Antywane Robinson (born July 12, 1984) is an American professional

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player for

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of the

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Amateur career

Robinson started to play in High School at Oak Hill Academy, Virginia. He then joined the NCAA I basketball championship playing for Temple University, Philadelphia between 2002 and 2006. In 4 seasons, he played 116 games averaging 12.7 points and 5 rebounds in his senior season. During his senior season, he was named in the All Atlantic Ten Second Team with

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Professional career

Being non-drafted at the NBA draft in 2006, he decided to join the

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and the

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team. In 49 games there, he averaged 6.4 points and 2.4 rebounds in 16.9 minutes. In 2007, his hopes to join the

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fainting, he decided to continue his career in Europe and signed in December 2007 for Pau-Orthez in French Pro A. For the 2008–09 season, Robinson signed with

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( Pro A) where he will become a major player of the team under coach

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(playing around 28 minutes per game). With Cholet, he also plays European competitions such as the 2008–09

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(reaches the Final), the 2009–10 EuroCup and the 2010–11 Euroleague. In 2010, he won the French Pro A championship with Cholet. In July 2011 he signed a one-year deal with

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in Turkey. On July 22, 2013, Robinson signed with

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of Latvia for the 2013–14 season. On June 28, 2014, he signed with his former team Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez. On July 1, 2015, he signed with

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of the

. On July 26, 2016, Robinson returned to Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez. On August 23, 2017, Robinson signed with

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for the 2017–18 season.Antywane Robinson reforça águias

References

External links

Antywane Robinson
at eurobasket.com

at fiba.com
Antywane Robinson
at lnb.fr {{DEFAULTSORT:Robinson, Antywane 1984 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in France American expatriate basketball people in Italy American expatriate basketball people in Latvia American expatriate basketball people in Portugal American expatriate basketball people in Turkey Basketball players from Charlotte, North Carolina BK VEF Rīga players Büyükçekmece Basketbol players Cholet Basket players Élan Béarnais players New Basket Brindisi players Power forwards Sioux Falls Skyforce players S.L. Benfica basketball players Temple Owls men's basketball players American men's basketball players