Clifford Robinson

His 1,380 games played are the 13th most all time in the NBA.

Clifford Ralph Robinson (December 16, 1966August 29, 2020) was an American professional basketball player who played 18 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Robinson was one of only two players drafted in the 1980s that was still active in the league in 2007, with the other being Kevin Willis.

Robinson played four seasons at the University of Connecticut beginning in 1985.

The Huskies won the 1988 National Invitation Tournament championship, and he was named to the all-tournament team.

Robinson was later named to UConn's All-Century men's basketball team.

Selected in the second round of the 1989 NBA draft, he played the first eight seasons of his career with the Portland Trail Blazers, followed by stints with the Phoenix Suns, Detroit Pistons, Golden State Warriors, and New Jersey Nets.

Robinson was selected with the 36th overall pick in the second round of the 1989 NBA draft by the Portland Trail Blazers.

Robinson played for the Trail Blazers for eight seasons.

Portland made the playoffs each year he was on the team, and played in the NBA Finals in 1990 and 1992.

Robinson won the Sixth Man of the Year Award in 1992–93 after averaging 19.1 points, 6.6 rebounds and a career-best 1.99 blocks per game.

Following Game 4 of the 1992 Western Conference finals against the Utah Jazz, Robinson performed a victory dance that he later told press was named the "Uncle Cliffy".

The nickname stuck with Robinson for the rest of his career.

Robinson received the NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award in 1993 and was selected as an NBA All-Star in 1994.

He played college basketball for the UConn Huskies.

He was an All-Star with the team in 1994.

Following a game against the Golden State Warriors on February 22, 1995, Robinson was forced to end his 461 iron man streak of consecutive games played since the start of his career.

This streak stands as a franchise record for the Trail Blazers.

Robinson signed with the Phoenix Suns as a free agent on August 25, 1997, where he remained for four more seasons.

The highlight of his tenure with the Suns was registering a career-best 50 points against the Denver Nuggets on January 16, 2000.

He became the oldest player in NBA history to register his first 50-point game, aged 33 years and 2 months.

Robinson was traded to the Detroit Pistons on June 29, 2001, in exchange for Jud Buechler and John Wallace.

Robinson was arrested for marijuana possession and driving under the influence in February 2001 and received a one-game suspension.

Robinson was traded to the Golden State Warriors on August 21, 2003, along with Pepe Sánchez, in exchange for Bob Sura.

Although he played all 82 games during the regular season, it would be the first season in his career where he would not participate in the NBA playoffs.

He played in the NBA playoffs in all but one of his 18 seasons in the league, with his 2003–04 campaign with the Golden State Warriors being the exception.

On February 14, 2005, Golden State traded Robinson to the New Jersey Nets in exchange for two second-round draft picks.

Robinson was also suspended for five games in February 2005 while playing for Golden State, and was suspended for five games during the NBA playoffs on May 12, 2006 for violating terms of the league's drug policy for the second time in two seasons.

Robinson held career NBA per-game averages of 14.2 points, 4.6 rebounds, 1.05 steals, and 1.03 blocks.

On February 5, 2007, Robinson's number "00" was retired at Gampel Pavilion during halftime of a UConn basketball game against Syracuse as part of the "Huskies of Honor" ceremony which recognized personal accomplishments of 13 former players and 3 coaches.

He played with the Nets for two more seasons until he was released by the team in July 2007.

Robinson then retired.

At the end of the 2013–14 NBA season, his 42,561 minutes played in the NBA ranked him 19th among all players, 14th among retired players, and first among players eligible for the 2016 class of the Basketball Hall of Fame.

Robinson was a contestant in the 28th installment of the American reality television series Survivor (filmed in 2013 and broadcast the following year).

The theme for the season was Brains vs. Brawn vs. Beauty, and Robinson was placed on the "Brawn" tribe, Aparri.

Although he did not initially plan to reveal his identity, he was recognized by Yung "Woo" Hwang, who admitted to being a fan of Robinson.

As of the 2014 NBA Playoffs, his 141 playoff games played ranked him 16th among inactive players not yet in the Hall of Fame, although he had a low .393 field goal percentage (compared to .438 during the regular season) and 2.1 Win Shares in those games.

and second among players eligible for the 2015 Basketball Hall of Fame (after Kevin Willis).

At 6'10", he was the tallest player to make more than 1,000 three-pointers until he was surpassed by Dirk Nowitzki and Rashard Lewis; Robinson made 1,253 threes in his career. Among players who qualified for the 2015 Class of the Basketball Hall of Fame, Robinson ranked fifth among all players for field goals made and first among those 6'10" or taller.

Robinson is one of seven players to record 1,300 steals and 1,300 blocked shots in their ABA/NBA career - the others are Kevin Garnett, Julius Erving, Bobby Jones, Hakeem Olajuwon, David Robinson and Ben Wallace.