Clifford Robinson (basketball, born 1966)

Robinson played four seasons at the University of Connecticut beginning in 1985.{{cite web|title=Clifford Robinson|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/clifford-robinson-1.html|website=sports-reference.com|access-date=March 31, 2018}} The Huskies won the 1988 National Invitation Tournament championship, and he was named to the all-tournament team.{{cite news|title=Men's Basketball Huskies Of Honor Announced|url=http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/122606aaa.html|access-date=March 27, 2018|work=uconnhuskies.com|date=December 26, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927211844/http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/122606aaa.html|archive-date=September 27, 2011|url-status=dead}} Robinson was later named to UConn's All-Century men's basketball team. On February 5, 2007, Robinson's number "00" was retired at Gampel Pavilion during halftime of a UConn basketball game against Syracuse as part of the "Huskies of Honor" ceremony which recognized personal accomplishments of 13 former players and 3 coaches.

Robinson was selected with the 36th overall pick in the second round of the 1989 NBA draft by the Portland Trail Blazers. Robinson played for the Trail Blazers for eight seasons. Portland made the playoffs each year he was on the team, and played in the NBA Finals in 1990 and 1992. Robinson won the Sixth Man of the Year Award in 1992–93 after averaging 19.1 points, 6.6 rebounds and a career-best 1.99 blocks per game.{{cite news|last1=Rose|first1=Matt|title=Clifford Robinson: The NBA's New Ironman|url=http://www.nba.com/nets/features/robinson_ironman.html|access-date=March 27, 2018|work=nba.com}}{{cite web|title=Clifford Robinson Bio Page|url=http://www.nba.com/playerfile/clifford_robinson/bio.html|website=nba.com|access-date=May 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070630081321/http://www.nba.com/playerfile/clifford_robinson/bio.html|archive-date=June 30, 2007|url-status=dead}} He was an All-Star with the team in 1994. Following Game 4 of the 1992 Western Conference finals against the Utah Jazz, Robinson performed a victory dance that he later told press was named the "Uncle Cliffy".{{cite news|last1=Aldridge|first1=David|title=Dancing Robinson Shows Off Moves|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1992/06/12/dancing-robinson-shows-off-moves/58b6f4a3-7c20-41c8-8e92-5de596c58902/|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=June 12, 1992}} The nickname stuck with Robinson for the rest of his career.{{cite news|title=24 seconds with Clifford Robinson|url=http://old.seattletimes.com/html/sports/2002152046_24seconds16.html|access-date=May 11, 2011|work=The Seattle Times|date=January 16, 2005}} Following a game against the Golden State Warriors on February 22, 1995, Robinson was forced to end his 461 iron man streak of consecutive games played since the start of his career.{{cite web|title=Clifford Robinson 1994-95 game log|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/robincl02/gamelog/1995/|website=basketball-reference.com}} This streak stands as a franchise record for the Trail Blazers.{{cite news|last1=Quick|first1=Jason|title=Blazers Top 40: No. 9 Cliff Robinson|url=http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindblazersbeat/2010/04/blazers_top_40_no_9_cliff_robi.html|work=The Oregonian|date=April 5, 2010}}

Robinson signed with the Phoenix Suns as a free agent on August 25, 1997, where he remained for four more seasons. The highlight of his tenure with the Suns was registering a career-best 50 points against the Denver Nuggets on January 16, 2000. He became the oldest player in NBA history to register his first 50-point game, aged 33 years and 2 months.

Robinson was traded to the Detroit Pistons on June 29, 2001, in exchange for Jud Buechler and John Wallace.

Robinson was traded to the Golden State Warriors on August 21, 2003, along with Pepe Sánchez, in exchange for Bob Sura. Although he played all 82 games during the regular season, it would be the first season in his career where he would not participate in the NBA playoffs.{{cite web|title=Clifford Robinson|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/robincl02.html|website=basketball-reference.com}}

On February 14, 2005, Golden State traded Robinson to the New Jersey Nets in exchange for two second-round draft picks. He played with the Nets for two more seasons until he was released by the team in July 2007.{{cite news|title=Nets release Cliff Robinson|url=https://www.tsn.ca/nba/news_story/?ID=213471&hubname=nba|work=tsn.ca|agency=Associated Press|date=July 13, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071227114410/http://www.tsn.ca/nba/news_story/?ID=213471&hubname=nba|archive-date=December 27, 2007|url-status=dead}} Robinson then retired.{{cite news|last1=Eggers|first1=Kerry|title=After final buzzer, Oregons still home|url=http://portlandtribune.com/component/content/article?id=73845|work=Portland Tribune|date=September 2, 2008|access-date=March 28, 2018|archive-date=March 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180328171342/http://portlandtribune.com/component/content/article?id=73845|url-status=dead}}

Robinson was arrested for marijuana possession and driving under the influence in February 2001 and received a one-game suspension.{{cite news|title=Suns' Robinson legally intoxicated, tests show|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/basketball/suns-robinson-legally-intoxicated-tests-show-1.257486|work=CBC Sports|date=February 9, 2001}} Robinson was also suspended for five games in February 2005 while playing for Golden State, and was suspended for five games during the NBA playoffs on May 12, 2006, for violating terms of the league's drug policy for the second time in two seasons.{{cite news|last1=Eligon|first1=John|title=League Suspends Robinson 5 Games for Drug Violation|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/13/sports/basketball/13cliff.html|access-date=March 29, 2018|work=The New York Times|date=May 13, 2006}}

Robinson held career NBA per-game averages of 14.2 points, 4.6 rebounds, 1.05 steals, and 1.03 blocks. As of March 2024, his 1,380 NBA games played is the 14th-highest total in NBA history.{{cite web|title=NBA & ABA Career Leaders and Records for Games|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/leaders/g_career.html|website=basketball-reference.com|access-date=March 22, 2024}}

Robinson was one of only two players drafted in the 1980s that was still active in the league in 2007, with the other being Kevin Willis. He played in the NBA playoffs in all but one of his 18 seasons in the league.

At 6'10", he was the tallest player to make more than 1,000 three-pointers until he was surpassed by Dirk Nowitzki and Rashard Lewis.{{cite web|title=Query results|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/psl_finder.cgi?request=1&match=combined&type=totals&per_minute_base=36&lg_id=NBA&is_playoffs=N&year_min=&year_max=&franch_id=&season_start=1&season_end=-1&age_min=0&age_max=99&height_min=82&height_max=99&shoot_hand=&birth_country_is=Y&birth_country=&is_active=&is_hof=&is_as=&as_comp=gt&as_val=&pos_is_g=Y&pos_is_gf=Y&pos_is_f=Y&pos_is_fg=Y&pos_is_fc=Y&pos_is_c=Y&pos_is_cf=Y&qual=&c1stat=&c1comp=gt&c1val=&c2stat=&c2comp=gt&c2val=&c3stat=&c3comp=gt&c3val=&c4stat=&c4comp=gt&c4val=&c5stat=&c5comp=gt&c6mult=1.0&c6stat=&order_by=fg3|website=basketball-reference.com}} As of 2019, Robinson was one of seven players to record 1,300 steals and 1,300 blocked shots in his ABA/NBA career; the others are Kevin Garnett, Julius Erving, Bobby Jones, Hakeem Olajuwon, David Robinson and Ben Wallace.{{Cite web|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2019/09/01/bobby-jones-hall-of-fame-enshrinement-near/|title="Secretary of Defense" Bobby Jones reflects on colorful career as Hall of Fame enshrinement nears|work=The Denver Post |last=Singer |first=Mike |date=September 1, 2019}}

{{NBA player statistics legend|leader=y}}

{{NBA player statistics start|caption=Clifford Robinson regular season statistics}}

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1989}}

| style="text-align:left;"| Portland{{cite web |title=Clifford Robinson 1989-90 game log |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/robincl02/gamelog/1990/ |website=Basketball-Reference.com |access-date=August 29, 2020 |language=en}}

| 82 || 0 || 19.1 || .397 || .273 || .550 || 3.8 || .9 || .6 || .6 || 9.1

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1990}}

| style="text-align:left;"| Portland{{cite web |title=Clifford Robinson 1990-91 game log |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/robincl02/gamelog/1991/ |website=Basketball-Reference.com |access-date=August 29, 2020 |language=en}}

| 82 || 11 || 23.7 || .463 || .316 || .653 || 4.3 || 1.8 || 1.0 || .9 || 11.7

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1991}}

| style="text-align:left;"| Portland{{cite web |title=Clifford Robinson 1991-92 game log |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/robincl02/gamelog/1992/ |website=Basketball-Reference.com |access-date=August 29, 2020 |language=en}}

| 82 || 7 || 25.9 || .466 || .091 || .664 || 5.1 || 1.7 || 1.0 || 1.3 || 12.4

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1992}}

| style="text-align:left;"| Portland{{cite web |title=Clifford Robinson 1992-93 game log |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/robincl02/gamelog/1993/ |website=Basketball-Reference.com |access-date=August 29, 2020 |language=en}}

| 82 || 12 || 31.4 || .473 || .247 || .690 || 6.6 || 2.2 || 1.2 || 2.0 || 19.1

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1993}}

| style="text-align:left;"| Portland{{cite web |title=Clifford Robinson 1993-94 game log |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/robincl02/gamelog/1994/ |website=Basketball-Reference.com |access-date=August 29, 2020 |language=en}}

| 82 || 64 || 34.8 || .457 || .245 || .765 || 6.7 || 1.9 || 1.4 || 1.4 || 20.1

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1994}}

| style="text-align:left;"| Portland{{cite web |title=Clifford Robinson 1994-95 game log |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/robincl02/gamelog/1995/ |website=Basketball-Reference.com |access-date=August 29, 2020 |language=en}}

| 75 || 73 || 36.3 || .452 || .371 || .694 || 5.6 || 2.6 || 1.1 || 1.1 || 21.3

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1995}}

| style="text-align:left;"| Portland{{cite web |title=Clifford Robinson 1995-96 game log |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/robincl02/gamelog/1996/ |website=Basketball-Reference.com |access-date=August 29, 2020 |language=en}}

| 78 || 76 || 38.2 || .423 || .378 || .664 || 5.7 || 2.4 || 1.1 || .9 || 21.1

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1996}}

| style="text-align:left;"| Portland{{cite web |title=Clifford Robinson 1996-97 game log |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/robincl02/gamelog/1997/ |website=Basketball-Reference.com |access-date=August 29, 2020 |language=en}}

| 81 || 79 || 38.0 || .426 || .346 || .696 || 4.0 || 3.2 || 1.2 || .8 || 15.1

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1997}}

| style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix{{cite web |title=Clifford Robinson 1997-98 game log |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/robincl02/gamelog/1998/ |website=Basketball-Reference.com |access-date=August 29, 2020 |language=en}}

| 80 || 64 || 29.5 || .479 || .321 || .689 || 5.1 || 2.1 || 1.2 || 1.1 || 14.2

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1998}}

| style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix{{cite web |title=Clifford Robinson 1998-99 game log |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/robincl02/gamelog/1999/ |website=Basketball-Reference.com |access-date=August 29, 2020 |language=en}}

| style="background:#cfecec;"| 50* || 35 || 34.8 || .475 || .417 || .697 || 4.5 || 2.6 || 1.5 || 1.2 || 16.4

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1999|trunc=y}}

| style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix{{cite web |title=Clifford Robinson 1999-00 game log |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/robincl02/gamelog/2000/ |website=Basketball-Reference.com |access-date=August 29, 2020 |language=en}}

| 80 || 67 || 35.5 || .464 || .370 || .782 || 4.5 || 2.8 || 1.1 || .8 || 18.5

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2000}}

| style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix{{cite web |title=Clifford Robinson 2000-01 game log |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/robincl02/gamelog/2001/ |website=Basketball-Reference.com |access-date=August 29, 2020 |language=en}}

| 82 || style="background:#cfecec;"| 82* || 33.5 || .422 || .361 || .709 || 4.1 || 2.9 || 1.1 || 1.0 || 16.4

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2001}}

| style="text-align:left;"| Detroit{{cite web |title=Clifford Robinson 2001-02 game log |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/robincl02/gamelog/2002/ |website=Basketball-Reference.com |access-date=August 29, 2020 |language=en}}

| 80 || 80 || 35.7 || .425 || .378 || .694 || 4.8 || 2.5 || 1.1 || 1.2 || 14.6

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2002}}

| style="text-align:left;"| Detroit{{cite web |title=Clifford Robinson 2002-03 game log |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/robincl02/gamelog/2003/ |website=Basketball-Reference.com |access-date=August 29, 2020 |language=en}}

| 81 || 69 || 34.9 || .398 || .336 || .676 || 3.9 || 3.3 || 1.1 || 1.1 || 12.2

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2003}}

| style="text-align:left;"| Golden State{{cite web |title=Clifford Robinson 2003-04 game log |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/robincl02/gamelog/2004/ |website=Basketball-Reference.com |access-date=August 29, 2020 |language=en}}

| 82 || 82 || 34.7 || .387 || .357 || .711 || 4.1 || 3.3 || .9 || .9 || 11.8

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2004}}

| style="text-align:left;"| Golden State{{cite web |title=Clifford Robinson 2004-05 game log |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/robincl02/gamelog/2005/ |website=Basketball-Reference.com |access-date=August 29, 2020 |language=en}}

| 42 || 29 || 26.0 || .398 || .331 || .603 || 2.7 || 1.8 || 1.0 || .9 || 8.5

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2004}}

| style="text-align:left;"| New Jersey

| 29 || 0 || 20.7 || .361 || .379 || .692 || 3.3 || 1.0 || .6 || .5 || 6.0

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2005}}

| style="text-align:left;"| New Jersey{{cite web |title=Clifford Robinson 2005-06 game log |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/robincl02/gamelog/2006/ |website=Basketball-Reference.com |access-date=August 29, 2020 |language=en}}

| 80 || 13 || 23.3 || .427 || .343 || .658 || 3.3 || 1.1 || .6 || .5 || 6.9

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2006}}

| style="text-align:left;"| New Jersey{{cite web |title=Clifford Robinson 2006-07 game log |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/robincl02/gamelog/2007/ |website=Basketball-Reference.com |access-date=August 29, 2020 |language=en}}

| 50 || 1 || 19.1 || .372 || .379 || .444 || 2.4 || 1.0 || .2 || .5 || 4.1

|- class="sortbottom"

| style="text-align:center;" colspan=2| Career

| 1380 || 844 || 30.8 || .438 || .356 || .689 || 4.6 || 2.2 || 1.0 || 1.0 || 14.2

|- class="sortbottom"

| style="text-align:center;" colspan=2| All-Star

| 1 || 0 || 18.0 || .625 || .000 || – || 2.0 || 5.0 || 1.0 || .0 || 10.0

{{S-end}}

{{NBA player statistics start|caption=Clifford Robinson playoffs statistics}}

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| 1990

| style="text-align:left;"| Portland

| 21 || 6 || 18.6 || .358 || .000 || .558 || 4.1 || 1.1 || .9 || 1.1 || 6.5

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| 1991

| style="text-align:left;"| Portland

| 16 || 0 || 22.1 || .538 || .333 || .551 || 3.9 || 1.1 || .4 || 1.0 || 10.3

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| 1992

| style="text-align:left;"| Portland

| 21 || 0 || 24.9 || .462 || .167 || .571 || 4.2 || 2.0 || 1.0 || 1.0 || 10.8

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| 1993

| style="text-align:left;"| Portland

| 4 || 0 || 32.8 || .262 || .000 || .409 || 4.3 || 1.5 || 1.5 || 1.8 || 10.3

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| 1994

| style="text-align:left;"| Portland

| 4 || 4 || 37.3 || .412 || .222 || .875 || 6.3 || 2.5 || .8 || 1.5 || 16.3

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| 1995

| style="text-align:left;"| Portland

| 3 || 3 || 39.7 || .362 || .235 || .563 || 6.3 || 2.7 || .7 || .3 || 15.7

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| 1996

| style="text-align:left;"| Portland

| 5 || 5 || 36.2 || .344 || .261 || .757 || 3.6 || 1.6 || 1.4 || 1.0 || 15.2

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| 1997

| style="text-align:left;"| Portland

| 4 || 4 || 40.3 || .362 || .188 || .688 || 6.8 || 3.0 || .5 || 1.0 || 12.0

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| 1998

| style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix

| 4 || 4 || 23.0 || .273 || .000 || .778 || 3.0 || .8 || .8 || .5 || 6.3

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| 1999

| style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix

| 3 || 3 || 39.0 || .475 || .222 || .636 || 5.3 || 2.7 || 2.0 || .3 || 15.7

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| 2000

| style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix

| 9 || 9 || 37.0 || .386 || .325 || .733 || 6.0 || 2.1 || 1.2 || .8 || 17.6

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| 2001

| style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix

| 4 || 4 || 28.5 || .420 || .250 || .636 || 4.0 || 1.0 || 1.5 || .5 || 15.0

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| 2002

| style="text-align:left;"| Detroit

| 10 || 10 || 40.9 || .363 || .340 || .800 || 3.0 || 2.9 || 1.8 || 1.9 || 13.2

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| 2003

| style="text-align:left;"| Detroit

| 17 || 17 || 30.8 || .358 || .373 || .595 || 2.7 || 2.9 || .9 || .8 || 9.3

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| 2005

| style="text-align:left;"| New Jersey{{cite web |title=Clifford Robinson 2004-05 game log |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/robincl02/gamelog/2005/ |website=Basketball-Reference.com |access-date=August 29, 2020 |language=en}}

| 4 || 0 || 17.8 || .407 || .286 || 1.000 || 2.5 || 1.3 || .8 || .3 || 7.0

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| 2006

| style="text-align:left;"|New Jersey

| 8 || 0 || 24.8 || .333 || .316 || .800 || 3.3 || .6 || 1.1 || .4 || 4.5

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| 2007

| style="text-align:left;"| New Jersey

| 4 || 0 || 5.0 || .167 || .500 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .3 || .0 || .8

|- class="sortbottom"

| style="text-align:center;" colspan=2| Career

| 141 || 69 || 27.6 || .393 || .298 || .629 || 3.9 || 1.8 || 1.0 || .9 || 10.3

{{S-end}}

Robinson was a contestant in the 28th installment of the American reality television series Survivor (filmed in 2013 and broadcast the following year).{{cite web |title=Cliff Robinson, former NBA All-Star and "Survivor" contestant, has died at 53 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/clifford-robinson-dead-age-53-nba-all-star-survivor-contestant/ |website=www.cbsnews.com |access-date=August 29, 2020}} Although he did not initially plan to reveal his identity, he was recognized by another contestant. He was the fifth contestant of the season to be voted out, finishing in 14th place.{{cite web |last1=Shafer |first1=Ellise |title=Cliff Robinson, 'Survivor' Contestant and NBA All-Star, Dies at 53 |url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/obituaries-people-news/cliff-robinson-dead-dies-nba-survivor-1234753585/ |website=Variety |access-date=August 29, 2020 |language=en |date=August 29, 2020}}

In 2014, Robinson was named to a team assembled by Dennis Rodman as part of his "basketball diplomacy" effort in North Korea with the job of playing an exhibition match against the Northern Korean Senior National Basketball Team to celebrate the birthday of Kim Jong-un.{{cite news|title=Rodman's Goon Squad Goes to North Korea|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/rodmans-goon-squad-goes-to-north-korea|work=The Daily Beast|date=January 7, 2014}} The team also included Kenny Anderson, Vin Baker, Craig Hodges, Doug Christie, Sleepy Floyd, Charles D. Smith, and four "streetballers".{{cite news|title=Dennis Rodman Announces "Basketball Diplomacy" For Upcoming Games In North Korea|url=http://www.thefloridanewsjournal.com/2014/01/06/dennis-rodman-announces-basketball-diplomacy-upcoming-games-north-korea|access-date=May 29, 2014|work=The Florida News Journal|date=January 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027085348/http://www.thefloridanewsjournal.com/2014/01/06/dennis-rodman-announces-basketball-diplomacy-upcoming-games-north-korea|archive-date=October 27, 2014|url-status=usurped}}

{{See also|Cannabis and sports}}

During his post-basketball life, Robinson became an entrepreneur in the cannabis industry, selling assorted cannabis products under his "Uncle Cliffy" brand name.{{cite news|last1=Vorkunov|first1=Mike|title=Meet Uncle Spliffy: Cliff Robinson Ventures into the Weeds|url=https://sports.vice.com/en_us/article/4xzdxg/meet-uncle-spliffy-cliff-robinson-ventures-into-the-weeds|access-date=March 29, 2018|work=Vice Sports|date=February 12, 2016}}{{cite news|last1=Pandian|first1=Ananth|title=Cliff Robinson aims to 'knock down the myth that athletes and cannabis don't mix'|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/index.ssf/2017/07/cliff_robinson_on_marijuana_an.html|access-date=March 29, 2018|work=The Oregonian|date=July 21, 2017}} He was also an advocate for the legalization of cannabis, supporting efforts to reform cannabis laws in the states of Oregon and Connecticut.{{cite news|last1=Robinson|first1=Cliff|title=Cliff Robinson Endorses Oregon Senate Bill About Cannabis Consumption |url=https://hightimes.com/news/cliff-robinson-endorses-oregon-senate-bill-about-cannabis-consumption/|access-date=March 29, 2018|work=High Times|date=May 16, 2017}}{{cite news|last1=Jacobs|first1=Jeff|title=UConn Great Robinson Blazing Path As Advocate For Pot Reform|url=http://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-mens-basketball/hc-jacobs-column-robinson-cannabis-0603-20170602-column.html|access-date=March 29, 2018|work=Hartford Courant|date=June 3, 2017}} During his time in the NBA, Robinson used cannabis to help relieve pain and anxiety, and to avoid the undesirable side effects caused by pharmaceutical drugs. He partially attributed the longevity of his NBA career to his use of cannabis.

Robinson appeared in the 2019 Netflix film Grass Is Greener, which examines the history of cannabis prohibition in the United States.{{cite news |last1=Moore |first1=Jenni |title=Grass Is Greener Review: New Netflix Documentary Spotlights Portland Cannabis Industry Leaders |url=https://www.portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2019/04/23/26368107/grass-is-greener-new-netflix-documentary-spotlights-portland-cannabis-industry-leaders |access-date=March 29, 2021 |work=Portland Mercury |date=April 23, 2019}}

On September 21, 2003, Robinson married Heather Lufkins on the island of Barbados.{{cite web |title=Lufkins–Robinson wed |url=http://www.baymills.org:80/newspaper/2003/12-18/waiska_news.pdf |website=baymills.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060213202309/http://www.baymills.org/newspaper/2003/12-18/waiska_news.pdf |archive-date=February 13, 2006 |url-status=dead |access-date=July 4, 2019}} His son Isaiah Robinson played basketball for the Jefferson High School Democrats in Portland and for the Houston Baptist Huskies.{{cite news |title=Isaiah Robinson, Jefferson's shot blocking machine, commits to Houston Baptist |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/recruiting/2015/04/isaiah_robinson_jeffersons_sho.html |access-date=June 17, 2020 |work=The Oregonian |date=April 3, 2015}}

Robinson suffered a stroke in March 2017 that paralyzed the left side of his body, but he soon recovered much of his arm and leg movement.{{cite news |last1=Eggers |first1=Kerry |title=Robinson rebounds – Former Trail Blazers standout survives, thrives following brain hemorrhage |url=http://portlandtribune.com/pt/12-sports/356788-235592-robinson-rebounds |access-date=March 29, 2018 |work=Portland Tribune |date=April 30, 2017}} He had a tumor removed from his jaw in March 2018.{{cite news |title=Former Blazer Cliff Robinson has tumor removed: 'It's been a tough year for me' |url=http://katu.com/news/local/former-trail-blazer-cliff-robinson-has-tumor-removed-its-been-a-tough-year-for-me |access-date=March 29, 2018 |work=KATU |date=March 7, 2018}}

In March 2019, Robinson underwent surgery for cancer. He died of lymphoma on August 29, 2020, at the age of 53.{{Cite web |date=August 29, 2020 |title=Blazers, UConn star Clifford Robinson dies at 53 |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29765226/former-portland-trail-blazers-great-cliff-robinson-dies-53 |access-date=2025-03-10 |website=ESPN.com|agency=Associated Press}}{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/30/sports/cliff-robinson-dead.html?ocid=uxbndlbing |title=Cliff Robinson, UConn Star Who Played 18 N.B.A. Seasons, Dies at 53 |date=August 30, 2020 |website=The New York Times}}

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