Danielle Robinson (born May 10, 1989) is an American professional

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player for the

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of the

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(WNBA).

College statistics

Source

USA Basketball

Robinson was named a member of the team representing the US at the 2009 World University Games held in

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. The team won all seven games to earn the gold medal. Robinson averaged 4.6 points per game.

Professional career

WNBA

Robinson was selected the first round of the 2011 WNBA Draft (6th overall) by the San Antonio Silver Stars.http://www.wnba.com draft2011/draft_board.html 2011 WNBA Draft board Ogunbuwale Robinson 20190822

Robinson quickly established herself as perhaps the quickest athlete in the WNBA. Robinson made the Western Conference All-Star Team in her third season in the league, and led the league in assists per game, earning the WNBA Peak Performer award for assists. In 2015, Robinson re-signed with San Antonio in free agency. In 2016, Robinson was sidelined for the whole season due to an achilles injury. In 2017, Robinson was traded to the

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in exchange for

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and a 2017 first round pick. On March 6, 2018, Robinson was traded along with a 2nd round pick in 2019, to the Minnesota Lynx, for the 12th pick in the 2018 WNBA draft.

Europe

Robinson began her European career with Tarsus Belediye in

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. She played for the team during the 2012–13 season in both the

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and the EuroLeague Women. The following year, she joined

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. She came to the team late in the 2013–14 season, but helped them to the Final Eight in that year's EuroLeague Women. She returned to ZVVZ USK Prague for the 2014-15 season. She helped take the team to its first EuroLeague title, scoring 24 points on 11-of-19 shooting in the Final against the heavily favored

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WNBA career statistics

Regular season

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2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment ...

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2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

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2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the April ...

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2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

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2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

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2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

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2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in ...

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Postseason

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References

External links

Oklahoma Sooners bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Robinson, Danielle 1989 births Living people All-American college women's basketball players American expatriate basketball people in the Czech Republic American expatriate basketball people in Turkey American women's basketball players Basketball players from San Jose, California Indiana Fever players Las Vegas Aces players LGBT basketball players LGBT people from California Lesbian sportswomen Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi women's basketball players Minnesota Lynx players Oklahoma Sooners women's basketball players Parade High School All-Americans (girls' basketball) Phoenix Mercury players Point guards San Antonio Silver Stars draft picks San Antonio Stars players Universiade gold medalists for the United States Universiade medalists in basketball Women's National Basketball Association All-Stars