Your Miami HEAT announced today that they have signed center Orlando Robinson. Per club policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Robinson, who was signed to a two-way contract by the HEAT on December 11, split last season between the HEAT and Miami’s G League affiliate, the Sioux Falls Skyforce. He appeared in 19 total games with the Skyforce averaging 21.4 points, 11.2 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 1.47 blocks and 1.11 steals while helping the team reach the Western Conference Finals. He totaled a +191 plus/minus and set a Skyforce franchise record for consecutive double-doubles in Showcase play with seven-straight from November 12 through December 10. In the G League playoffs, he posted a 31-point, 17-rebound double-double in the Opening Round win at Salt Lake City on March 28 and had a team-high 28 points and a game-high 16 rebounds in the Western Conference Finalvs. Rio Grande Valley on April 2. Robinson appeared in 31 games (one start) with the HEAT averaging 3.7 points and 4.1 rebounds in 13.7 minutes while shooting 52.8 percent from the field. He led Miami in blocks six times, plus/minus four times, rebounds twice and steals once. He was the HEAT’s leading scorer off the bench four times while leading the reserves in rebounds on 12 occasions, in blocks 10 times and plus/minus seven times. In his NBA debut on November 18 at Washington, he recorded 14 points, seven rebounds and a block in 32:12 of action.
Robinson played three seasons at Fresno State, starting in all 90 career games. In his final season with the Bulldogs, he averaged 19.4 points, 8.4 rebounds, 2.9 assists, 1.19 blocks, 1.00 steals and 33.2 minutes. Hebecame just one of two players in NCAA history to accumulate at least 700 points, 300 rebounds and 100 assists in a single season. He was named to the All-Mountain West First Team and the NABC All-District 17 First Team while being selected as a Lefty Driesell Defensive All-American.