Justin Robinson (born 17 October 1987) is a British professional basketball player who plays for the London Cavaliers in the British NBL Division 1.

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 Bas ...

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 Blairst ...

. 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

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. The next month he left Maroussi and moved to

Apollon Limassol Apollon Limassol FC (, ''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 Division and has won the championship tit ...

of the

Cypriot League The Cypriot First Division (), also known as the Cyprus League by Stoiximan for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Cyprus and the highest level of the Cypriot football league system. Operated by the Cyprus Fo ...

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

BC Kyiv BC Kyiv () 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 and European-wide com ...

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. The team plays in the Basketligan, the first tier level in Sweden. The club was founded in 1960 and plays it home games at Fyrishov. The club is known for its talent development. In r ...

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

Greek Basket League The Greek Basketball League (GBL), and also known as the Stoiximan Greek Basketball League (GBL) for sponsorship reasons, is the Greek basketball league system, first tier level professional basketball league in Greece. It is run by the ...

. On 17 August 2016, Robinson signed with Slovenian club

Union Olimpija Košarkarski klub Olimpija () 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 have played in two differen ...

. 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

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club

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for the rest of the season. On 23 August 2017, Robinson signed with the London Lions of the

British Basketball League The British Basketball League (BBL) was a men's professional basketball sports league, league in Great Britain. Since its establishment in 1987 the BBL represented the highest level of basketball competition within the United Kingdom. The orga ...

. 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

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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

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