Glenn Robinson III
Introduction
Glen Alan Robinson III
born on January 8, 1994, is an American
professional basketball player for the Indiana Pacers of the National
Basketball Association (NBA). He was an
All-State high school basketball player for Lake Central High School in St.
John, Indiana and had also played college basketball 2 years for Michigan
Wolverines. He was declared for the NBA draft for the 2013-14 season after his
sophomore season at Michigan. The Minnesota Timberwolves drafted Robinson in
the 40th overall draft in the NBA 2014 draft. His father, Glen
Robinson, was also a 1994 first overall draft for NBA. He was born three months
premature and weighs about 3 pounds 4 ounces (1.5kg) at Methodist Hospital in
Gary, Indiana. He spends 2 months in an incubator until he was about 6 pounds. He was a
participated in the Hammond, Indiana YMCA basketball children’s basketball
league. Before attending Lake Central High School in St. John Indiana, he had
attended Grimmer Middle School in Schererville, Indiana. His height in his
seventh grade in school was 5 feet, 6 inches (1.68m) and after two years it was
6 feet, 1 inch as a freshman. Robinson height gradually increases as he stood 6 feet, 4 inches (1.93m) in his sophomore
season and stood at over 6 feet, 5.5 inches
(1.97m) as a junior.
High
School Career
Robinson played junior
varsity for Lake Central and once had made game-winning
half-court shot as a freshman. After that success in that year, he became
obsessed with his dream of dunking and even bought special shoes and wore ankle
weights to help his dream come true. At
this time, he was living with his mother Shantelle Clay-Irving and his younger
brother Gelen, whereas his father was living in Atlanta. At some time, he came
under the wing of two substitute father figures and they were Dave Milausnic
(Lake Central Varsity basketball head coach) and Wayne Brumm (AAU SYF Players
under 17 coach) Robinson played junior varsity for Lake Central and once had
made game-winning half-court shot as a
freshman. After the success that year, he became so obsessed with his dream of
dunking that he even bought special shoes and wore ankle weights to help his
dream come true. At this time, he was
living with his mother Shantelle Clay-Irving and his younger brother Gelen,
whereas his father was living in Atlanta. At some time, he came under the wing
of two substitute father figures and they were Dave Milausnic (Lake Central
Varsity basketball head coach) and Wayne Brumm (AAU SYF Players under 17 coach),
between his freshman and sophomore season. Milausnic helped and convinced
Robinson for early morning workouts in the gym.
Brumm ho was mentoring Robinson as a collegian, advised him to hire a personal
trainer named Andrew Wallen to augment his vertical heap. He also helped
Robinson to bulk up his weight prior to his sophomore season to 210 pounds
(95.25kg) from 167 pounds (75.75kg) in 2 years. Milausnic helped and convinced
Robinson for early morning workouts in the gym.
Brumm ho was mentoring Robinson as a collegian, advised him to hire a personal
trainer named Andrew Wallen to augment his vertical heap. He also helped
Robinson to bulk up his weight prior to his sophomore season to 210 pounds
(95.25kg) from 167 pounds (75.75kg) in 2 years.
He was the first team all-area selection after leading Lake Centrals
is scoring as a sophomore. He became the first verbal commitment to the
Michigan Wolverine men’s basketball class of 2012 on September 14, 2014. At
that time the Rivals.com rated him as the 118th best player in the
world and he got scholarship offers from
different basketball organizations like Colorado, Valparaiso, Missouri State, IUPUI and Indiana State. On February 5, 2011,
while playing against East Chicago High School, Robinson scored one of his best
performance of his career as he goes 14-for-19 shooting which is his career
high 39 points. This was his first high school which his father had attended. On
2011 while playing against Munster High School, he scored 31 points in an
overtime 54-53 but missed a few throw in
the final seconds and eventually his team lost the game. Prior to his Michigan
affiliation, he had already become
friend with his Michigan teammate, Mitch McGary. Robinson had moved up
to national number 34 player ranking of Rivals.com as of November 2011. And as
of 2012, the pair along with Nik Stauskas had given Michigan a consensus top 10
entering top 10 entering class. Robinson had also quite a successful career as
a senior. He led Lake Centrals to a 71-47 win over North Carolina-bound J.P
Tokoto’s Menomonee Falls High School in January 2012 at the Brandon Jennings
invitational in Milwaukee. For this Robinson was awarded Most Valuable Player
(MVP) with 33 points while Tokoto posted 28. Robinson again led the Lake
Central to its first sectional championship since 1997 and eventually won the
game against Highland High School scoring 24 points for the team’s 63-67 and
eventually won the sectional title with 65-56 in a rematch against Munster.
Robinson
along with his future teammate McGary was invited to participate in the
four-team All-American Championship following that season on April 1, 2012. He
posted 16 points and 4 rebounds to earn the ESPNHS All-American Championship
game MVP and was named 2012 Post_Tribune Boys basketball player of the year. His
success continuous from the beginning to the end of his senior season as he was
considered a five-star player by Rivals.com and therefore was an honor roll for
Lake Central. In Indiana Mr. Basketball he was voted just behind Gary Harris,
Yogi Ferrell and Kellen Dunham at the fourth position and was a second team
Associated press All-State selection. Robinson and his teammate NcGary had
helped Michigan to remain in the top 10 position.
College Career
Robinso
began his Michigan career first as a freshman
in the starting lineup on November 9, 2012. He nearly a double-double
with 10 points and 8 rebounds in a 100-62 victory against Slippery Rock in his
first ever career game as a freshman. This performance continuous as he scored
21 points while making his first 8 goals in a 95-54 victory against the IUPUI
Jaguars on November 12, in his 2nd game as a freshman. His team had
the championship game victory against Kansas State in the NIT Season Tip-Off
tournament on November 20, and his personal contribution to the match was him
scoring 12 rebounds. Robinson became the first Michigan freshman to post at
least 20 points and 10 rebounds in a game since LaVell Blanchard did so three
times for the Michigan Wolverine’s men’s basketball team in 1990-2000 as he
scored 20 points and 10 rebounds against Lowa on January 6, to earn his career-first
double-double. He earned the recognition as Big Ten Conference Freshman of the
week as of January 7, 2013. On January 28, due to his and his teammate McGary
pair of 12 point performance on 71.4% shooting which averaged 8 rebounds, he
got the recognition as Big Ten Conference Freshman of the week for the second
time in his career. Robison along with his teammate Satuskas was able to be in
the top 12 midseason list of Wayman Tisdale Award (USBWA National Freshman of
the Year) on January 31. Robinso tied his career high point of 21 and posted
his second double-double by adding 10 rebounds in their game against Penn State
on February 17. He got the honorable mention all-conference selection by the
coaches and was a 2012-13 Big Ten Conference all-freshman.
In the
NCAA tournament, Michigan defeated its first opponent South Dakota State
scoring 71-56. In this game, Robinson again tied his career high points with 21
points. This victory was the 27th victory of the season for the team
and gave the team its most wins in the 20 years and match head coach John
Beilein’s career high. For their second game against Kansas, Robinson
contributed 13 points and 8 rebounds on March 29. He became on of the two Big
Ten Players named to the 21 men 2013 Macy Freshman All-America team on April 1.
On April 8, for the National Championship game Michigan lost to Louisville by
an 82-76 margin despite him scoring 12 points in the game. He was expected to
enter the NBA draft for 2013 but he and his friend McGary held the press
conference to announce that they are not entering the NBA draft.
After
his freshman career, Robinson attended the Nike Skills Academy as a sophomore, rejecting
the invitation to try out for the USA Basketball Team which was competing 2013
FIBA Under-19 World Championship . he became the first player in the history of
the Michigan basketball to max out the 12-foot-3-inch vertex apparatus while
training with Nike Skills. Robinson tied career highs with 4 assists and 3 steals
and also scored 15 points and 7 rebounds in a game against UMass Lowell on
November 8, 2013. On November 13, he was featured in Sports Illustrated
Magazine Cover. On December 14, despite the loss with Arizona 72-70, Robinson nailed
20 points on 8-9 field goal shooting and 4 rebounds. His career high of 23
points came in a game against Holy Cross on December 28.
In the
January 2 Big Ten Conference opener, Robinson scored career-high 3 block
despite he misses majority part of the game due to his ankle injury. In the
game against Nebraska, he again tied his career high performance of 23 points
on February 22, 1998. In the two games held at the Bradley Center against
Wofford and Texas, he scored 14 points in each game and averaged 6 rebounds but
his team gets eliminated in the elite eight round of the NCAA Tournament by
Kentucky. During his days with Michigan, Michigan enjoyed its winningest two-year
stretch in school history marked by a total of 59 wins.
Professional Career
Robinson
was drafted as a 40th overall pick by the Minnesota Timberwolves in
the second round of 2014 NBA draft. His former teammate McGary and Stauskas are
also being drafted. On September 14, 2014, he signed with Timberwolves and committed to representing
them in the NBA Summer League. His professional debut with Timberwolves was set
against New Orlean Pelicans where he scored 1 points in 8 minutes of the play.
He posted his first field goals 2-for-2 shooting performance against defending
champion San Antonio Spurs on November 21. He trailed 7 points against Spurs
and 4 rebounds against Golden State Warriors. He was waved by Timberwolves on
March 5, 2015.
Eventually,
he was signed by Philadelphia 76ers on March 7, 2015, and made his debut on
March 14 against Brooklyn Nets. He scored 10 points against Chicago Bulls. He started
his one and only season finale with Miami Heat and posted season-high 8
rebounds. He became the free agent after the 76ers opted not to make a qualifying
offer to him before July 1, 2015, signing period. On July 9, he joined Atlanta
Hawks for the 2015 NBA Summer league.
On July
13, 2015, he signed a 3 year deal with the Indiana Pacers where he is currently
playing until now. General Manager of Pacer Lary Bird saw the potential in
Robinson and he attempted to acquire him. So, Lary hooked Robinson with
shooting guru Hal Wissel for extra attention. Robinson debut with the Pacers in
their 5th game of the season against Boston Celtics on November 4
and posted 10 points and 2 rebounds in his first game with Pacers. On November
13, while playing against his former team Minnesota Timberwolves, he posted 11
points. Robinson scored his career high 17 points off the bench and 4-for-4 from
three point range in a game against Milwaukee Bucks on November 21. He was
signed to the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the NBA development league on December 27
and was recalled the next day by Pacers. Robinson started the first season of
the year 2016 on January 17 against the Denver Nuggets. On January 26, Robinson
was replaced by George Hill in the starting lineup against the Los Angeles
Clippers.
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