Nate Robinson
Nate Robinson
Nathaniel Cornelius "Nate" Robinsonis an American professional basketball player who last played for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. Born in Seattle, Robinson played college basketball for the University of Washington in Seattle and was the 21st pick in the 2005 NBA draft. The 5'9" point guard has also played for the New York Knicks, Boston Celtics, Oklahoma City Thunder, Golden State Warriors, Chicago Bulls, and Denver Nuggets. Robinson is the NBA's first three-time slam dunk champion...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth31 May 1984
CitySeattle, WA
He played like a veteran. Like he's been in the league 10 years. It's tough dealing with guys that are so free to pick and choose what to do whenever they want.
The whole time from when I was selected for it, I've been watching film of Spud Webb.
I think we're one of the better teams (in the state). But we won't know about a lot of the teams until the end of the year.
He was under me, and I was trying to fall. So, when I grabbed his arm, I was trying to push him out of the way.
I wanted it. I'm still waiting for that first dunk at the Garden.
I'd like to say thanks to Spud for helping me out because I think that put me over the hump.
It seems like a letdown to us because we come out and work so hard, and things aren't going our way or according to plan. It's just something we have to fight through, come in every day knowing we have to win a lot of games to make a playoff run. I believe we can do it.
I have talked to him about his whole preparation about when he was going into the Slam Dunk Contest. He just said he practiced a couple of days before the event and then every day leading up to it and that is what I did. I have been practicing for two weeks just to get my routine down. I am just going to go in there and not shy away from it.
It was a little crazy for the first couple of days, ... I couldn't really talk. I checked in, and in 20 minutes, I was at the dentist. I had to tell the guys, 'My tooth is messed up -- I'll talk to you in a few days.' I got it pulled, and now it's back to normal.
We had to get in touch with him, so we did and he was like, 'Yeah, sure.
Today was a great day. I want to win, so I'm going to do whatever it takes to get everyone involved and having fun and getting the crowd involved and just playing hard to help out the team.
God blessed me with a lot of heart and no height, and I’ll take that any day,
In college, the fans cheer the whole game, from start to finish. In the NBA it's really laid back.
I remember back in the day, when Jordan wore the 7s, something magical always happened. He always performed at high levels, but it was something different when he laced up the 7s. Some of the Jordans still have that juice that MJ left in them, and the 7 is one of them.