Dawan Robinson (born February 10, 1982) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball at the University of Rhode Island.

Dawan Robinson
Personal information
Born (1982-02-10) February 10, 1982 (age 42)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High schoolMaine Central Institute
(Pittsfield, Maine)
CollegeRhode Island (2002–2006)
NBA draft2006: undrafted
Playing career2006–2017
PositionPoint guard
Career history
2006–2007Limoges CSP
2007–2008Śląsk Wrocław
2008–2010Prima Veroli
2010–2011Erie BayHawks
2011–2012Reggiana
2012–2013Skyliners Frankfurt
2013–2014Barak Netanya
2014–2015Varese
2015Brose Bamberg
2015Auxilium Torino
2016Olimpija Ljubljana
2016–2017Verona
Career highlights and awards

Career edit

After going undrafted at the 2006 NBA draft and playing in the preseason with the Los Angeles Clippers, Robinson spent his first professional season in France with CSP Limoges.[1] For the 2007–08 season he signed with the Polish club Śląsk Wrocław.

In the summer of 2008, he signed with Prima Veroli of the Italian LegADue. On June 22, 2009, he re-signed with Veroli for one more season.[2] On February 16, 2010, he left Veroli and signed with Reyer Venezia Mestre.[3] However seven days later, he parted ways with Venezia due to injury.[4]

In November 2010, he joined the Erie BayHawks of the NBA D-League.[5] On January 11, 2011, he left the Bayhawks and signed with the Italian club Trenkwalder Reggio Emilia for the rest of the season.[6] On June 19, 2011, he re-signed with Reggio Emilia for one more season.[7] On July 29, 2012, he again re-signed with Reggio Emilia.[8] However, on September 1, 2012, he parted ways with Reggio Emilia because he did not recover from the forearm surgery he had after the car accident.[9]

On December 21, 2012, he signed with the German club Skyliners Frankfurt for the rest of the season.[10] On July 1, 2013, he re-signed with Skyliners for one more season.[11] On October 29, 2013, he parted ways with Skyliners.[12] On November 5, 2013, he joined the Israeli club Barak Netanya for a tryout.[13] He later extended his contract with Netanya for the rest of the season.

On July 23, 2014, he signed a one-year contract with the Italian club Pallacanestro Varese.[14] On January 19, 2015, he parted ways with Varese.[15] The next day, he signed with the German club Brose Baskets for the rest of the season.[16]

On August 2, 2015, he signed a one-year deal with Auxilium CUS Torino of Italy.[17] In November 2015, he left Torino after appearing in eight games. On January 8, 2016, he signed with Union Olimpija of Slovenia for the rest of the season.[18]

On September 22, 2016, he signed with Italian club Tezenis Verona for the 2016–17 season.[19]

In December 2017, Robinson announced his retirement.[20]

References edit

  1. ^ Dawan Robinson–French League profile
  2. ^ Robinson to play for Veroli next year too
  3. ^ Hafnar and Robinson ink with Reyer Venezia
  4. ^ Reyer Venezia and Robinson part ways
  5. ^ BAYHAWKS WAIVE THREE TO SET ROSTER
  6. ^ Reggio Emilia announces Dawan Robinson
  7. ^ Dawan Robinson re-signs with Reggio Emilia
  8. ^ Reggio Emilia officially keeps Dawan Robinson
  9. ^ Reggio Emilia, Dawan Robinson part ways
  10. ^ Dawan Robinson announced his signing with Fraport Skyliners Frankfurt
  11. ^ Fraport Skyliners keep Dawan Robinson
  12. ^ Skyliners sign Kevin Foster, part ways with Dawan Robinson
  13. ^ Dawan Robinson on tryout with Barak Netanya
  14. ^ Pallacanestro Varese inks Dawan Robinson
  15. ^ Openjobmetis Varese, Dawan Robinson part ways
  16. ^ "Brose Baskets signs playmaker Robinson". Eurocupbasketball.com. January 20, 2015. Archived from the original on January 20, 2015. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
  17. ^ Dawan Robinson signs with Auxilium Cus Torino
  18. ^ "Union Olimpija reinforced by Dawan Robinson". Archived from the original on 2016-01-28. Retrieved 2016-01-10.
  19. ^ "Tezenis Verona lands Dawan Robinson". Archived from the original on 2016-09-23. Retrieved 2016-09-22.
  20. ^ Dawan Robinson retires at 35

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