Golden State Warriors
Here’s a look at the 9th episode from Nate Robinson’s hit web series, “State of Nate”:
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Warriors fans have come to know Nate Robinson as the fun-loving backup point guard who waves three fingers at a specific section of Oracle Arena after three-pointers, has a unique handshake for each teammate and dances at a moment’s notice.
Warriors head coach Mark Jackson has come to know a different Robinson, one who speaks about his children before himself, has a strong faith in something more powerful than himself and is trying to learn to play in a way that doesn’t bring attention to himself.
Somewhere between those two extremes is the real Nate Robinson. It’s someone we won’t know completely, but one who has been detailed in his journal every game day since he was traded from New York to Boston in 2010.
“It’s personal,” Robinson said. “It’s something I’ll keep for myself, thoughts that I don’t want to share with other people. It’s a reflection of what’s going on in my life and what I’m thinking.”
It’s unique enough to see an NBA player turn his back to the middle of the locker room and furiously write in a diary. It’s even more eye-catching that it’s Robinson, a player once described by a former coach as having “ADHD that has ADHD ” – referring to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
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Check out episode 7 of Nate Robinson’s “State of Nate” web series. In this episode, Nate gives us a behind the scenes look at his family’s journey to visit him in his new NBA town of Oakland, CA.
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After being bought out of the last year of his contract by the Oklahoma City Thunder, Nate Robinson landed with the Golden State Warriors. The 5-9 guard, playing for his fourth team in seven seasons, is finally a significant contributor again, averaging 11 points and five assists in 26 minutes, his best statistical season since 2008-09 with the New York Knicks.
Robinson talked with USA TODAY’s J. Michael Falgoust:
Are you always the team prankster?
When we have timeouts, water breaks, it’s good to crack a laugh because you don’t know what teammates are having a bad day. You got to pick their spirits up. For me to always be positive, I try to have that energy bounce off to them in the best positive light.
Being small by basketball standards, you have taken joy in challenging and dominating big guys?
I just love to succeed. I love to be the best. I love to win at everything. As a kid, going against the big guys and playing a big man’s game, it was fun to embarrass them and be better at their sport. I’ve played three sports my whole life. I never played just one sport, and there’s so many guys in the NBA who have only played basketball. I started playing basketball only when I was a sophomore in college. That’s the only time I wasn’t playing three sports. I made it pretty far. I did pretty good.
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Nate Robinson, the Warriors’ 5-foot-9 (maybe) backup guard, sat out Monday’s fourth-quarter meltdown against the Memphis Grizzlies. Earlier he played nearly 12 minutes and had six assists, five points and three rebounds. But…
“Nate made a couple of careless plays, which is why I took him out,” coach Mark Jackson said Tuesday. “In hindsight, Nate is probably the one guy I should have kept in, whether for Steph or in there with Steph, because of Nate’s energy and the way he was competing.”
Before Wednesday’s game against Portland, Coach Mark Jackson was asked if he would have put Robinson in that fourth quarter for Ellis or for Curry.
“I don’t know,” Jackson said. “I told Nate, ‘It might have been at the five (center).’ ”
Of course you were kidding, someone said. “No, I wasn’t,” Jackson said, adding, “I liked his fight, I liked his commitment, I liked his no-back-down approach. That’s what he is and that’s what he gives us.”
Wednesday, Robinson played a relatively minor but useful role in the Warriors’ 101-93 win over the Trail Blazers.
Robinson played the entire third quarter, and 14:46 in all, including the last 47 seconds of the game, when he hit two game-clinching free throws. For the game: four points, four assists, no turnovers.
For a few minutes of the third quarter, Robinson, Ellis and Curry played together in the all-mighty mite package. A small package, but efficient and, on this night, not soft.
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