Justin Robinson (born 17 October 1987) is a British professional basketball player who plays for the Surrey Scorchers of the

British Basketball League The British Basketball League (BBL) is a men's professional basketball league in Great Britain and represents the highest level of play in the countries. The league is contested by 10 teams from England and Scotland. There are no clubs howeve ...

(BBL).

Early life

Robinson played for the

Brixton TopCats Brixton TopCats is a British basketball club based in the Brixton area of London. Established in 1985, the Men's first team currently compete in the National Basketball League Division 2, and the Women's team compete in the Women's British Ba ...

before moving to the

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to attend high school at the

Blair Academy Blair Academy is a coeducational, boarding and day school for students in high school. The school serves students from ninth through twelfth grades as well as a small post-graduate class. The school's campus is located on a campus in Blairs ...

. As a junior, he would lead Blair to a

Mid-Atlantic Prep League The Mid-Atlantic Prep League, also known as the MAPL, is a sports league with participating institutions from prep schools in New Jersey and Pennsylvania in the United States. MAPL schools are allowed to have a limited number of post-graduates (st ...

title and was named to the All-MAPL first team.

College career

Robinson played college basketball for the

Rider Broncs The Rider Broncs are the athletic teams of Rider University, a private nonsectarian university in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, United States. The school is a Division I member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and its athlet ...

. During his senior year as team captain he averaged 15.3 points, 3.8 assist, 2.8 rebounds and 1.0 steal a game.

Professional career

In September 2011, Robinson began his professional career with Greek team

Maroussi Marousi or Maroussi ( el, Μαρούσι, also Αμαρούσιο ''Amarousio'') is a suburb in the northeastern part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. Marousi dates back to the era of the ancient Athenian Republic; its ancient name was Athmon ...

. The next month he left Maroussi and moved to

Apollon Limassol Apollon Limassol FC ( el, Απόλλων Λεμεσού, ''Apollon Lemesou'') is a Cypriot sports club, based in Limassol. It has football, basketball and volleyball teams. Founded in 1954, Apollon FC currently plays in the Cypriot First Divisi ...

of the

Cypriot League The Cypriot First Division ( el, Πρωτάθλημα Α΄ Κατηγορίας) is the top tier football league competition in Cyprus, run by the Cyprus Football Association. Since February 2016, it is sponsored by Cyta and is thus officially ...

where he spent the 2011–12 season. On 6 August 2012, he signed with

BC Kyiv BC Kyiv ( uk, БК "Київ") was a Ukrainian professional basketball club based in Kyiv. The club's home court for Ukrainian domestic league matches was the Meridian Sports Complex, which has a seating capacity of 1,500. Large attendance games an ...

of Ukraine. On 26 February 2013, he parted ways with Kyiv. On 3 March 2013, he signed with

Uppsala Basket Uppsala Basket is a Swedish basketball club based in Uppsala Uppsala (, or all ending in , ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the county seat of Uppsala County and the fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malm� ...

of Sweden for the rest of the season. During the 2013–14 season he played in Hungary with

Falco KC Szombathely Falco Kosárlabda Club, for sponsorship reasons named Falco Volvo Alpok Autó Szombathely, is a Hungarian professional basketball club based in Szombathely. The team play their home games at Arena Savaria, a multi-use complex, which was opened in ...

and

Atomerőmű SE Atomerőmű SE, sometimes shortened to ASE, is a Hungarian professional basketball team based in Paks. The team plays in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A, the highest professional league in Hungary. The team was founded in 1979 and has won the Hungaria ...

. On 12 November 2014, he signed with his former team

of Cyprus. On 25 February 2015, he left Apolon and signed with Kolossos Rodou of the

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. On 17 August 2016, Robinson signed with Slovenian club

Union Olimpija Košarkarski klub Olimpija ( en, Olimpija Basketball Club) was a men's professional basketball club based in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Olimpija has won 23 National League championships, including eight consecutive titles between 1992 and 1999. They ...

. However, only twelve days later, he left the club before appearing in a game for them. On 20 September 2016, he signed with Greek club Doxa Lefkadas. He left Doxa after appearing in 19 games. On 16 March 2017, he signed with the French Pro B club Saint-Quentin for the rest of the season. On 23 August 2017, Robinson signed with the London Lions of the

. In 2019 Robinson won his second BBL MVP award in a row. He averaged 17 points and 5 assists per game during the 2019–20 season. On 13 July 2020 he signed a new 2-year deal with the London Lions.

Career statistics

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2017–18 , style="text-align:left;", London Lions , 30 , , 29 , , 29.4 , , 48.5 , , 45.8 , , 83.5 , , 3.1 , , 5.6 , , 1.8 , , 0.1 , , 17.8 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2018–19 , style="text-align:left;", London Lions , 31 , , 31 , , 32.0 , , 41.7 , , 36.9 , , 86.9 , , 3.5 , , 4.9 , , 1.4 , , 0.0 , , 19.2 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2019–20 , style="text-align:left;", London Lions , 13 , , 13 , , 32.1 , , 42.1 , , 33.3 , , 87.5 , , 3.4 , , 4.8 , , 1.4 , , 0.0 , , 16.2 , -

International

Robinson plays for the

Great Britain national basketball team The Great Britain men's national basketball team (also known as GB Basketball or GB) represents Great Britain in international basketball competitions. The national team is administered by British Basketball. The current governing body for th ...

, making his debut against Poland in 2009.Justin Robinson
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References

External links

Eurobasket.com profile

RealGM.com profile

{{DEFAULTSORT:Robinson, Justin 1987 births Living people Apollon Limassol BC players Basketball players from Greater London BC Kyiv players Black British sportsmen Blair Academy alumni British expatriate basketball people in the United States Doxa Lefkadas B.C. players English expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus English expatriate sportspeople in Greece English expatriate sportspeople in the United States English men's basketball players Kolossos Rodou B.C. players London Lions (basketball) players Maroussi B.C. players Sportspeople from Brixton Point guards Rider Broncs men's basketball players Shooting guards Saint-Quentin Basket-Ball players