Bernard Robinson (basketball)

{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1980)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Bernard Robinson

| image = Bernard Robinson Charlotte Bobcats 2006.jpg

| image_size = 155px

| width =

| caption = Robinson with the Charlotte Bobcats in February 2006

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 6

| weight_lbs = 210

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|12|26}}

| birth_place = Washington, D.C.

| nationality = American

| highschool = Dunbar (Washington, D.C.)

| college = Michigan (2000–2004)

| draft_year = 2004

| draft_round = 2

| draft_pick = 45

| draft_team = Charlotte Bobcats

| career_start = 2004

| career_end = 2013

| career_number = 21, 22

| career_position = Shooting guard / small forward

| years1 = {{nbay|2004|start}}–{{nbay|2006|end}}

| team1 = Charlotte Bobcats

| years2 = {{nbay|2006|end}}

| team2 = New Jersey Nets

| years3 = 2010

| team3 = Metros de Santiago

| years4 = 2010–2011

| team4 = Minas Tênis Clube

| years5 = 2011–2012

| team5 = Quimsa

| years6 = 2012–2013

| team6 = Basquete Cearense

| highlights =

| bbr = robinbe01

}}

Bernard Gregory Robinson Jr. (born December 26, 1980) is an American former professional basketball player who played 3 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the Charlotte Bobcats and New Jersey Nets.

Career

After a career at the University of Michigan, where he helped lead the Wolverines to the 2004 NIT title, Robinson was a second round draft pick of the Charlotte Bobcats in the 2004 NBA draft. As a rookie in 2004–05, Robinson appeared in 31 games, averaging 3.0 points and 1.5 rebounds per game.

On January 3, 2007, Robinson was traded by the Bobcats to the New Jersey Nets for Jeff McInnis.[https://www.espn.com/nba/news/story?id=2718609 ESPN – Nets deal McInnis to Bobcats for Robinson – NBA]

In the 2007 offseason, he tore his medial collateral ligament in his left knee. On October 29, 2007, he was traded to New Orleans Hornets along with Mile Ilić for David Wesley. Both of them were immediately waived by the Hornets.[http://www.nba.com/hornets/news/Hornets_Complete_Deal_With_Net-241093-31.html HORNETS: Hornets Complete Deal With Nets] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030040827/http://www.nba.com/hornets/news/Hornets_Complete_Deal_With_Net-241093-31.html |date=October 30, 2007 }}

=Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB)=

In 2010, Robinson signed with Minas Tênis Clube in Brazil.[http://www.superesportes.com.br/app/1,11/2010/10/27/noticia_basquete,168622/novo-reforco-chega-ao-minas-animado-com-chance-de-jogar-no-brasil.shtml Novo reforço chega ao Minas animado com chance de jogar no Brasil]

In 2012, he signed with Basquete Cearense in Brazil.{{Cite web|url=http://lnb.com.br/jogadores/bernard-gregory-robinson-jr/|title = Bernard Gregory Robinson Jr}}

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