Nate Robinson

Basketball Player

Nate Robinson was born in Seattle, King County, Washington, United States on May 31st, 1984 and is the Basketball Player. At the age of 39, Nate Robinson biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Other Names / Nick Names
Nathaniel Cornelius Robinson, Nate
Date of Birth
May 31, 1984
Nationality
United States
Place of Birth
Seattle, King County, Washington, United States
Age
39 years old
Zodiac Sign
Gemini
Networth
$9 Million
Profession
American Football Player, Basketball Player, Businessperson, Restaurateur
Nate Robinson Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

At 39 years old, Nate Robinson has this physical status:

Height
175cm
Weight
82kg
Hair Color
Black
Eye Color
Dark Brown
Build
Athletic
Measurements
Not Available
Nate Robinson Religion, Education, and Hobbies
Religion
Not Available
Hobbies
Not Available
Education
Rainier Beach High School, James Logan High School, Rainier Beach High School
Nate Robinson Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
Spouse(s)
Sheena Felitz (1999
Children
Not Available
Dating / Affair
Sheena Felitz (1999
Parents
Jacque Robinson, Renee Busch
Siblings
Jasmine Stewart (Sister), Anthony Stewart (Brother), Deron Isaiah Robinson (Brother)
Other Family
Tony Wroten (Cousin) (Professional Basketball Player)
Nate Robinson Life

Nathaniel Cornelius Robinson (born May 31, 1984) is an American professional basketball player.

Born in Seattle, Robinson played college basketball for the University of Washington in Seattle and was the 21st pick in the 2005 NBA draft.

The 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) point guard has also played for the New York Knicks, Boston Celtics, Oklahoma City Thunder, Golden State Warriors, Chicago Bulls, and Denver Nuggets.

Robinson is the NBA's first three-time slam dunk champion.

Personal life

Robinson's father, Jacque Robinson, played American football for the Huskies and earned MVP honors in both the 1982 Rose Bowl and 1985 Orange Bowl. Robinson's father was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in 1987 and played one season with the Philadelphia Eagles before his NFL career ended. His mother operates a beauty salon in Seattle. He is also the cousin of point guard Tony Wroten. Robinson's great-great-grandfather on his maternal side was Filipino.

Robinson has three children with his high school sweetheart.

Besides basketball, he is an avid car collector and owns a Jeep Grand Cherokee, Dodge Challenger and Hummer H2 as well as a blue Porsche Panamera and orange Cadillac CTS-V. His favorite car is the Pontiac Firebird which he also owns and is the same color as his Cadillac.

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Nate Robinson Career

High school career

Robinson attended Rainier Beach High School in Seattle for the first three years before moving to Union City, California, where he competed for James Logan High School in 2000–01. In 2001-02, he returned to Rainier Beach for his senior season. He excelled in basketball, football, and track at Rainier Beach. As a senior with Terrence Williams and twins, Rodrick and Lodrick Stewart, he led his basketball team to a 2–2 record and won the AAA state championship. In 2001-02, he averaged 17.9 points, seven rebounds, seven assists, and three steals per game, and was named the AAA State Player of the Year in Washington. Rainier Beach was also rated No. 1 on the charts. According to USA Today, there is a top-ranked national poll.

Rainier Beach, California, retired Robinson's No. 10 on September 10, 2001. Jersey is a jersey with the number 2 in the United Kingdom.

College career

Robinson was first enrolled in Washington on a football scholarship, but he switched to basketball starting with his sophomore year. He appeared in all 13 football games and began the final six games as a cornerback on the Husky football team, including the Sun Bowl. He intercepted two passes and made 34 tackles.

Robinson was named to the CollegeInsider.com's 20-player national All-Freshmen Team, as well as receiving All-Pac-10 Freshman Team awards in his freshman basketball season in Washington, 2003-03. With 13.0 points per game, he led the team in scoring average, placing 17th among Pac-10 players; also, his 300 points tied for fifth among all-time UW freshmen.

Robinson was accepted to the All-Pac-10 first team in his sophomore season and finished 13th among Pac-10 scorers with 13.2 points per game.

Robinson was named to the NABC All-NCAA District 14 first team, NABC All-America's third team, Pac-10 All-Tournament squad, and All-Pac-10 first team in his junior season, leading Washington to the NCAA Tournament's Sweet Sixteen.

Robinson declared for the NBA draft in April 2005, avoiding his final year of college eligibility.

Professional career

In the 2005 NBA draft, Robinson was drafted with the Phoenix Suns' 21st overall pick. On draft night, he was traded to the New York Knicks along with Quentin Richardson in exchange for Kurt Thomas and Dijon Thompson's draft rights.

Robinson appeared in 72 games in his rookie season, 26 of which he started, averaging 9.3 points and 2.0 assists per game. At Madison Square Garden, he scored 17 points and grabbed 6 rebounds against the Philadelphia 76ers, who had a big comeback. Three of his 17 points came on a game-winning three-pointer at the overtime buzzer. Robinson defeated Andre Iodala 140–140 in overtime during the All-Star Weekend, defeating him in 14 attempts to make his final dunk. He soared over 1986 champion Spud Webb in his most memorable dunk of the night and posted a perfect 50-point score for the dunk.

Robinson was reportedly involved in physical altercations between teammates Jerome James and Malik Rose during separate incidents. Larry Brown, the Knicks' coach, had him demoted to the NBA Development League at one point. He was then added to the Inactive List for ten games between February 24 and March 11.

During the Knicks' 97-90 loss to the Houston Rockets on November 11, 2006, Robinson blocked the 7'6" Yao Ming. Due to the event's uniqueness and Robinson's own athletic abilities, it became one of his career highlights.

Robinson was one of the key participants in the Denver Nuggets-Knicks brawl on December 16, 2006. J. R. Smith, the Nuggets guard, landed in the seats, and as a result, he was suspended for ten games.

Robinson won his 2006 title while Gerald Green came in second place in the 2007 Slam Dunk Contest. Robinson came out and stood in its place instead, and Green's Boston Celtics teammate Paul Pierce brought out a cardboard cut-out of Robinson to dunk over, but Green's Boston Celtics teammate Paul Pierce came out and drank in the second round, and Green jumped over him to complete the dunk.

Robinson averaged 12.7 points per game in the 2007–08 season and was the team's top scorer in ten games. In a 114–120 overtime loss to the Portland Trail Blazers on March 8, 2008, he scored his career-high 45 points.

Robinson won the 2009 Sprite Slam Dunk Competition on February 14, 2009. He had two dunks in the first round, the second of which involved jumping off Knicks teammate Wilson Chandler, who was on the floor. He came in second place in the first round with a score of 87. After the first round, he stepped into the locker room and converted into a green Knicks jersey with green shorts and green shoes resembling Kryptonite (which he referred to as "KryptoNATE"), defeating competitor Dwight Howard's Superman theme. Robinson, who is only 5 foot 9, soared over Dwight Howard (6 feet 11 inches) for the slam in the final round. Robinson went on to win his second Slam Dunk title with 52% of the audience.

Robinson had his best season in 2008-2009, averaging 17.2 points per game, 4.1 assists per game, and almost 30 minutes per game. Robinson had 41 points and 8 rebounds on February 23, 2009, with the exception of a rebounds.

Robinson announced on his Twitter page on August 12, 2009 that he would change his number from number 4 to number 2 for the 2009–10 season. Robinson re-signed with the New York Knicks on a one-year contract on September 25, 2009.

Mike D'Antoni cut Robinson from the Knicks' roster for 14 games, beginning on December 1, 2009. Aaron Goodwin, Robinson's handler, advised the Knicks to deal with his client, or even work out a buy-out with the team. Robinson made his return against the Atlanta Hawks on January 1, 2010 on January 1, 2010 against the Atlanta Hawks, scoring 41 points off the bench in the Knicks' overtime victory, despite being on the bench for nearly a month. He scored 21 of the Knicks' final 25 points, which included outscoring the Hawks by himself in overtime.

Robinson won the 2010 Sprite Slam Dunk Contest on February 13, making him the first three-time Slam Dunk champion.

Robinson and Marcus Landry were trades to the Boston Celtics in exchange for Eddie House, Bill Walker, and J. R. Giddens on February 18, 2010. Robinson appeared in 26 games with the Celtics, average 6.5 points per game in 14.7 minutes per game. He was Rajon Rondo's primary backup, but he was unable to gain much time with Rondo's playing 37 minutes per game.

Robinson, despite his limited playing time, was instrumental in the Celtics' playoff run this season. He scored 13 points in just 13 minutes against the Orlando Magic in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals, while Rondo was recovering from injury. Robinson and Glen Davis, the Celtics bench (who referred to themselves as "Shrek and Donkey"), led to a 13–2 run in the fourth quarter of their NBA Finals Game 4 victory, tying the sequence at two games per team. The Celtics then lost the series in seven games.

Robinson re-signed with Boston on a two-year contract on July 16, 2010. Robinson, who was limited to limited minutes for the first two months due to an ankle injury, received extended playing time and started 11 games for the Celtics between November and December. Robinson appeared in six games as part of the Celtics' 14-game winning streak. Both Rondo and Delonte West were healthy by January 2011, and Robinson was pushed to third place on the point guard depth chart.

Robinson and Kendrick Perkins were traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder in exchange for Jeff Green and Nenad Krsti. He appeared in his second consecutive Conference Finals, but his Thunder's rotation was already dead by that time.

The Thunder waived Robinson on December 24, 2011, just before the 2011-12 season, but not before.

Robinson joined the Golden State Warriors on January 4, 2012. With Stephen Curry's absence, Robinson led the Warriors with 24 points in a 111-106 overtime victory over the Miami Heat on January 10, 2012. In 51 games played, he averaged 11.2 points, 4.5 assists, and 2 rebounds.

Robinson joined the Chicago Bulls on July 31, 2012. Robinson was given a lot of playing time and started 23 games behind Kirk Hinrich due to Derrick Rose's injury and started 23 games behind him. After scoring 17.8 points, 6.8 assists, and 2.5 steals on 52.9 percent from the three-point line in a 4-game span, Robinson was named Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the first week in February. Robinson averaged 18.6 points and 5.1 assists during a 19-game stretch from March 8 to April 14, which included a victory over the Heat on March 27 to snap Miami's 27-game winning streak. The Bulls finished 45-37, good for the fifth seed in the East.

The Bulls were up 2–1 in their first round match against the Brooklyn Nets, facing a 109-95 deficit in game 4 with less than three minutes remaining in regulation. Robinson led the Bulls back and then take the game in triple overtime, with 12 unanswered points. He finished the game with 34 points, including 23 points in the 4th quarter, just one point shy of Michael Jordan's franchise playoff record. The Nets won the next two games, setting up a pivotal game 7 in Brooklyn that the Bulls won, their first road game 7 victory in franchise history.

Robinson, who plays for the Miami Heat, scored 27 points and nine assists in game 1 to stun the defending champions and take the 1–0 series lead. He joined Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, and Derrick Rose as the only Bulls to score at least 25 points and nine assists in a playoff game. As Miami went on to repeat as NBA Champions, the Bulls lost the next four weeks. After Robinson's appearance in the 2013 NBA Playoffs, Steve Kerr, then television analyst, said, "they may have to place a statue of this guy outside the building, right next to Michael." Robinson was dubbed the best player of the playoffs by Kevin Craft of The Atlantic.

Robinson committed to the Denver Nuggets in a multi-year contract on July 26, 2013. Lionel Messi would be honored on number ten by him, according to him; his favorite number 2 had already been retired for Alex English.

Robinson used the player option on his deal on June 23, 2014. Robinson was traded to the Boston Celtics in exchange for Jameer Nelson two days later, before being traded by the Celtics to the Celtics for a game.

Robinson signed a 10-day deal with the Los Angeles Clippers on March 7, 2015. He signed a second 10-day deal with the Clippers on March 17. He was not retained by the Clippers after his second 10-day deal came to an end due to injury.

Robinson signed a one-year contract with the New Orleans Pelicans on October 16, 2015. After playing in the team's first two games of the regular season, he was suspended by the Pelicans on October 29, which was foregoing the team's first two games of the season.

Robinson signed with Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League on March 17, 2016. In a playoff game against Hapoel Jerusalem on May 19, he scored a season-high 46 points. He played 16.2 points, 1.6 rebounds, 2.9 assists, and 1.8 steals per game in 14 games for Tel Aviv.

Robinson was acquired by the Delaware 87ers of the NBA Development League on February 8, 2017. He made his debut against the Maine Red Claws on February 14, winning by 123-101, with three points, three assists, and three steals in 18 minutes off the bench.

Robinson joined Guaros de Lara of the Venezuelan Liga Profesional de Baloncesto on April 3, 2017. (LPB). Robinson won the 2017 LPB championship with Guaros in July. Robinson was named the LPB Grand Final MVP.

Robinson joined Homenetmen Beirut of the Lebanese Basketball League on July 31, 2018. In September 2018, the club was forced to withdraw due to an injury he sustained while playing in the BIG3 during the summer.

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