When Darryl Dawkins shattered a backboard in Kansas City in November 1979, it was Robinzine fleeing beneath the falling glass, and Dawkins worked his name into the dunk's title. He deserved better billing: a tough rebounder and one of the league's better defensive power forwards over seven seasons, five with the Kings, the last with Utah in 1981-82. His father had been DePaul's first African-American basketball player in 1955.
He was out of the league at 29, after a diminished final season in Utah, and died in September 1982.
HOW HE CAME & WENTHe came to Utah from Dallas in the 1981 trade for Allan Bristow and Wayne Cooper. It did not work — his role shrank and he fell out of the rotation inside a season.
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| SEASON | TEAM | G | MPG | PPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981–82 | UTA | 56 | 11.6 | 5.8 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.1 | .446 | — | .813 |
| JAZZ TOTAL | 1 SEASON | 56 | 11.6 | 5.8 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.1 | .446 | — | .813 |
Season by season, regular season, with this franchise only. More info: Basketball-Reference ↗ · Wikipedia ↗