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East Rutherford, NJ (February 14, 2005) - The New Jersey Nets have acquired forward Clifford Robinson from the Golden State Warriors in exchange for two Second Round draft picks, Nets President Rod Thorn announced today.
“Clifford is a veteran big man whose overall presence will provide depth to our front court,” said Thorn.
Robinson, in his 16th NBA season, has career averages of 15.3 ppg, 4.8 rpg and 2.4 apg in 1,221 career games. The 6’10” forward was originally drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers in the second round (36th overall) of the 1989 Draft. After eight seasons with Portland, Robinson signed as a free agent with the Phoenix Suns in August of 1997. Robinson played four seasons with the Suns before being traded to Detroit in July, 2001. After spending two seasons with the Pistons, Robinson was traded to the Golden State Warriors on August 21, 2003. Robinson won the 1992-93 NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award, was named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team in 1999-00 and 2001-02 and was named to the 1994 Western Conference All-Star Team. Robinson has played in 125 career postseason games averaging 11.1 ppg and 4.1 rpg, helping his teams reach the NBA Finals twice (1990, 1992) and the Conference finals two additional times (1991, 2003).
Robinson has played in 42 games this season with Golden State, making 29 starts. He has averaged 8.5 ppg on 39.8% shooting and 2.7 rpg.
The draft picks that were traded to Golden State include the Clippers’ 2005 Second Round draft pick, which was acquired by the Nets in the Kerry Kittles trade, as well as the Nets’ 2007 Second Round draft pick.
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