Brandon Robinson (born March 25, 1989) is an American professional

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player. He was named NBL Canada Rookie of the Year and All-Star Game Most Valuable Player in 2012. Robinson played with

Seminole State College of Florida Seminole State College of Florida is a public college with four campuses in Central Florida. It is part of the Florida College System. Founded in 1965, the Florida State Legislature signed a charter creating "Seminole Junior College." The coll ...

and

Clayton State University Clayton State University is a public university in Morrow, Georgia. It serves Atlanta metropolitan area, Metro Atlanta and is a selective Senior Unit of the University System of Georgia. The main campus includes of wooded grounds, featuring fiv ...

at the

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level.

High school career

Robinson attended

Lake Wales High School Lake Wales High School is a high school located in Lake Wales, Florida, serving the city of Lake Wales and nearby communities such as Frostproof, Dundee, and Winter Haven, Florida . History Lake Wales served white students only until 1968, wh ...

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. He played two seasons of varsity basketball and acted as the team captain as a senior. In his final year with Lake Wales, Robinson averaged 14 points and the team finished with a 21–5 record.

College career

In his first two years of college, Robinson attended

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, where he played

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under head coach Bobby Washington. After his freshman season, he averaged 12 points and four rebounds, shooting .490 on field goals. Robinson averaged 18 points and six rebounds as a sophomore and earned first-team FCCAA All-

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and second-team

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All-Region accolades. Before his junior year, Robinson transferred to

Morrow, Georgia Morrow is a city in Clayton County, Georgia, United States. It is part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. Its population was 6,445 at the 2010 census, up from 4,882 in 2000. It is the home of Clayton State University. History The community was nam ...

. The school's basketball program competed in the

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. After starting in all 29 of his games under head coach Gordon Gibbons, he averaged 14 points and 5 rebounds. Robinson recorded a career-high 21 points against Augusta State. He also notched a season-best nine rebounds vs.

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. As a senior, Robinson averaged 20 points and six rebounds, shooting .432 from the field. He scored a career-high 31 points at the

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Tournament. The forward earned first-team All-Peach Belt and NABC Division II All-Southeast Region honors following the season. In March 2011, Robinson was named a Division II All-American, becoming the first Clayton State player to do so under Gibbons and the second in school history.

Professional career

Stint in Canada

In October 2011, Robinson was named to the 18-man training camp roster

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, who would play in the inaugural 2011–12

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(NBL) season. On October 30, he debuted for the Power, scored 16 points in a loss to the

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. He was named NBL Canada Player of the Week on January 30, 2012, after posting 34 points vs. the

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. He earned Player of the Week honors once again on February 20, following a season-high 37-point performance in a rematch with the Mill Rats. By the end of the season, Robinson averaged 19.6 points per game, making him the league's leading scorer. He was named Rookie of the Year as well. In April 2011, Robinson scored 38 points at the

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and was then named

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The Basketball Tournament (TBT) (2015–present)

In the summers of 2015, '16, and 2017, Robinson played in

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for Pedro's Posse. In 2016, he helped lead Pedro's Posse to the Super 16 Round in the tournament, averaging 17.8 points per game, also shooting 86 percent from the free-throw line. In 2017, Robinson scored 19 points in Pedro's Posse's first round loss to Team 23 by a score of 107–92.

Club Deportes Las Animas (2018)

Robinson signed with the Chilean basketball team, Club Deportes Las Animas. On November 5, 2017, Brandon Robinson scored 47 points on 14-of-23 shooting from the field in a 96-94 win over Osorno Básquetbol.

China (2018–2019)

Robinson signed with Hebei Kylins, a team that is playing in the NBL-China. On June 26, 2019, Robinson scored a career-high 70 points (including a career-high 13 3-pointers made) and grabbed a career-high 21 rebounds in a 117–139 loss to the

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Quimsa (2019–2020)

On August 13, 2019, Robinson signed with Atletica Quimsa of the

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. He helped the team win the regular season and averaged 18.3 points, 2.5 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game.

Astros de Jalisco (2020)

In 2020, Robinson signed with

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of the

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. In 14 games, he averaged 13.1 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game. Robinson parted ways with the team on October 17.

Personal life

Brandon was born on March 25, 1989 to mother Trelliss Robinson. His uncle,

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, played

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as an

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. Dean won

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with the

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. While growing up, Robinson looked up to

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and supported the

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. While at Clayton State University, he majored in integrated studies.

References

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