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Truck Robinson

Age 74 · USA · 201 cm (6'7") · 102 kg · Born Oct 4, 1951 · Tennessee State

16.2 PPG 9.8 RPG 1.8 APG 682 games 9 seasons
Truck Robinson

Career snapshot

9seasons
682games
11,063career pts
9.5PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: New York Knicks · 148 games · 1982-83–1984-85

Position rank · 1983-84

#30PPG rank
#41PER rank
#28WS rank
Among 75 Forward players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 24.2 1978-79 · UTA
RPG 15.7 1977-78 · UTA
APG 2.5 1980-81 · —
PER 10.7 1982-83 · NYK
WS 3.3 1982-83 · NYK

Draft

1974
Round 2 · Pick 22
from Tennessee State

Honors & awards

2×
All-Star Selection
1980, 1977
1×
All-NBA Team
1977

Career by team

New York Knicks
1982-83 – 1984-85 · 3 seasons
10.0 PPG 8.2 RPG 1.6 APG
148 games
Utah Jazz
1977-78 – 1978-79 · 2 seasons
23.2 PPG 14.9 RPG 2.0 APG
125 games
Washington Wizards
1974-75 – 1974-75 · 1 seasons
5.8 PPG 4.0 RPG 0.5 APG
76 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1974-75 WAS 76 0 13.1 5.8 4.0 0.5 0.5 0.4 48.6 0.0 52.2 — —
1977-78 UTA 82 82 44.4 22.7 15.7 2.1 0.9 1.0 44.4 0.0 64.0 — —
1978-79 NBA 26 0 29.1 16.0 8.7 1.5 0.7 0.5 50.8 0.0 64.2 — —
1978-79 NBA 69 0 36.8 21.1 11.6 1.6 0.7 1.1 49.1 0.0 70.1 — —
1978-79 UTA 43 0 41.4 24.2 13.4 1.7 0.7 1.5 48.5 0.0 72.3 — —
1979-80 NBA 82 82 33.0 17.3 9.4 1.7 0.7 0.7 51.2 0.0 66.7 — —
1980-81 NBA 82 82 37.7 18.8 9.6 2.5 0.8 0.5 50.5 0.0 62.9 — —
1981-82 NBA 74 72 37.1 19.1 9.7 2.4 0.6 0.4 51.3 100.0 68.7 — —
1982-83 NYK 81 76 30.0 9.5 8.1 1.8 0.7 0.3 46.2 0.0 58.7 10.7 3.3
1983-84 NYK 65 63 32.8 10.8 8.4 1.4 0.7 0.4 48.9 0.0 64.6 10.4 3.2
1984-85 NYK 2 1 17.5 2.0 4.5 1.5 1.0 1.5 40.0 0.0 0.0 7.3 -0.1

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move Notes
Oct 1982 Utah Jazz New York Knicks From 1978-79 to 1982-83
Oct 1977 Washington Wizards Utah Jazz From 1974-75 to 1977-78

All entries are offseason.

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Born on October 4

Norm Swanson 1930 · Sacramento Kings Hub Reed 1936 · Sacramento Kings Steve Green 1953 · Indiana Pacers Jim McElroy 1953 · Atlanta Hawks Jim Grandholm 1960 · Dallas Mavericks A.C. Green 1963 · Los Angeles Lakers Kurt Thomas 1972 · Portland Trail Blazers James Jones 1980 · Cleveland Cavaliers

About Truck Robinson

Leonard Eugene "Truck" Robinson is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Washington Bullets (1974–1977), Atlanta Hawks (1977), New Orleans Jazz (1977–1979), Phoenix Suns (1979–1982), and New York Knicks (1982–1985).