Glenn Robinson
The Disruptor
Contrarian and drawn to the edge; challenges the settled answer.
Glenn Robinson is The Disruptor almost in spite of himself. At Purdue he averaged 30 and 11 as a small forward playing power forward, then signed a rookie contract so seismic it directly triggered the NBA rookie salary scale, reshaping league economics without intending to.
“I just wanted to play basketball. And that's one big reason why I kind of didn't fall out with the media. I just I'm just not a big media person anyway.”
On contract controversy and reputationundated
“I didn't believe that I could do it. But once again, I was just happy to be in the game in the NBA. I didn't care about getting drafted away. I got drafted.”
On being #1 overall pickundated
“I didn't know what I was doing until it's over. When I go back and look at some of the games or when I look at some of my numbers, I know the numbers the short time that I did play, it measures up there with some of the greatest.”
On college dominance in hindsightundated
Knuckleheads with Quentin Richardson & Darius Miles: “Glenn "Big Dog" Robinson”
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