2003-04:
Tenth NBA season (Philadelphia)…averaged 16.6 points, 4.5
rebounds and 1.4 assists in 42 starts…led the team in scoring 12 times
…had 17 games with 20 points or more…had two double-doubles…
scored his 14,000th career point on Feb. 5 vs. L.A. Lakers, finishing
with 26 points…missed 40 games (37 due to injury; three due to
NBA suspension), including the last 20 games of the season…missed
15-straight games from Nov. 11 to Dec. 10 due to a left ankle
sprain…placed on the injured list (right elbow surgery) on March 12
before the New York game …underwent a successful right elbow
arthroscopy in Birmingham, Ala., on March 16, performed by Dr. James
Andrews at the Alabama Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic
Center…scored 26 points in 25 minutes at Seattle (2/19)…scored a
team-high 23 points at New Orleans (1/21) and had eight
rebounds…led the team in scoring (27 points) against Seattle (1/19)
and added eight rebounds…scored a season-high 34 points with seven
rebounds in 43 minutes at Dallas (1/14)…scored 26 points (24 in the
first half) with five rebounds against New Jersey (1/9)…finished with
23 points at Phoenix and nine rebounds…scored a team-leading 21
points with three rebounds against the L.A. Clippers (12/26)…scored
22 points on 10-of-20 shooting with five rebounds vs. Orlando
(12/22)…posted first double-double with the Sixers with 21 points and
11 rebounds at Chicago (11/7)…in his Sixers debut, scored 15 points
(6-16 FG) with a team-high five assists at Portland (11/3).
2002-03:
Ninth NBA season (Atlanta)...ranked among the NBA's leaders in
scoring (20.8 ppg, t19th) and free throw percentage (.876, 11th)...also
finished with 6.6 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game...Atlanta's leading
scorer, was second in both assists and steals and third in
rebounds...finished the season with nine double-doubles (pts/rebs)...reached
the 10,000th-point milestone on Feb. 16 against Indiana and enters the
2003-04 season with 13,446 career points scored...the Eastern Conference
Player of the Week for games Oct. 28 through Nov. 3 (the only Hawk to earn
that honor in 2002-03), became the first Hawk ever to open a season with
three consecutive 30-point games...hit his 500th career three-point field
goal at Utah (11/8)...missed 13 games this season due to injury.
2001-02:
Eighth NBA season (Milwaukee)...had he qualified, would have been
17th in the NBA in scoring (20.7 ppg), but wasn't due to the fact he only
played in 66 games (the NBA minimum states that you must play in 70 games or
score a total of 1,400 points, missing that total by 34 points)...second to
Ray Allen on the Bucks in scoring, was second in rebounding (6.2 rpg), and
fifth in assists (2.5 apg)...team leader in steals at 1.47 per game, was
also third in blocks at 0.62 bpg...made 46.7 percent of his field goal
attempts and shot .326 from three-point range...finished third on the team
in free throw shooting at 83.7 percent...missed 16 games due to injury (14
games because of left thigh bruise)...in first game back from that injury,
scored a season-high 38 points (15-of-28 FGs) in a double-overtime loss to
the New York Knicks...on March 6 versus the LA Clippers, became the second
leading scorer in franchise history, scoring his 11,596th career point to
pass Sidney Moncrief...became the 159th player in NBA history to pass the
12,000 career point mark in the season finale at Detroit on April 17...had a
team-high 13 double-doubles, including 19 points and a season-high 15
rebounds vs. Denver (3/28)...tied his season-high with 38 points on 13-of-24
FGs vs. Washington on April 3.
2000-01:
Seventh NBA season (Milwaukee)...in addition to pulling down a
career-high 6.9 rpg, was 15th in the league in scoring after posting 22.0
ppg in 76 games (75 starts)...led the Bucks in field goals made (684) and
attempted (1,460)...his 45 points against the Warriors (2/25) was a
career-high and the most by a Milwaukee player since Ricky Pierce did the
trick at Sacramento (12/5/89)...with 28 points against the 76ers on Feb. 13,
Robinson reached the 10,000-point mark in his career (the fifth player in
team history to reach that level)...was named to his second straight Eastern
Conference All-Star Team, scoring eight points and grabbing four
rebounds...missed five games due to injury and one due to an NBA suspension
1999-2000:
Sixth NBA season (Milwaukee)...earned his first appearance in the
All-Star Game and finished with 10 points and six rebounds...his 20.9 ppg
average was 16th in the NBA...connected on a career-high 47.2 percent of his
field goals...missed one game due to injury (calf, vs. N.Y., 12/2)...nailed
three game-winning shots that year, all coming on the road...his game-winner
at Utah (2/3) snapped a 12-game Milwaukee losing streak in Utah, and his
bucket at Orlando (4/17) clinched the eighth-seed in the Eastern Conference
Playoffs.
1998-99:
Fifth NBA season (Milwaukee)...his team-high 18.4 scoring average
tied him for 19th place among NBA players...made a career-high 39.2-percent
of his three-pointers and .870 of his free throws - seventh-best in the
league...connected on three game-winning shots - at Philadelphia (2/16), at
Chicago (2/23) and versus Washington (3/30)...missed the final three games
of the regular season with a deep bone bruise in his right knee...grabbed 17
rebounds (career-high-tying) against Cleveland (4/23).
1997-98:
Fourth NBA season (Milwaukee)...registered a career-high 23.4
points on the year, which would have ranked him fourth in the NBA if not for
the fact that he missed 26 games because of injury, including 23 of the last
24 due to a bone compression to the tibial plateau in his left leg...logged
41.0 minutes per contest (a career-best)...shot a then career-high .470 from
the field.
1996-97:
Third NBA season (Milwaukee)...averaged 21.1 ppg, 6.3 rpg, 3.1 apg
and 1.3 spg in 38.9 mins...led the Bucks in scoring and steals, and ranked
second in rebounding, assists, three-point field goals made and attempted,
and minutes...was 13th in the NBA in scoring and tied for 17th in minutes
per game...scored in double figures in 78 of his 80 games played, including
his last 62...scored 20-plus 42 times, 30-plus 11 times and 40-plus three
times...won his first NBA Player of the Week award (from January 6-12) when
he averaged 25.3 points, 6.8 rebounds and 3.5 assists while shooting .594
from the floor.
1995-96:
Second NBA season (Milwaukee)...played and started in all 82 games
for the only time in his career, finishing with 20.2 ppg, 6.1 rpg, 3.6 apg
and 1.2 spg in 39.6 mpg...led the team in steals, ranked second in minutes,
third in rebounds and fourth in assists...connected on 45-percent of his
shots from the floor...scored in double figures in 79 of 82 games, getting
20 points or more 48 times and 30 or more 10 times...led the Bucks in
three-pointers made with 90...his scoring average was tied for 18th in the
NBA.
1994-95:
Rookie NBA season (Milwaukee)...named to the 1995 NBA All-Rookie
first team...finished third in balloting for league Rookie of the Year
behind Grant Hill and Jason Kidd...named Rookie of the Year by Basketball
Digest (voters consisting of NBA beat writers, columnists and
broadcasters)...led Milwaukee in scoring (21.9 ppg, tops among rookies and
10th in the NBA) and finished second in rebounding (6.4 rpg, fifth among
rookies) and steals (1.44 spg)...selected twice (December and April) as the
NBA's Rookie of the Month during the 1994-95 season.
COLLEGE:
Following a standout career at Roosevelt High in Gary,
Ind., he played collegiately at Purdue University where he took home
numerous National Player of the Year honors as a junior (1993-94)...was
named the 1994 National Player of the Year by Associated Press/Rupp, United
Press International, the Sporting News, Basketball America, Basketball
Times, Basketball Weekly, CBS-TV/Chevrolet, ESPN and ABC analyst Dick
Vitale, NABC/Kodak, Naismith and the RCA/U.S. Basketball Writers
Association...recipient of the John R. Wooden Award as the nation's top
college basketball player...led the NCAA and the Big Ten in scoring with
averages of 30.3 ppg and 31.8 ppg respectively...also the unanimous Big Ten
Player of the Year by coaches and media, in addition to being selected the
conference's Male Athlete of the Year...first player to lead the Big Ten in
scoring and rebounding in the same season since Minnesota's Mychal Thompson
accomplished the feat in 1977-78...his 1,030 overall points that year and
560 conference points were single-season scoring records...the total of
1,030 points ranked 13th best for a single-season in NCAA Division I
history...became the 15th Division I player all-time to score 1,000 in a
season...finished his career at Purdue with the fourth-highest scoring
average ever at 27.5 ppg...led the Boilermakers in scoring in 56 of his 62
contests and recorded 31 career double-doubles (pts/rebs)...his 44 points
against Kansas (3/24/94) was a school record for an NCAA Tournament
game...after missing his freshman season of competition, Robinson was named
the national Newcomer of the Year and a first team All-American by
Basketball Times (1992-93)...also one of 16 finalists for the John Wooden
Award and one of 10 selected to the Wooden All-America team...consensus NCAA
second team All-America by AP, UPI and the USBWA, he became the only
first-year player to top the conference in scoring since 1972...named
Purdue's Male Athlete of the Year and team MVP (the first sophomore to
receive the honor since Eugene Parker in 1976).
