Legends of the game have been left heartbroken following the sudden and shock passing of a former NBA All-Star on Saturday.
The 6-foot-10 forward/centre played at UConn from 1985-89, helping the Huskies win the 1988 NIT.
Watch the best of the NBA Playoffs, including every game of the Conference Finals and Finals LIVE on ESPN with Kayo. New to Kayo?“He was our first great player,” former UConn coach Jim Calhoun told Hearst Media. “He came from a difficult background in Buffalo, I watched him evolve as a man. … he was a good man, had a great career, and was instrumental in a lot of the great things that happened at UConn.
Robinson later struggled with his health, suffering a stroke in 2017 that paralysed the left side of his body. Robinson regained much of his arm and leg movement, and also had a tumour removed from his jaw in 2018. Known as “Uncle Cliffy,” Robinson was a second-round pick of the Trail Blazers in 1989 and spent the first eight years of his career in Portland, helping the franchise reach the NBA Finals in 1990 and 1992.
He was named to one All-Star game in 1994 and won the NBA Defensive Player of the Year in 1993. He also was named the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year in 1993.
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