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2011-12 Statistics
Born:
May 31, 1984
Height:
5-9 / 1.75
Weight:
180 lbs. / 81.6 kg.
College:
Washington
Years Pro:
6
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2009-10: 2007-08: Over 72 games (17 starts), averaged 12.7 points and shot .423 over 26.2 minutes...Shot .332 from Downtown (97-292)...Led Knicks in scoring 11 times, assists 17 times...Authored 13 20-plus scoring games and one 30-plus game (career-high 45 points vs. Blazers, Mar. 8)...Had one double-figure assist game (10 at Chicago, Jan. 8), NY’s only double-digit assist game of season...Missed six games due to injury: three in February (bruised left quadriceps; upper respiratory infection) and three in March (sprained right knee)...DNP (CD) four times...Start/Bench: Over 17 starts, averaged 16.2 points (275) and shot .434 (102-235) over 35.0 minutes (595)...In 55 games off the bench, averaged 11.6 points (638) and shot .419 (229-547) over 23.4 minutes (1288)...Eight 20-plus scoring games off the bench...Had 11.6 points off the bench, 10th in NBA among players who came off the bench in at least 40 games (Chicago’s Ben Gordon led NBA; 19.3 points in 45 bench games)...Main cog off bench in win at Miami, Jan. 19 (19 points, 7 assists), with soaring, one-handed putback slam early in second quarter...Scored a career-high 45 points (16-28 FGA, 2-6 from Downtown, 11-13 FTA) in career-high 52 starting minutes in OT loss to Blazers, Mar. 8. Scored 22 points in third quarter (two shy of club record), then driving layup with :02.3 left in regulation sent game into OT (108-108). 2006-07: Averaged 10.1 points in sophomore season, shooting .434 over 21.2 minutes in 64 games (five starts)...Went 83-213 (.390) from Downtown...Led Knicks in scoring six times...Notched seven 20-plus scoring games and two 30-plus contests...Finished second to Boston’s Gerald Green in Sprite Slam Dunk at All-Star Weekend in Las Vegas...Strong finishing kick: after averaging 8.0 points (377) on 131-307 FGA (.427) in his first 47 games, posted 15.8 points (268) on 96-216 FGA (.444) in final 17 contests...Missed four games due to illness (stomach virus, Feb. 28-Mar. 6)...DNP (CD) four times...Suspended by NBA for 10 games following Dec. 16 altercation vs. Nuggets...Authored one of season’s highlight-reel plays with climb-the-ladder block of 7-foot-6 Yao Ming in final seconds of third quarter vs. Rockets, Nov. 20...Nailed longest shot of Knicks’ season, 43-foot halfcourt bomb to end second quarter at Milwaukee, Jan. 28. Ironically, had similar half-court shot wiped out via video review at end of first quarter...Had long-range night to remember on Mar. 22, going 8-for-9 from Downtown (31 points) in loss to Blazers. Fell one shy of Knicks’ single-game home run mark (nine by Starks, Sprewell)...Season-high 34 points in 50 starting minutes in OT win at Milwaukee, Apr. 7. 2005-06: Punctuated rookie season by winning Sprite Rising Stars Slam Dunk at All-Star Weekend in Houston...Over 72 games (26 starts), averaged 9.3 points and shot .407 over 21.4 minutes...Knicks season-high 27 consecutive free throws (Jan. 8-25)...Led Knicks in scoring four times, assists five times...Notched four 20-plus scoring games and two 30-plus efforts...Set Knicks rookie record with 58 three-pointers (topping Mark Jackson’s 32 in 1987-88), and set club single-game rookie mark with six three-pointers, Apr. 13 at Cleveland...Missed one game due to injury-illness (Dec. 21 vs. Spurs; stomach virus); listed as inactive 10 times...Using rookie stat qualifiers, finished eighth among NBA rookies in scoring (9.3), ninth in assists (2.0) and fifth in steals (0.82)...Second among NBA rookies in three-point field goal percentage (.397, to Utah’s Deron Williams .416)...Won 2006 Sprite Rising Stars Slam Dunk in dunk-off with Sixers’ Andre Iguodala at Houston, Feb. 18. Second Knick to win Slam Dunk title (Kenny Walker 1989, also at Houston)...Started T-Mobile Rookie Challenge (13 points)...Over 26 starts (Knicks 9-17), averaged 13.2 points (344) with .452 shooting (118-261) over 30.5 minutes (794); 26 starts were most for NY rookie since Mark Jackson (80) in 1987-88...On Jan. 19 vs. Pistons, joined fellow rookies Channing Frye and David Lee in starting lineup, marking first trio of Knicks rookie starters since Apr. 12, 1986 at Milwaukee (Gerald Wilkins, Bob Thornton, Chris McNealy). Only time trio started together...Nailed buzzer-beating three-point bomb to give NY 105-102 OT win over Sixers, Nov. 26, 2005...Key factor in 2OT win over Hawks, Mar. 15, with 18 points...Authored highest-scoring game for a Knicks rookie in 20 years with 34 points vs. Sixers; best for NY rookie since Patrick Ewing (37) vs. Bulls, Jan. 28, 1986. As A Collegian: First-Team All-Pac-10 as a sophomore and junior at Washington...Third Team Associated Press All-American as a junior...Finished college career as Washington’s 18th all-time leading scorer (1,283 points); ranked fourth in career three-pointers (127), sixth in assists (295) and third in steals (140)...In three college seasons, averaged 14.4 points and .457 shooting over 28.2 minutes in 89 games (66 starts)...Led Huskies in scoring in all three college seasons...Originally signed to play football before concentrating on basketball prior to sophomore year...2002-03: As a freshman, led Huskies with 13.0 points...Named to All-Pac-10 Freshman Team...Joined team at conclusion of football season and started season’s final 10 games...2003-04: Paced Huskies with 13.2 points...First Team All-Pac-10 selection... Career-high 31 points vs. Arizona, Jan. 29, 2004...2004-05: In third and final season, earned third team AP All-America honors as well as first-team All-Pac-10 for second straight season...Wooden Award finalist and member of All-Pac-10 Tournament team...Career highs 16.4 points and .463 shooting...Led Huskies in scoring for third straight year (sixth in Pac-10), leading team to first Pac-10 Tournament title. Community Corner: One of the Big Apple’s most popular and community-minded athletes...Hosts annual Nate Robinson Skillz & Drillz Youth Basketball Camp at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Northern Westchester in Mt. Kisco, NY...Hosts annual Nate Robinson Basketball Camp in Seattle, WA at the Mercer Island Community Center giving out camp scholarships to South Seattle (Rainier district) youth...Active in Gatorade Knicks Summer Basketball Camp...Unveiled his new 80-foot billboard located at 34th Street and Seventh Avenue, Mar. 16, 2009, featuring his memorable pose from the 2009 Sprite Slam Dunk in Phoenix, wearing his new green Nike Foamposite Lite sneakers...Joined the rest of his teammates and coaching staff to host 30 children from SCO Family of Services at Madison Square Garden Training Center for the third annual “Knicks Dream Day”, Oct. 30, 2008, which included a private tour of the facility, autograph session and interactive games...Attended KIA Motors NBA Tip Off Celebration, Oct. 28, 2008 at Manhattan’s Union Square Park...Honored New York’s top teen poet which distributed more than $300,000 in scholarships and prizes at the Knicks Poetry Slam Finals at the Manhattan Center, Mar. 3, 2009...Joined the rest of his teammates and a bevy of celebrities and supermodels at Knicks Bowl 10 presented by Bud Light, the star-studded charity event that has helped to raise nearly $2 million for the Garden of Dreams Foundation, Apr. 2, 2009 at Chelsea Piers...On Garden of Dreams Knicks Dream Night, Dec. 3, 2007, visited with Corey Greenbaum (a guest of the Knicks and Garden of Dreams Foundation), as well as five additional children from the Make-A-Wish Foundation...Participated in Garden of Dreams Holiday Hospital Visits to Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital in Westchester, Dec. 18, 2007...Appeared on NBC’s Today show to promote the film Semi-Pro, Feb. 26, 2008, joining host Meredith Vieira for a two-on-two hoop game vs. Woody Harrelson and Will Ferrell...Since 2006 has oversaw Team Players ticket program, which provides tickets to Knicks home games to area youth groups...Eventful rookie season was capped when he attended 92nd annual White House Correspondents Dinner in Washington, Apr. 29, 2006...Served as an msnbc.com blogger throughout his rookie season – www.gr8life.msnbc.com...Headlined Nike basketball youth camp in trip to China in summer ’06...In honor of Black History Month, attended Read to Achieve Event aboard the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, Feb. 21, 2006, hosting 500 children for a reading of the book “This School Is Not White!” by Doreen Rappaport...Visited rehabbing military personnel at Walter Reed Army Medical Center during Knicks’ trip to Washington, Apr. 3, 2006. |
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| Nathaniel Cornelius Robinson…Oldest of seven siblings…Has three children: two sons Nahmier, born Oct. 26, 2004, and Ny’ale Cameron, born Jul. 17, 2006, and daughter, Navyi Caiann, born on Sep. 17, 2009…Father Jacque Robinson played tailback at Washington from 1981-84 and amassed 2,300 career yards to rank eighth on all-time Huskies list. Jacque earned MVP honors in both the Rose Bowl (1982) and Orange Bowl (1985)…Mother Renee Busch operates a beauty salon in Seattle…Played all 13 football games for Washington in 2002, starting the final six contests including the Sun Bowl…Notched two interceptions, 34 total tackles and 103 yards on kickoff returns as a true freshman defensive back…Father Jacque convinced Nate to give up football for basketball in 2002…Transferred to Rainier Beach HS in Seattle (played alongside future Knicks teammate Jamal Crawford) after attending Logan HS near Oakland…As a senior in 2001-02, led Rainier Beach to state title with 28-1 record, notching 17.9 points…Dunked for the first time (a volleyball) at 13 in eighth grade…On Feb. 19, 2009, dunked over Biff Henderson on the Late Show with David Letterman…His selection at the 21st pick held added significance as younger brother Deron Isaiah Robinson, who died of SIDS in 1997, was born on the 21st of May. | ||
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