against Penn State on February 17 and claimed his second double-double by adding ten rebounds. He was a 2012–13 Big Ten Conference all-freshman and an honorable mention all-conference pick by the coaches.

Michigan defeated South Dakota State, its first NCAA tournament opponent, 71-56, as a number four seed. With 21 points, Michigan Robinson tied his career high for the first time in his career. The team's most victories in 20 years, as well as matched head coach John Beilein's career high, was the 27th victory of the season. At the half, Michigan had a slim 30–26 lead but Robinson had two 3-pointers to open the second half. He scored Michigan's first eleven second-half points, though South Dakota only made one field goal in that time. Robinson shot a combined 15-for-19 in the first two tournament games against South Dakota State and VCU. Robinson had 13 points and 8 rebounds against Kansas on March 29, raising his overall averages in the first three tournament games to 16 points and 7.7 rebounds. Robinson became the team's vocal leader during the team's huddle for the first time as a Wolverine reminding his teammates to concentrate on their defense during the final media timeout with 3:47 to play and Michigan trailing by ten points. With Michigan down by 5 points, he scooped a loose ball for an offensive rebound and created a reverse layup after a Tim Hardaway Jr. missed a three-point shot with 35 seconds remaining. It was part of a Michigan 14–4 win in the final 2:52 to force overtime. He was one of two Big Ten players (Harris) selected to the 21-man 2013 Kyle Macy Freshman All-America team on April 1st. Michigan advanced to the national championship game on April 8, where the team defeated Louisville by an 82-76 margin, despite 12 points from Robinson. Following his rookie season, there was rumors that he was considering entering the 2013 NBA draft. He was a projected first-round pick, but Mitch McGary and his brother, Mitch McGary, held a joint press conference on April 18 to announce that they did not go into the draft.

Robinson turned down an invitation to audition for the USA Basketball team that qualified in the 2013 FIBA Under-19 World Championship, opting instead to attend a Nike Skills Academy for wing players starring Kevin Durant and the LeBron James Skills Academy. When training, he became the first Michigan basketball player to hit the 12-inch (3.73 m) Vertec device that measures vertical leap.

In both the official media poll commissioned by the Big Ten Conference and the Big Ten Network's unofficial media poll, Robinson was a preseason All-Big Ten pick. Robinson was one of the 50-man Naismith Award and Wooden Award preseason watchlists.

Robinson set a new career high by grabbing three assists and three steals against UMass Lowell on a night when he also had 15 points and 7 rebounds. Robinson received his first Sports Illustrated cover on November 13, as part of a four-version series of regional covers depicting college basketball's greatest rivalries on the College Basketball Preview Issue. On one of the four regional versions, Robinson and Michigan State Spartans basketball player Gary Harris represented the Michigan–Michigan State basketball rivalry. In a 72-70 loss to (#1/#1) Arizona in December 14, Robinson scored 20 points on 8-19 field goal shootings and 4 rebounds against (#1/#1) Arizona. With 23 points against Holy Cross Robinson on December 28, he set a new record against them.

Robinson had a career-high with 4 blocks in the Big Ten Conference opener against Minnesota on January 2, despite being out early in the game with a left ankle injury in the first 17:24. Robinson scored 23 points against Nebraska on February 5 in the team's biggest conference game margin of victory since defeating Indiana 112-64 on February 22, 1998. Robinson had a team-high 17 points, as well as a game-winning overtime buzzer beater against his father's alma mater Purdue on February 26, which helped the team overcome its biggest deficit of the season (19). Robinson's fourth 20-point game of the season was played against Michigan on March 8, helping the Michigan to close out its season with a 84-80 win over Indiana. With 1:10 remaining, his 20 points included a tie-breaking 3-pointer. Michigan claimed its first outright (unshared) Big Ten Conference championship since 1985-86. Both the coaches and the media selected him as an honorable mention All-Big Ten pick following the regular season.

At the BMO Harris Bradley Center, which was the home arena for Robinson's father, Glenn Robinson, for the majority of his NBA tenure as a member of the Milwaukee Bucks, he appeared in his first two games of the 2014 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament. Robinson scored 14 points in each game against Wofford and Texas, averaged 6 rebounds. He slammed his father's former Purdue roommate and Tennessee head coach Cuonzo Martin in the Sweet Sixteen round. Michigan also advanced in the tournament after Robinson scored 13 points. In the elite eight rounds of the NCAA Tournament by Kentucky, the 2013-14 squad was eliminated.

Robinson declared himself eligible for the 2014 NBA draft on April 15, during a joint press conference with Stauskas. The school enjoyed its winningest two-year streak in school history, with a total of 59 victories during his two years with Michigan.

Professional career

Robinson excelled at the May NBA Draft Combine, the top small forward spot up shooting percentage, and impressive figures, with the highest standing vertical jump at the combine. Robinson was happy with his overall results, but disappointed with his 41.5-inch (1.05 m) running vertical jump, which fell short of his 44-inch (1.12 m) personal record. Robinson was drafted in the second round of the 2014 draft, with the Minnesota Timberwolves' 40th overall pick. It was the first time Michigan had at least three draft picks since the 1990 NBA draft, with teammates Stauskas and McGary being drafted. With Burke and Hardaway being drafted the year before, every player who participated in the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Game was selected either in the 2013 or 2014 NBA drafts.

In the 2014 NBA Summer League, Robinson committed to representing the Timberwolves. He signed with the Timberwolves on September 17, 2014 and then made the opening day 15-man roster. Robinson made his Timberwolves debut against the New Orleans Pelicans on November 14 in 8 minutes of play, scoring 1 point in 8 minutes. With a 2-for-2 shooting victory over the defending champion San Antonio Spurs on November 21, he scored his first field goals. He scored 7 points against the Spurs and 4 rebounds against the Golden State Warriors on December 6 during his first appearances. The Timberwolves suspended him on March 5, 2015.

He was released from waivers by the Philadelphia 76ers on March 7, 2015. Robinson made his 76ers debut against the Brooklyn Nets on March 14, going scoreless in 7 minutes. For the first time against the Chicago Bulls on April 11, he reached double digits for the first time on April 11, scoring 10 points. Robinson appeared in the Miami Heat's season finale on April 15 against the Miami Heat. It was his first and only start of the season, and he had a season-high 8 rebounds to go along with another 10-point effort.

Robinson did not make a qualifying bid to him before the signing period on July 1, 2015, making him a free agent. He appeared with the Atlanta Hawks in the 2015 NBA Summer League on July 9.

Robinson signed a three-year contract with the Indiana Pacers on July 27, 2015. Larry Bird, the Pacer General Manager, said he had been trying to buy Robinson for some time due to the possibility that he had seen. During his first offseason, Robinson hooked up with shooting specialist Hal Wissel for more attention. Robinson came back from shoulder pain and did not register for the October 28 season opener. Robinson started training with the team at the start of November as he recovered from his shoulder injury.

Robinson made his Pacers debut against the Boston Celtics on November 4, 2015 in their fifth game of the season. In 19 minutes of action, Robinson had ten points and two rebounds. He scored 11 points against the Minnesota Timberwolves on November 13. He had a career-high 17 points off the bench on November 21, and was 4-of-4 from three-point range against the Milwaukee Bucks on November 21, bringing his career-high 17 points off the bench. He was assigned to the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the NBA Development League on December 27, 2012. The next day, he was recalled. With George Hill's personal life and Rodney Stuckey out of the game, the Pacers—who only dressed ten players—offered Robinson his first game of the season on January 17 against the Denver Nuggets. Hill played three games a row and fell off the bench for a fourth as he mourned the death of a former IUPUI Jaguars men's basketball teammate and commemorated the birth of his first child. Hill was recalled in the starting lineup against the Los Angeles Clippers on January 26.

Forwards Paul George, C. J., and forwards On November 20, 2016, together with forwards Paul George, C. J. In an overtime victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder, Miles and Kevin Seraphin were sidelined, while Robinson started and posted a double double with 16 points and 11 rebounds. On November 25, he made his second appearance of the season against the Brooklyn Nets, with a team record and career-high 20 points and five rebounds. Those two debuts were regarded as his best two appearances of his career to date. Monta Ellis was recalled to the starting lineup after he was injured in mid-December. In his fourth appearance in his return to the starting lineup, he put on a season-high rebounding effort in a 12-point, 12-rebound double-double against the Detroit Pistons.

Robinson made history by winning the Slam Dunk Contest for the first Pacers player since Fred Jones (in 2004)! Robinson was out for at least two weeks with a calf strain on March 24 in the regular season, with less than three weeks remaining. Robinson was sidelined for the first game of the 2017 NBA playoffs against Cleveland on April 15, but he returned to the lineup for game 2 on April 17.

Robinson was wounded during an intrasquad scrimmage on September 29, 2017. He was out for three to four months after undergoing medial and lateral ligament reconstruction in his left ankle, according to a newspaper. He began a rehabilitation program with Fort Wayne on February 1, 2018. Later that day, he was recalled by the Pacers. He made his Pace debut against the Atlanta Hawks on February 23, 2018. In 19 minutes, he had four points and two rebounds.

Robinson signed with the Detroit Pistons on July 7, 2018. Robinson was hospitalized on December ten and was suspended for the next eight games. Despite being allowed to play on December 30, he did not return to the court until late in a January 1, 2019 match against the Milwaukee Bucks.

Robinson signed a two-year deal with the Golden State Warriors on July 10, 2019. Robinson scored a career-high 25 points against the Oklahoma City Thunder on November 25, 1989. On December 31, he hit the San Antonio Spurs for the first time.

Robinson and colleague Alec Burks were traded to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for three second-round draft picks on February 6, 2020. Robinson matched his career-high of 25 points against the Los Angeles Lakers on March 3, 2020.

Robinson signed a one-year deal with the Sacramento Kings on December 2, 2020. Robinson was waived by the Kings on February 24, 2021.

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