His son is three-time NBA Dunk Contest champion Nate Robinson, despite standing at just 5’9″, who also played football for the Huskies before focusing on basketball. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMNow, there’s a third Robinson in the (soon-to-be defunct) Pac-12 in Nahmier Robinson. The third-generation Robinson plays for a conference rival of Washington in the Colorado Buffaloes, but the former NBA star is all good with it – because his son’s head coach is his “favorite player ever.”“It’s been a blessing,” Robinson told Fox News Digital recently of his son playing for Deion Sanders. He was the guy I wanted to be like when I was playing football. That’s who I imagined I was playing like.”Robinson even joked that he enjoyed the Colorado recruiting more than his son.

Source: Fox News February 15, 2024 12:12 UTC