Galen Robinson Jr.
{{short description|American basketball player}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Galen Robinson Jr.
| image =
| caption =
| position = Point guard
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 1
| weight_lbs = 190
| league = NBA G League
| team = Birmingham Squadron
| number = 1
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|03|31}}
| birth_place = Houston, Texas, U.S.
| high_school = Westbury Christian (Houston, Texas)
| college = Houston (2015–2019)
| draft_year = 2019
| career_start = 2019
| career_end =
| years1 = 2019–2020
| team1 = Austin Spurs
| years2 = 2020
| team2 = BG Göttingen
| years3 = 2021
| team3 = Austin Spurs
| years4 = 2021
| team4 = Plateros de Fresnillo
| years5 = 2021–2022
| team5 = Austin Spurs
| years6 = 2022–2023
| team6 = Élan Chalon
| years7 = 2023
| team7 = Sioux Falls Skyforce
| years8 = 2023
| team8 = Austin Spurs
| years9 = 2023–present
| team9 = Birmingham Squadron
| highlights =
- 2x NBA G League Sportsmanship Award (2021, 2025)
- AAC All-Rookie team (2016)
}}
Galen Vondell Robinson Jr. (born March 31, 1997){{cite web|title=Galen Robinson Jr, G-League Stats - Basketball--Reference.com|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/gleague/players/r/robinga01d.html|work=Basketball-reference.com|access-date=April 20, 2021}} is an American professional basketball player for the Birmingham Squadron of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Houston Cougars.{{cite web|title=Galen Robinson Jr - University of Houston Athletics|url=https://uhcougars.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/galen-robinson-jr-/4503|work=UHCougars.com|access-date=April 20, 2021}}
High school career
Robinson attended Westbury Christian where he led the Wildcats to three straight Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools state championships. In his junior year, he averaged 17.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and 6.0 assists, being honored as the state tournament's Most Valuable Player after leading Westbury to the state championship, including a game-winning 3-pointer with just 0.8 seconds remaining in the state quarterfinals.
As a senior, Robinson averaged 17.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and 6.0 assists while repeating as state champions. By the end of the season, he received the Guy V. Lewis Award as the city of Houston's top high school player, was named to the All-Greater Houston First Team by the Houston Chronicle, was a member of TAPPS All-State and All-District First Teams and earned a selection to the All-VYPE Private/Preps First Team.
College career
Robinson played college basketball for Houston, seeing action in 136 career games, starting 119, while averaging 6.8 points, 2.8 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 1.2 steals in 27.7 minutes.{{cite web|title=Galen Robinson, Jr. Player Profile|url=https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Galen-Robinson-Jr/Summary/84915|work=RealGM.com|access-date=April 20, 2021}} As a senior, he played in 37 games and averaged 8.0 points and 4.9 assists 29.9 minutes. He ended up setting Houston records with 136 games played and became the team's second-winningest player with 103 victories while finishing among Houston's top-10 leaders in assists, wins, conference wins, games played, conference games played, games started, conference games started and minutes played. He also became the AAC career leader in assists.{{cite web|first=Luke|last=Adams|title=Spurs Sign Galen Robinson Jr., Kenny Williams|url=https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2019/10/spurs-sign-galen-robinson-jr-kenny-williams.html|date=October 15, 2019|work=HoopsRumors.com|access-date=April 20, 2021}}
Professional career
=Austin Spurs (2019–2020)=
After going undrafted in the 2019 NBA draft, Robinson joined the San Antonio Spurs for the 2019 NBA Summer League and on October 15, 2019, he signed an Exhibit 10 deal with San Antonio, but was waived the next day.{{cite web|first=Jeff|last=Garcia|title=Spurs waive guards Robinson Jr., Williams|url=https://news4sanantonio.com/sports/spurs-waive-guards-robinson-jr-williams|date=October 16, 2019|work=News4SanAntonio.com|access-date=April 20, 2021}} Ten days later, he signed with the Austin Spurs as an affiliate player{{cite web|title=AUSTIN SPURS ANNOUNCE 2019 TRAINING CAMP ROSTER|url=https://austin.gleague.nba.com/news/austin-spurs-announce-2019-training-camp-roster/|date=October 29, 2019|work=NBA.com|access-date=April 20, 2021|archive-date=December 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215225658/https://austin.gleague.nba.com/news/austin-spurs-announce-2019-training-camp-roster/|url-status=dead}} where he played in 30 games and averaged 8.1 points, 2.3 rebounds and 4.6 assists in 23.3 minutes before the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web|title=AUSTIN SPURS ACQUIRE GALEN ROBINSON JR.|url=https://austin.gleague.nba.com/news/austin-spurs-acquire-galen-robinson-jr/|date=February 19, 2021|work=NBA.com|access-date=April 20, 2021}}
=Göttingen (2020–2021)=
On September 29, 2020, Robinson signed with BG Göttingen of the Basketball Bundesliga,{{cite news|title=BG Göttingen signs Galen Robinson Jr|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/bg-gottingen-signs-galen-robinson-jr/|date=September 29, 2020|work=Sportando.basketball|access-date=April 20, 2021}} where he averaged 7.1 points, 1.0 rebounds and 3.8 assists. On January 11, 2021, he parted ways with the club.{{cite web|first=Roman|last=Benker|title=Die BG Göttingen und Galen Robinson Jr. gehen getrennte Wege|url=https://www.bblprofis.de/index.php/2021/01/11/die-bg-goettingen-und-galen-robinson-jr-gehen-getrennte-wege/|date=January 11, 2021|work=BBLProfis.de|access-date=April 20, 2021|language=German}}
=Return to Austin (2021–2022)=
On February 21, 2021, Robinson re-signed with the Austin Spurs, making an immediate impact with a career-high 14 assists in his season debut, a 122–107 loss to the Delaware Blue Coats. He played in eight games and averaged 7.8 points, 6.4 assists and 1.38 steals{{cite web|title=AUSTIN SPURS' GALEN ROBINSON JR. RECEIVES 2020-21 NBA G LEAGUE JASON COLLIER SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD|url=https://austin.gleague.nba.com/news/austin-spurs-galen-robinson-jr-receives-2020-21-nba-g-league-jason-collier-sportsmanship-award/|date=March 16, 2021|work=NBA.com|access-date=April 20, 2021}} and on March 16, he received the Jason Collier Sportsmanship Award.
=Élan Chalon (2022–2023)=
=Sioux Falls Skyforce (2023)=
On March 6, 2023, Robinson was acquired off waivers by the Sioux Falls Skyforce of the NBA G League.{{Cite web|url=https://siouxfalls.gleague.nba.com/news/skyforce-acquires-galen-robinson-jr|title=SKYFORCE ACQUIRES GALEN ROBINSON JR.|last=|first=|date=March 6, 2023|website=|publisher=|language=En|access-date=March 7, 2023}} He was waived six days later.
=Third stint with Austin (2023)=
On March 15, 2023, Robinson was reacquired by the Austin Spurs.{{cite web|title=2022-23 NBA G League Transactions|url=https://gleague.nba.com/22-23-nba-g-league-transactions|website=NBA.com|access-date=March 15, 2023}}
=Birmingham Squadron (2023–present)=
On October 29, 2023, Robinson signed with the Birmingham Squadron.{{cite web|title=Birmingham Squadron Finalize Training Camp Roster|url=https://birmingham.gleague.nba.com/news/birmingham-squadron-finalize-training-camp-roster|website=NBA.com|date=October 29, 2023|access-date=November 4, 2023}}
On September 24, 2024, Robinson signed with the New Orleans Pelicans,{{cite web|title=Pelicans sign three players|url=https://www.nba.com/pelicans/news/izaiah-brockington-keion-brooks-jr-galen-robinson-jr-new-orleans-pelicans-roster-additions-september-24-2024|website=NBA.com|date=September 24, 2024|access-date=September 24, 2024}} but was waived the same day.{{cite web|first=Dana|last=Gauruder|title=Hornets’ Soriano, Pelicans’ Robinson, Two Cavs Among Tuesday’s Cuts|url=https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2024/09/hornets-soriano-pelicans-robinson-two-cavs-among-tuesdays-cuts.html|website=HoopsRumors.com|date=September 24, 2024|access-date=September 24, 2024}} On October 28, he rejoined the Squadron.{{cite web|title=Birmingham Squadron Announce 2024-25 Training Camp Roster|url=https://birmingham.gleague.nba.com/news/birmingham-squadron-announce-2024-25-training-camp-roster|website=NBA.com|date=October 28, 2024|access-date=November 3, 2024}}
Career statistics
{{NBA player statistics legend}}
=College=
{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|2015–16
| style="text-align:left;"|Houston
| 32 || 22 || 24.3 || .458 || .305 || .695 || 2.4 || 3.4 || 1.0 || .1 || 7.9
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|2016–17
| style="text-align:left;"|Houston
| 32 || 28 || 32.2 || .367 || .265 || .594 || 3.3 || 4.8 || 1.0 || .1 || 6.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|2017–18
| style="text-align:left;"|Houston
| 35 || 32 || 24.5 || .447 || .182 || .708 || 2.4 || 3.7 || 1.3 || .1 || 4.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|2018–19
| style="text-align:left;"|Houston
| 37 || 37 || 29.9 || .449 || .350 || .667 || 3.1 || 4.9 || 1.3 || .1 || 8.0
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career
| 136 || 119 || 27.8 || .429 || .300 || .662 || 2.8 || 4.3 || 1.2 || .1 || 6.8
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Personal life
He is the son of Galen Robinson Sr. and Alicea Richmond. His father competed for the Cougars from 1994 to 1998, scoring 1,135 points to rank 30th in school career history and during his career, was a USBWA All-District, NABC All-District 9 and two-time All-Conference USA Third-Team honoree. He majored in health.
Robinson created a clothing line, which he has used to raise awareness of World Suicide Prevention Day through a series of "You Are Loved" Suicide Awareness Prevention Hoodies and has also used his philanthropic exploits in support of Black Lives Matter.{{cite web|first=Jeph|last=Duarte|title=Austin Spurs Galen Robinson Jr. raising awareness for suicide prevention|url=https://www.poundingtherock.com/2020/9/9/21428402/austin-spurs-galen-robinson-jr-raising-awareness-suicide-prevention-san-antonio-spurs-nba-g-league|date=September 9, 2020|work=PoundingTheRock.com|publisher=SB-Nation|access-date=April 20, 2021}}
References
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External links
- [https://uhcougars.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/galen-robinson-jr-/4503 Houston Cougars bio]
- [https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Galen-Robinson-Jr/Summary/84915 RealGM.com profile]
{{Birmingham Squadron current roster}}
{{Jason Collier Sportsmanship Award winners}}
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