Richard Roby
{{Short description|American basketball player}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
|name = Richard Roby
| image = Richard Roby - Colorado.jpg
| caption = Roby as a member of Colorado in 2007
|height_ft = 6
|height_in = 5
|weight_lbs = 190
|league =
|number =
|team =
|position = Shooting guard
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|9|28}}
|birth_place = San Bernardino, California
|highschool = Lawrence Academy
(Groton, Massachusetts)
|college = Colorado (2004–2008)
|nationality = American
| draft_year = 2008
|career_start = 2008
|career_end = 2019
| years1 = 2008–2009
| team1 = Bnei Hasharon
| years2 = 2009–2010
| team2 = Maccabi Haifa
| years3 = 2010
| team3 = Halcones Rojos Veracruz
| years4 = 2010–2011
| team4 = Rio Grande Valley Vipers
| years5 = 2011
| team5 = Peristeri
| years6 = 2012
| team6 = Fos Ouest Provence
| years7 = 2012
| team7 = Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca
| years8 = 2012–2013
| team8 = Wonju Dongbu Promy
| years9 = 2013
| team9 = Gaiteros del Zulia
| years10 =2013
| team10 = Caciques de Humacao
| years11 = 2013–2016
| team11 = Akita Northern Happinets
| years12 = 2016
| team12 = SAN-EN NeoPhoenix
| years13 = 2016–2017
| team13 = Osaka Evessa
| years14 = 2017
| team14 = Marinos de Anzoátegui
| years15 = 2018
| team15 = Soles de Mexicali
| years16 =2018-2019
| team16= Shinshu Brave Warriors
| highlights =
- 2× bj league Best Five (2014, 2015)
- bj league All-Star (2015)
- bj league Best Sixth Man (2014)
}}
Richard Roby (born September 28, 1985) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Shinshu Brave Warriors of the Japanese B.League. He attended high school at Lawrence Academy at Groton, Massachusetts. Roby attended the University of Colorado at Boulder and played for the Buffaloes from 2004 to 2008. He averaged 17 points and 5.5 rebounds during his career for the Buffaloes. He graduated as Colorado's all-time leading scorer, doing so in his final collegiate game.[https://web.archive.org/web/20160916132229/http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=280740201 Colorado Buffaloes vs. Oklahoma Sooners - Recap - March 14, 2008 - ESPN] – "Colorado's Richard Roby had 18 points to finish his career with 2,001 points, breaking Donnie Boyce's school record by six points."
Roby is the half-brother of Kenyon Martin. Roby was married in 2011 to Kendrea Oliver in Las Vegas, Nevada. Together they have four children.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/knicks/serby_sunday_with_kenyon_martin_nBCvokHSkRIe1AaQHT62aO|title = Serby's Saturday Q & A with… Kenyon Martin|date = 20 April 2013}}{{failed verification|date=January 2014}}{{failed verification|date=January 2014}}
Professional career
In the summer of 2008, Roby signed a contract through the year 2009 with Bnei Hasharon in Israel. During the 2009/2010 season, he joined Maccabi Haifa B.C.
Roby played for the Nuggets in the NBA Summer League in 2010.http://www.ridiculousupside.com/2010/6/28/1540775/nba-summer-league-rosters-vegas NBA Summer League Rosters - Vegas After playing eight games with Halcones Rojos de Veracruz in Mexico, he left and then signed with the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the NBA D-League.
Richard played for Fos sur mer team, in French league (LNB 2nd division ) and for Club Wonju Dongbu Promy, a Korean basketball league team (aka KBL).
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"Akita star" played for the Akita Northern Happinets of Japan in 2013-16 and won bj league Eastern Conference championship title for two years in a row.{{Cite web|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2016/04/02/basketball/bj-league/akita-star-roby-saw-brother-martin-a-longtime-nba-standout-as-inspiration|title = Akita star Roby saw brother Martin, a longtime NBA standout, as inspiration|date = 2 April 2016}} He also acquired his Japanese driver's license in Wariyama, Akita.{{cite tweet|user=richardxroby|author=Richard X Roby|number=699040173946851328|date=15 February 2016|title=Passed my drivers test ✔️🇯🇵!!}} He loves to play in this Far East country, and he signed with the SAN-EN NeoPhoenix in 2016.
He came terms with the Osaka Evessa on December 9, 2016.
= The Basketball Tournament (TBT) (2017–present) =
In the summer of 2017, Roby played in The Basketball Tournament on ESPN for Team Colorado (Colorado Alumni). He competed for the $2 million prize, and for Team Colorado and as a No. 1 seed in the West Region, Roby helped take Team Colorado to the Super 16 Round, but was defeated by Armored Athlete 84–75.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetournament.com/bracket|title=Bracket {{!}} The Basketball Tournament|website=www.thetournament.com|language=en|access-date=2018-02-17}}
College statistics
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|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2004–05
| style="text-align:left;"| Colorado
| 30 || 30 || 30.8 || .445 || .374 || .728|| 4.8 ||1.9 || 1.6 ||0.8 || 16.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2005–06
| style="text-align:left;"| Colorado
| 30 || 29 || 30.2 || .422 || .356 || .736|| 3.9 ||2.5 || 2.1 || 0.9 || 17.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2006–07
| style="text-align:left;"| Colorado
| 27 || 25 || 32.1 || .383 || .268 || .734|| 5.1 ||2.2 || 1.2 || 0.4 || 17.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2007–08
| style="text-align:left;"| Colorado
| 32 || 32 || 34.7 || .477 || .382 || .764|| 6.7 ||2.1 || 1.0 || 1.0 || 17.0
|-
|- class="sortbottom"
! style="text-align:center;" colspan=2| Career
! 119 || 116 ||32.0 || .431 || .347 || .742 || 5.5 || 2.2 ||1.5 || 0.8 || 16.8
{{S-end}}
=NCAA Awards & Honors=
- All-Big 12 First Team - 2006
- All-Big 12 Third Team - 2008
- All-Big 12 Honorable Mention - 2005, 2007
- Big 12 All-Freshman Team (Media) - 2005
Career statistics
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= NBA Summer League Stats =
{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
| align="left" | 2008–09
| align="left" | NJN
|2||0||4.8||.200||.000||.000||0.0||0.5||0.5||0.0||1.0
|-
| align="left" | 2009–10
| align="left" | OKC
|2||0||6.2||.200||.000||.000||0.0||0.0||1.0||0.0||0.0
|-
| align="left" | 2010–11
| align="left" | DEN
|5||4||21.9||.324||.200||.444||3.4||1.0||0.4||0.0||6.8
|-
|- class="sortbottom"
! style="text-align:center;" colspan=2| Career
! 9 || 4 ||14.6 || .283 || .167 || .444 || 2.0 || 0.7 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 4.0
{{s-end}}
= Regular season =
{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
| align="left" | 2008–09
| align="left" | Bnei
|5||2||21.7||47.9||20.0||82.6||2.40||1.60||0.60||0.00||13.60
|-
| align="left" | 2009–10
| align="left" | Maccabi Haifa
|20 || ||17.7||52.4||29.0||55.2||2.6||1.3||0.9||0.2||8.9
|-
| align="left" | 2010–11
| align="left" | Rio Grande
|50||31||27.8||47.0||32.0||66.5||4.54||2.04||1.30||0.62||15.50
|-
| align="left" | 2011–12
| align="left" | Peristeri
|8||8||28.9||53.8||25.0||75.0||4.75||0.62||1.12||0.38||16.38
|-
| align="left" | 2011–12
| align="left" | Fos Ouest
|17||11||25.6||53.3||40.5||67.3||3.65||1.76||1.47||0.47||12.59
|-
| align="left" | 2012–13
| align="left" | Estudiantes
|15||14||35.4||49.8||43.1||78.5||3.93||1.13||1.13||0.60||18.47
|-
| align="left" | 2012–13
| align="left" | Wonju
|40||11||16.0||51.8||30.5||65.5||3.23||1.00||0.80||0.57||11.43
|-
| align="left" | 2012–13
| align="left" | Gaiteros
|19||19||30.1||52.5||31.6||70.9||4.74||2.11||1.63||0.53||15.89
|-
| align="left" | 2012–13
| align="left" | Humacao
|4||1||16.3||37.0||12.5||50.0||3.75||1.50||1.00||0.75||6.50
|-
| align="left" | 2013–14
| align="left" | Akita
|50||5||27.4||46.1||27.5||70.2||5.2||2.5||1.9||0.9||20.1
|-
| align="left" | 2014–15
| align="left" | Akita
|51||47||30.3||53.9||32.9||56.0||7.2||4.3||2.3||1.1||20.0
|-
| align="left" | 2015–16
| align="left" | Akita
|47||47||31.6||47.2||33.9||62.5||8.0||3.7||1.9||0.9||19.9
|-
| align="left" | 2016–17
| align="left" | San-en
|14 || 9 || 18.9 || 34.6 || 24.4 || 65.2 || 5.6 || 1.4 || 1.2 ||1.0||10.9
|-
| align="left" | 2016–17
| align="left" | Osaka
|39||5||12.6||42.8||29.2||45.9||2.9||0.9||0.7||0.5||8.0
|-
| align="left" | 2016–17
| align="left" | Marinos
|6||0||17.5||53.1||44.4||72.7||1.67||1.17||0.17||0.17||7.67
|-
| align="left" | 2017–18
| align="left" | Soles
|17||7||23.9||38.1||28.6||75.9||4.79||1.50||0.93||0.43||8.29
|-
| align="left" | 2018–19
| align="left" | Shinshu
|16||16||35.17||43.5||14.1||56.3||9.7||4.0||3.25||1.44||19.1
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= Playoffs =
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|-
|style="text-align:left;"|2008-09
|style="text-align:left;"|Bnei
| 4 || || 18.3 || .448 || .250 || .300 || 2.3 || 0.3 || 2.0 || 0.3 ||7.8
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|2009-10
|style="text-align:left;"|Haifa
| 4 || || 10.0 || .105 || .000 || .500 || 1.8 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 0.8 ||1.5
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|2010-11
|style="text-align:left;"|RGV
| 8 || 1 || 25.7 || .453 || .200 || .558 || 4.75 || 1.88 || 1.38 || 1.00 ||14.25
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|2011-12
|style="text-align:left;"|Fos
| 6 || || 23.0 || .574 || .571 || .500 || 4.0 || 1.3 || 1.5 || 0.3 ||11.7
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|2012-13
|style="text-align:left;"|Humacao
| 4 || || 16.5 || .370 || .125 || .500 ||3.8 || 1.5 || 1.0 || 0.8 ||6.5
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|2013-14
|style="text-align:left;"|Akita
| 6 || || 26.67 || .474 || .345 || .636 || 6.5 || 2.17 || 2.17 || 1.67 ||19.0
|-
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=International Awards & Honors=
- Greek HEBA A1 Round 1 MVP - 2011-2012
References
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External links
- [http://nbadraft.net/profiles/richardroby.asp NBADraft.net profile]
- [http://www.eurobasket.com/player.asp?Cntry=ISR&PlayerID=72605 Eurobasket profile]
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