Thomas Robinson: From 5th Overall Pick to NBA Misfit - What Went Wrong?

[@kingshad27]

I thought he had the dog and the athleticism to do it.

[@DC180PP]

At least he got a guaranteed contract to help his family and younger sister

[@FSU_KINGxSHIT]

I thought so too . He had the skills , athleticism & motor I think much like with Okafor - once one team sells low on you while being relatively new to the league - it impacts how other teams view your worth. They almost automatically assume no team would cut or trade a guy that's a top 5 pick if we was actually as advertised. So I think that's what did him in , lack of coaching consistency , lack of teammate chemistry , and lack of proper development cuz he stock dropped so low being sold off & moved for nothing. Say he started his career with the Warriors as most a small ball center - the perception would of been totally different than it ended up being. Bigs even marginal bigs flourish with the Warriors system.

[@SportsHeadBK]

Word.

[@TheMegaStPatrickShow]

Me too ..He couldn’t shoot fr fr

[@johntheprofessional5039]

I give him credit for sticking it out, on the bench, for Kansas his first 2 years. Most guys would’ve transferred immediately.

[@BostonBori92]

You had to sit out a year back in those days so if he did he would have lost a year

[@OliGrant-sw8by]

@@BostonBori92Facts! Original commenter got his eras mixed up kinda thinking NIL and lax transfer policies etc was available back then

[@luismartinez1560]

He has the same game as Derrick Williams (Arizona)

[@lukesmith9692]

He wasn't given any minutes. He was given no chances like Wiseman is getting

[@antdjones05]

Exactly! Dude was a dog. Gettijg a chance will make or break you in the league

[@guyoverthere3098]

He played for 6 teams! SIX

[@T-Add]

I can't lie, the Kings drafting him was his biggest stunt. He had great athleticism and attitude but they did not have the infrastructure in place to develop him. He would have panned out in a better program.

[@barleymepodcast2301]

And the worst part was the kings were BAD and most barely cared. He cared and tried, and they still barely played him despite being terrible. He earned minutes and care that he never received.

[@Charleswalker-3dj]

Another great story 💯 keep up the great work bro 💯

[@aisosaobano7038]

He failed the moment the kings drafted him. Back then getting drafted by them with obvious weaknesses meant your career was on life support. Especially if it’s a top 10 pick which was sad to think about.

[@chitownkidd33]

Demarcus Cousins has entered the chat

[@aisosaobano7038]

@ To be fair he was way too talented to fail. Plus he didn’t even have a lot of weaknesses. Every other person they drafted high back then had them and became busts. 😅

[@vincewilson8969]

Sacramento destroyed a lot of talent around that time

[@suiken3149]

@@vincewilson8969 Yep. Tyreke Evans could have been an All-Star after that impressive rookie season but the Kings fumbled it and destroyed his confidence by playing him as SG.

[@ARGain2010]

The story reminds me of recent San Diego State standout JD Ladee. He had an awesome season last year but basically the NBA doesn't have a place for him

[@codygrayson3676]

This guy was my favorite player even years after he drifted into his own life. I always wonder where he is now

[@antonioeast6738]

I really like Thomas Robinson at Kansas and had some good minutes with the Portland

[@ClutchTalkPod]

Great video & great thumbnail brotha

[@constablekennedy7705]

Awesome Upload

[@BloustinHolmes-wr1oc]

One of the biggest shockers when I was little I thought he had a 15 year NBA career Infront of him

[@Rustyblackleford]

Great video. Hated that, Bro wasn't able to carve out the career that he looked for.

[@Lamborghinikid23]

I don’t understand this. The teams he went to just didn’t utilize him correctly. Look at Kenneth Faried… he was in that same era and was effective for a few years with Denver. There’s always room for an energy rebounding guy.

[@tavius88]

Love these videos

[@chadhiggins3232]

How is 6ft 9 under sized for a pf

[@antdjones05]

Right. Shit makes no sense.

[@henry7486]

He doesn’t really have a PF skill set though, he plays more like a C - and he is definitely undersized for a C

[@GeminiBrown]

Like you said, I seen the holes and I knew his game would not translate. reminds me of wayne simien who also went to kansas

[@GQLounge1]

League shifted to different skill sets at his position... Nothing less or more.

[@DAR0BA]

He never had the skill sets to begin with just a guy who was bigger and stronger than everyone his whole life so he never learned how to actually play

[@sandalf647]

He was drafted way too high by the 2010s Kings. Enough said.

[@elmayimbe_the_amateur_mechanic]

Him and Ben Macklemore I did not expect very much from.

[@johndavis9321]

Robinson nah but I'll always feel like wit his tools ben mack should have been way better than he ended up bein

[@NelsonSwampWorldTour]

T. Robinson was the type of grit&glue guy I loved in the mold of Rodman and Jerome Williams. I thought the Kings had a steal when they took him.

[@gentlemans.guidance365]

Do Doron Lamb next.

[@jtbucketsshorts2213]

I remember playing with him in 2k13 his rookie year and I thought he was gonna be cold asf

[@Supreme36074]

Yeah I hope for him coming out of colleges, the game shifted so fast it left his player types getting waived left & right.

[@Realest1ne]

Man I really thought he was gon be nice. I even said the Bobcats made a mistake not drafting him 2nd 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@Cozzzyboy]

I literally thought this man was finna be the next super duper star ! And I live in sac. I was so upset

[@pchavis9236]

Really loved the undersized power forwards. So much of a dog in them.

[@majorjusmajor1180]

Ricky Price (Duke) Damon Flint Malcolm Delaney (VT) Labradford Smith (L'ville)

[@southeastd.c5636]

Dude was nice and had bounce....Reminds me of ex nba player Terrence Williams whom played for Louisville

[@LorenzowakefieldEllison]

I knew he would struggle because of how much energy it took for him to score…he didn’t have very much lift when it came to run protecting and he had no outside shot..

[@Rustyblackleford]

Sherman Douglas would be a good one....

[@kharyvines6971]

HOW

[@youngjut3]

thought dude was the next amare, turns out he wasn’t even miles bridges

[@kintemark1342]

I was so wrong about him.... I thought he would be a beast in the nba

[@bjmalvar3839]

Bro next Terrence Jones😊

[@QuiteStorm2.0]

I knew he’d be a bust!! At one point he said he was better than Anthony Davis his skills were not gonna translate to the pros I knew it

[@jaakkok1]

This player type quite often doesn't translate to the NBA. Another very similar example is Tyrus Thomas.

[@pedroramirez0824]

TT played 10 years and even had 3 years of averaging 10 & 6

[@DonkeyBurgerBandit]

His game reminds me of Daniel Gafford's. Gafford is able to carve out a roll on the NBA though, because he's got a few inches on him, so he's longer which makes him a better rim protector.

[@matthewwhite5600]

I counted 7 teams....Kings, Lakers, Rockets, Grizzlies,Blazers,76ers & Nets

[@d.felixphoto2260]

Half his problems were the organizations he had to play for. A better team could have used him as a dog/energy guy. But the places he went to needed him to produce differently

[@KadeemG61]

Quite honestly the most forgotten draft bust in Kings history.

[@X02Overdose]

What do teams see in these players with multiple weaknesses that clearly shows they won’t translate well in the pros lol

[@Chipskylarcc]

It’s called potential if it’s tapped into

[@aisosaobano7038]

For every 5 players like him there’s one who has the potential tapped into. The issue is that’s a slim margin and teams constant try their luck at it even if the success rate is low. 😅

[@barleymepodcast2301]

Rebounding is a transferable skill historically. And you can’t always teach motor. The thought was, he’s teachable, he’ll try, and in the meantime he’ll gobble up boards and make energy plays til his skill set rounds out. Then he got drafted by the Kings at a time when they made everyone on their team worse somehow.

[@zayrice1885]

I forgot about this guy

[@cassiusnaylor2632]

Sean may vibes

[@borganfreeman]

If he went to Boston or Miami he could have done better. He went to bad teams early who didn't develop him

[@montrellbrown9120]

Awesome video!!! You should do Kelvin Tolbert from Michigan State next

[@TerribleTwostep]

I always thought Robinson was gonna end up a Charles Oakley type. Good rebounder, sturdy against post ups but unable to guard the perimeter, and (eventually) a decent mid range jumper. The game going to the perimeter killed any chance he had.

[@OliGrant-sw8by]

If you haven’t done one already then I think you should do one on MICHAEL OLOWOKANDI. To this day I swear I never heard one solitary thing about dude EVER until the Clippers called his name for the #1 PICK in the NBA Draft 🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@stuntedgrowth]

@@OliGrant-sw8by did. It was years ago so no idea what it sounds like now kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4KzgmmYodmbaM0si=goEs9PH3aACfTyZt

[@OliGrant-sw8by]

@ 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

[@benjones4710]

Finally

[@platinumboy89]

Anyone drafted by the Kings in the 2010s needs to get a special severance package cuz they’d have been better off hoopin at the Rucker

[@buzzerbeater3350]

6'9" is small for a PF?

[@LionButNevaLyingg1999]

Yea that’s Julius randle height thats the starting size of power forwards.

[@tdotsmooth]

He's not actually 6 ft 9. I imagine without shoes he's like a 6 7 tweener

[@itz-luigi1210]

Mehmet okur

[@MFComicVillain]

You gotta do Dino Radja next. Rick Pitino is such a bad person , Dino went back to Europe and left NBA completely. Good Story to tell.

[@lukesmith9692]

Kings should not have drafted him

[@lilernez2347]

6’9 is small for a Power forward , and have no significant high level skill

[@CAdams93]

I agree with you

[@LionButNevaLyingg1999]

Not really Julis Randle is 6”9

[@CAdams93]

@@LionButNevaLyingg1999 Julius Randle has more skills than Robinson though. Robinson couldn't do anything but dunk and he was an average rebounder and average defender. He had no skills at all.

[@christophertifre2018]

Reminds me a bit of Opi Toppin.no real position

[@TheMisternyan]

Toppin is at least a decent 3-pt shooter for a pf.

[@zeroturn7091]

I thought his game was similar to Joe Smith’s. I was way off.

[@pushslice]

Getting drafted by Sacramento is basically an instant handicap. Like being thrown onto the court with a pair of freshly-casted concrete sneakers 🤷

[@MarkCzmic420]

Dan Dakich next

[@Luckychucky81]

Theo ratliff????

[@ScrubAsmr]

Mikey Williams!

[@NovaBlunt-v3y]

I feel like he could’ve been a Kevon Looney type. Just landed with the wrong teams

[@tdotsmooth]

He doesn't have the NBA skill set it's not shocking. They want long 3 and D wings

[@mikeyisniceha]

He was a tweener. Too small to be a big and too slow to be a wing

[@bjmalvar3839]

Frank Kaminsky

[@diolukegil712]

Nba 2k 15 kings

[@PartTimePimpn]

The problem was they listed him at 6'10 going into the draft in Shaq said he's more like 6'7 or 6'8 if he was listed at 6'8 he wouldn't have went top five

[@1BCHRISTV]

AJ PRICE

[@LorenzowakefieldEllison]

The kings never draft well..

[@3OhTwo]

They don’t develop well

[@kevinbond4627]

First

[@mrplaytime3326]

6 ft 9 is not undersized🤣🤣🤣 Draymond? You sound delusional 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️

[@3OhTwo]

Draymond is highly skilled

[@califleadog5657]

What a disrespectful azz video! Not everybody who is drafted into the nba is going to become a star. The guy got drafted and was able to play over 5years in the nba! Thomas Robinson has nothing to be ashamed of! Thomas Robinson should hold his head of high!

[@pedroramirez0824]

considering he was a top 5 pick id say this video is 100% correct lol ur expected to be a star if ur a top 5 pick that’s why u are drafted that high to begin with.