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Thomas Robinson

トーマス・ロビンソン　/　とーます・ろびんそん

American basketball player

March 17, 1991 (age 35)　・　Washington, D.C., United States

basketball player

My Take

What grabs me about Thomas Robinson is not the fifth-overall draft hype but the second act. A consensus All-American out of Kansas and a Big 12 Player of the Year, he carried sky-high expectations into the NBA, then quietly reinvented himself, even naturalising to play internationally. I respect athletes who keep finding a court to fight on after the spotlight moves elsewhere far more than one-season wonders. At 206 cm he was always going to be hard to miss, but it's his durability and willingness to start over in new leagues that earns my admiration. A grinder with real backbone.

Overview

Thomas Earl Robinson (born March 17, 1991) is an American-born naturalised Lebanese professional basketball player for the Leones de Ponce of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). A consensus All-American at the University of Kansas, Robinson was drafted fifth overall in the 2012 NBA draft by the Sacramento Kings.

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1. Profile

Name (English): Thomas Robinson
Name (Japanese): トーマス・ロビンソン
Reading: とーます・ろびんそん
Born: March 17, 1991 (age 35)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Pisces / Goat
Origin: Washington, D.C., United States
Blood type: Private
Height: 206 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: basketball player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Eastern High School
University: University of Kansas

Awards & achievements

2012 Big 12 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

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