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Duncan McBryde Robinson (born April 22, 1994) is an American professional
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player for the
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of the
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(NBA). He played
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for the
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Williams College Ephs and then the
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. He transferred to Michigan after leading Williams College to the
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championship game. At Michigan, he was part of the 2017–18 team that lost to Villanova in the
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of the
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. Robinson led the
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in three-point shooting percentage (.450) from the beginning of conference play in December 2015 until early February 2016. In his three-year career at Michigan, he was a member of conference tournament champions in
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. Robinson was the 2018 Big Ten Conference Sixth Man of the Year. After going undrafted in the
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, Robinson signed with the Miami Heat. Robinson has set numerous three-point shot records during his tenure with the Heat and has helped Miami reach the
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. He is the only player from Williams College to ever play in the NBA.


Early life

Born April 22, 1994, in
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, Robinson is the son of Elisabeth and Jeffrey Robinson and the youngest of their three children (after sister Marta and brother Eli). He is part Hawaiian on his mother's side. Robinson grew up in the town of
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(population 1,000), where his Maude H. Trefethen Elementary School 6th grade graduating class was composed of just four students.


High school career

Robinson attended Rye Junior High School and elected to attend
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in Massachusetts rather than Portsmouth High School, which is the public high school for students in New Castle. Robinson began his freshman season as a
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for The Governor's Academy in 2008, but did not play much until he became "serviceable" as a junior. In his early years, he practiced shooting for hours, attempting to make 1,600 shots per week. Robinson started working with trainer Noah LaRoche during his junior season. After averaging 18.5
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as a senior at The Governor's Academy, he was selected to the 2012 All-
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Class B first team and the 2012 All-
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(ISL) team. He graduated with a 3.55 G.P.A. Following his senior season, Robinson played on the spring and summer
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(AAU) circuit and did a
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at
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in order to increase his college prospects. He led Exeter to a 28–1 record, ending on an 18-game win streak that included the
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Class A title. Robinson posted 24 points and 10 rebounds in the championship game, earning the Tournament MVP in addition to 2013 New England Preparatory School Athletic Council (NEPSAC) Class A All-League first team honors. Robinson played for Michael Crotty Jr.'s Middlesex Magic AAU team. Crotty had been a two-time All-American at
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, having served as point guard for the 2003 NCAA Division III Tournament champions (and 2004 Tournament runners up). Following his senior season, Robinson measured and . By the end of the summer, he had grown to and . During the last weekend of September 2012 while on a campus visit, Division III Williams made Robinson an offer that he accepted immediately. At the time, Williams was ranked the number one liberal arts college in the country according to '' U.S. News & World Report'', and the school was a Division III basketball powerhouse. They had gone 93–22 over the prior four seasons under
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Mike Maker. In 2013, Robinson led Phillips Exeter Academy to its first NEPSAC Class A championship victory on March 10 against
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with a 24-point, 10- rebound MVP performance. Exeter finished the season at 28–1. Nonetheless, his only scholarship offer was from
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's
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. He also had interest from Division I
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and
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as well as Division III
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and
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.


College career


Williams College

Prior to the November 15, 2013, season opener against
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, Williams was ranked third among Division III teams according to the preseason poll. Williams lost in the shadow of a home court scheduling conflict despite 5–6 shooting by Robinson. Robinson became the only freshman starter in Maker's six-year tenure as head coach at Williams. In his 2013–14 freshman season at Williams, Robinson was twice named
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(NESCAC) Player of the Week during the regular season. Williams reached the
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championship game, but fell 75–73 to
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as Robinson scored 17 points. After Williams took a one-point lead with 4.9 seconds left, Wisconsin pushed the ball upcourt without calling time-out to score the winning basket in what Chris Strauss of ''
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'' described as the best NCAA basketball tournament game of the weekend. Robinson had posted 30 points in the tournament semifinals against bitter rival
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who had defeated Williams in the season's three previous meetings. Williams finished the season with a 28–5 record. That season, he set school records for single-season minutes played 1,110 minutes and freshman-season points scored (548). As a freshman, he led the NECSAC in 3-point field goal percentage (44.8%) and minutes played (1108), while ranking 2nd in minute per game (34.6 v. 35.4 by Joey Kizel). In conference games, Robinson led the conference in 3-point field goal percentage (50%) and 3-point shots made per game (3.6). Following the season, he was the NESCAC Rookie of the Year and a Second Team All-NESCAC selection. Robinson became Williams' first freshman to be named All-American (4th team, D3Hoops.com), first D3Hoops.com National Rookie of the Year, first freshman NCAA All-Tournament Team selection and first freshman 500-point scorer. Following the 2013–14 season, Maker left Williams to become the head coach for the
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. Robinson was immediately contacted by schools from the ACC,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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and
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conferences. Among the schools that were interested were Creighton,
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and Providence. After his freshman success, he had decided that he would only leave Williams to play for a winning program that was an elite academic institution and that used a system and style that he had become used to. Robinson had played against
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in NEPSAC play and was impressed with how Michigan's
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had developed "under-recruited players" such as Stauskas who was a 1st round selection in the
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. Maker had been an assistant coach for Beilein at
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from 2005 to 2007. At both Exeter and Williams, Robinson had played in systems that were similar to the one that Beilein runs at Michigan. Robinson asked Maker to contact Beilein who on faith replied that Michigan may have interest at the preferred walk-on level. Robinson was not interested in walk-on consideration given competing scholarship offers. A week later, after seeing video, Beilein said Michigan was considering a scholarship offer. Robinson scheduled visits to Michigan and new Atlantic 10 member Davidson. After the visit to Michigan, Robinson committed to the school. He announced his decision via
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on August 6, 2014.


University of Michigan


Sophomore season

Besides Bob McCann, who transferred from Division III
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to
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after his freshman season, Robinson is the only other player to transfer from Division III to Division I with a full scholarship, according to some sources. During the 2014–15 NCAA Division I season, Robinson redshirted for the
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, meaning that he could not participate in games, but could practice with the team. In December 2014 with assistant coach Jeff Meyer as his rebounder, Robinson broke Stauskas'
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practice record for three-pointers in a drill (five minutes, one ball, one rebounder) by posting 78, surpassing Stauskas by three. In Robinson's second game for the 2015–16 Michigan Wolverines, he posted 19 points on 6–6 shooting (5–5 three-point shots) from the floor against Elon on November 16, 2015. On December 1, in the
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against
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, he posted 17 points on 5–7 three-point shooting, which established a Michigan record for single ACC-B1G game 3-point shooting percentage (min five attempts). On December 12, Michigan defeated
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80–33, as Robinson made his first career start for Michigan by posting 11 points on 3–5 three-point shooting. At the time, Robinson ranked third in the nation in three-point shooting percentage. Note that various sources have various eligibility thresholds. E.g., while BigTen.org only requires a minimum of 1.0 made per game, NCAA.org requires a minimum of 2.5 made per game. On December 23, Robinson tied his career high (set twice at Williams) with six assists against Bryant. The game marked the ninth consecutive game in which he made at least three three-point shots. Robinson entered conference play as the Big Ten leader in three-point field goal percentage and led the Big Ten Conference in both three-point field goals (52) and three-point field goal percentage (.565) through the first week of the Big Ten Conference schedule. On January 12, with leading scorer Caris LeVert sidelined, Michigan defeated
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70–67 as Robinson contributed 17 points on 5–9 three-point shooting. On January 23, Michigan defeated
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81–68, behind a game-high and season-high 21 points by Robinson. With the Cornhusker defense challenging his three-point shot, he scored more points inside the three-point line than outside it for the first time as a Wolverine. The January 27 game against
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marked the 17th consecutive game in which Robinson made at least two three-point shots. Robinson made only one three-point shot in each the subsequent two games against
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and
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. Nonetheless, Robinson entered the February 6 Michigan–Michigan State rivalry game against the 10th-ranked
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as the Big Ten Conference leader in three-point shots made and three-point field goal percentage, but he was held to 0–3 in three-point shooting in the game. The game marked the first time since the season opener, that Robinson did not make a single three-point shot, ending a 22-game streak. On February 10, Michigan defeated
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as Robinson posted a game- and season-high nine rebounds to go along with 14 points on 4-for-7 three-point shooting. On March 10, in Michigan's first game of the 2016 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament against Northwestern, Robinson scored 21 points including a three-point shot that tied the score with 46.5 seconds remaining in
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. The following day, in the quarterfinals against first-seeded Indiana, Robinson again put Michigan in position to win by tying the score with a three-point shot with 46 seconds remaining (this time in regulation). The following day, in the semifinals against Purdue, Robinson recorded his 90th three-pointer of the season, becoming just the fifth Wolverine in history to reach the milestone. On March 16, in the First Four round of the
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, Michigan defeated
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, 67–62, with support from Robinson who recorded his first
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as a Wolverine with 13 points and a season-high 11 rebounds. Robinson finished the season second to
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(48.1%) among Big Ten players in three-point field goal percentage with a 45.0% mark.


Junior season

Following the previous season, several other wing players left the team. Caris LeVert graduated.
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transferred to play for the
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. Kameron Chatman announced his intention to transfer. Robinson mostly came off the bench, although he did start one game due to a bookkeeping error on December 17 against
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. Late in the season, he began producing ''The Dak and Dunc Show''
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with teammate
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for WCBN-FM Sports, which was available on
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. The team won the
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and reached the sweet sixteen round of the
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.


Senior season

Robinson began his senior season with a team-high 21 points against
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on November 11, 2017. In the game, he and Charles Matthews became the first Michigan teammates to score 20 points in a game since March 3, 2015. On January 13,
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replaced Robinson in the starting lineup for Michigan when they faced
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in their
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. With Livers sidelined on February 11, Robinson returned to the starting lineup, where he recorded 16 points, including 14 points in the first half in an 83–72 victory over
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. On February 14, Robinson recorded 18 points, on a season-high six three-point shots in a 74–59 victory over
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. With his six three-pointers in the game, Robinson surpassed Zack Novak for sixth all-time on Michigan's career three-point leaderboard with 215 for his career Following the 2017–18 Big Ten Conference regular season, Robinson was named the Big Ten Sixth Man of the Year by the coaches. On March 1 in the
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Robinson helped lead Michigan to a 77–71 overtime victory over
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after his co-captains,
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and Abdur-Rahkman, fouled out by converting a go-ahead three-point shot with 2:17 remaining in overtime and two free throws to give Michigan a two-possession lead with 10 seconds remaining. The following day in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten tournament Robinson scored his 1,000th career point on his second three-point field goal of the first half. Robinson finished the game with 16 points off the bench, including four three-pointers in a 77–58 victory over
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. Robinson averaged 11 points per game during Michigan's four games, helping them win the tournament championship. On March 21, Robinson became an Academic All-Big Ten honoree. The team lost in the
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to Villanova. Robinson was the first player to play in both an NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game and a Division III championship game. Since the team reached the championship games of both the Big Ten tournament and the NCAA Tournament, Robinson shares the Michigan (and NCAA) single-season games played record (41) with teammates Abdur-Rahkman,
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, Zavier Simpson and Matthews. Members of the 2010–11 Connecticut Huskies also played 41 games (an NCAA record). Over the course of three seasons, Robinson finished his career with 237 made three-point shots (on 41.9% shooting), placing fourth on Michigan's all-time list.


Professional career


Miami Heat (2018–present)


2018–19 season

After going undrafted in the
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, he signed an
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contract with the
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. After 5 Summer League games in which he averaged 12.4 points and 2.4 rebounds while shooting 58% (22-for-38) from the field including 63% (17-for-27) on three-point shots, he agreed to a two-way contract with the
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and
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on July 10, 2018. When Robinson made his NBA debut, it was the first by a former Division III player since Devean George. It was the first ever by a Williams Eph. Robinson joined Big X, a team composed of former Big Ten players, in
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. Although the Heat's formal training camp did not begin until September 25, 2018, Robinson declined an invitation to participate as part of the G League-manned squad that Team USA used from September 6 through September 17 to qualify for the
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so that he could participate in informal developmental training with the Heat. When the Heat began the season with four injured players (
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, Justise Winslow, James Johnson and
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), Robinson and fellow two-way player
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made the official October 15 opening day roster. The team began the season with 14 players under full NBA contracts. When the G League training camps opened on October 22, Robinson stayed with the Heat. Robinson made his NBA debut in the Heat's fourth game of the season on October 24, against the
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with three points and four rebounds in 10 minutes of action. He made his first
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attempt, a three-point shot. He scored 15 points as a starter when Sioux Falls opened its season on November 2 with a 112–101 victory against the
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. On December 10, Robinson went 10 for 17 on 3-point shot attempts against the Agua Caliente Clippers posting 32 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists. Robinson scored five points in his first NBA start on February 25, 2019 against the
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. On March 19, Robinson posted his G-League best 36 points against the
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. Robinson was a 2019 All-NBA G League Third Team selection after posting 21.4 points with a 51.4 percent field goal percentage and 48.3 three-point percentage along with 4.3 rebounds and three assists in 33 games, which resulted in his contract being converted to a standard two-year contract on April 9. Robinson established two Skyforce franchise records: Single-season three-point shots made (157), career three-point shot percentage (48.5%, min 200 attempts). The career three-point shot percentage is an NBA G-League all-time record. Robinson led the G League in minutes per game that season (36.9). Robinson closed the season with his first double-digit scoring effort with 15 points against the
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on April 10.


2019–20 season: Finals appearance

During the 2019 off-season, Robinson's contract became a $1 million guarantee with the possibility of a $1.4 million guarantee if he remained on the roster through midseason. He bulked up prior to the 2019–20 season. With
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sidelined on October 27, Robinson posted a then career-high 21 points against the
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. He then posted 23 points on 7-for-11 three-point shooting on November 3 against the
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. On November 20, Robinson posted a career-high 29 points against his college coach
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's
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, establishing Heat records with seven three-point shots in a quarter and eight in a half. On December 1, Robinson posted a 10-rebound/10-point double-double against the
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. On December 10 (the one-year anniversary of his first professional 10 three-point shot performance), Robinson scored an NBA career-high 34 points, making 10 three-pointers, that tied a Heat franchise record for three-pointers made in a game, in a 135–121 overtime win against the
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. In that game teammate Kendrick Nunn added 36 points, establishing an NBA record for points by an undrafted duo (70). Following his performance, ''
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'' called Robinson "the most improbable player in the NBA" and "one of the best shooters on the planet" in an article on December 13, 2019. On December 10, 2019, with 2 three-point shots made in overtime against the
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Robinson became the third Heat player to achieve multiple three point shots in an overtime in an NBA game (just two nights after
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set the franchise record with three in an overtime. On February 12, 2020 against
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, he posted his 200th NBA three-point shot in just his 69th career game, the fastest in NBA history, surpassing
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and
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(84 games). Robinson appeared as a competitor in the
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at the
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. On March 4, against
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, Robinson posted nine three point shots (including seven in a row at one point). On March 6, 2020, Robinson scored 24 points and had five rebounds and four assists in a 110–104 loss to the
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, shooting 8-of-14 on three-pointers (giving him 17 three-point shots over consecutive games). His eight three pointers raised his single-season total to 233 with 19 games remaining, passing
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's single-season Heat three-pointers record (227),
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's NBA undrafted player single-season three-pointers record (225), and
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's NBA single-season record for most by a first or second year player (226). The performance set Robinson up for two more record chases on March 8: tie with
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for most consecutive games by a Heat player with at least one three-pointer (49) and George McCloud's NBA record largest increase in made three pointers from one season to the next (223). On March 8 against the
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, Robinson's former roommate, Mo Wagner got Robinson's temper up enough to earn his first
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. In that March 8 contest, Robinson went 7 for 11 on three point shots (giving him 24 three-point shots over three consecutive games) and tied Alston with 49 consecutive games with a three-point conversion, a streak that ran for 57 (from game 16 to game 72, the last of the season). Robinson was also on pace to smash other NBA records: three-point percentage of field goals attempts (88.3 percent of Robinson's shots were threes vs. the NBA record of 82.7% by
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, minimum 400 attempts) and fewest two-point field goal attempts (
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, 136, 2400 minute minimum). He finished the COVID-shortened 2019-20 NBA season (the Heat only played 73 games) with 270 three point shots made. For the season, Robinson set several Heat franchise single-season shooting records: Effective field goal percentage (.667),
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(.684) and two-point
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(.654). Robinson debuted in his first NBA playoff game on August 18, with 2-for-8 3-point shooting for six points, three rebounds and one assist against the
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. On August 20, he began the game with three straight three point shots, and he tied the Heat's franchise record for most three-pointers in a playoff game (7, Mike Miller,
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), during game 2 of the first round of the
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. He led all scorers in the game with 24 points, going 7-for-8 in three-point shooting and 3-for-3 in free throws. Robinson helped the Heat reach the
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against the
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, where he again made seven three-point shots in game 5, which broke
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's
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record for undrafted players, as Miami staved off elimination. The Heat lost in six games.


2020–21 season

On December 25, 2020, Robinson made seven three-point shots, which tied
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for the NBA Christmas Day record that was equaled hours later by
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. This record was surpassed the next year by
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. The next day
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posted a YouTube video showing that six of those were made in the first half, setting an NBA Christmas Day single-half record. On January 6 against the 2020-21 Boston Celtics season, Boston Celtics, Robinson surpassed Damian Lillard and
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(117), by posting his 300th made three-point shot in his 95th career game. On March 11, in a game against the 2020-21 Orlando Magic season, Orlando Magic, Robinson made his 400th three point shot in his NBA-record 125th game, surpassing Trae Young (159) and Dončić (160). The 2020-21 Chicago Bulls season, Chicago Bulls snapped Robinson's franchise record 25-game streak of consecutive games with multiple three-point conversions on April 26. On May 1, 2021, in a game against the 2020-21 Cleveland Cavaliers season, Cleveland Cavaliers, Robinson recorded his 500th career three-pointer, becoming the fastest player to reach the milestone in just 152 games, surpassing the previous record of 187 games set by Dončić. Robinson converted three-point shots in each of the final 48 games of the season (games 25 to 72).


2021–22 season

On August 6, 2021, Robinson signed a five-year, $90 million deal to stay with the Heat, the largest contract in NBA history for an undrafted player, surpassing Fred VanVleet's 4-year/$85 million deal the year before. Robinson converted three-point shots in the first 21 games of the season before the 2021-22 Cleveland Cavaliers season, Cleveland Cavaliers held him scoreless on December 1, snapping his consecutive streak at 69 games. On December 4, in a 129-103 win against the Memphis Grizzlies, Robinson recorded his 600th three-pointer, becoming the fastest player to reach the milestone, in just 184 games, surpassing the prior record made by
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in 240 games. On December 31, Robinson was one of seven Heat players sidelined because of the NBA's COVID health and safety protocols. By missing his first game since April 2019, he snapped a franchise-best 182 Iron man (sports streak), iron man consecutive game streak (Glen Rice 174). On February 17, 2022 against the 2021-22 Charlotte Hornets season, Charlotte Hornets, in his 216th game, Robinson made his 700th three-point shot, surpassing Buddy Hield's (269 games) NBA record. Through the 2021-22 NBA season, Robinson held several Heat franchise career shooting records: Effective field goal percentage (.610) and 2-point
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(.617). Late in the season, Robinson lost his starting job to Max Strus for defensive reasons. On April 17, 2022, during Game 1 of the first round of the playoffs, Robinson scored 27 points off the bench in a 115–91 win over the Atlanta Hawks. He also hit eight three-pointers, which was a Heat franchise record for most threes made in a postseason game. Robinson tied J. R. Smith for the second most by an NBA reserve in the post season (one behind a 2011 effort by Jason Terry). Robinson was 9 for 10 from the field and 8 for 9 on three point shots. He made his last seven three point attempts (5 for 5 in the second half and 4 for 4 in the final quarter).


2022–23 season: Second NBA Finals

On December 26, 2022, Robinson made his 800th three-pointer in his 263rd game, a 113–110 win over the 2022-23 Minnesota Timberwolves season, Minnesota Timberwolves, becoming the fastest player in NBA history to reach 800 career three-pointers, surpassing Doncic (288). On December 30 against the 2022-23 Denver Nuggets season, Denver Nuggets, Robinson surpassed Tim Hardaway's Miami career total of 806 for the franchise record. After starting 208 games the prior three seasons, he only made one regular season start. His second start did not happen until the second game of the 2023 NBA playoffs against 2022–23 Milwaukee Bucks season, Milwaukee, following an injury to
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. Victor Oladipo was lost for the season in game 3, further thinning the Heat playoff options. For most of the regular season, Robinson was not in the main rotation and he missed 20 games due to injury. However, in his return to the main rotation of the lineup, he got hot from three-point distance, making 10 of his first 13 attempts, giving him the highest percentage of all 105 NBA playoff participants with a minimum of five attempts in the first week of the playoffs. In the playoffs, Robinson passed Dwyane Wade (97) on April 22, Mario Chalmers (117) on May 19 and LeBron James (123) on May 21 to take over the Heat career playoff three-point field goal all-time lead. Robinson helped the Heat reach the 2023 NBA Finals, but the Heat lost the series in five games to the 2022-23 Denver Nuggets season, Denver Nuggets.


2023–24 season

On December 16, 2023, in his 305th NBA game, against the 2023–24 Chicago Bulls season, Chicago Bulls, Robinson broke the record shared by Doncic and Hield of 324 games played to achieve 900 career made three point shots. On February 26 when six Heat players were unavailable due to injury or suspension, Robinson had an off shooting night (1–11 FG, 0–6 3FG), but contributed to a win over the 2023–24 Sacramento Kings season, Sacramento Kings, with a career-high 11 assists, surpassing the nine assists he posted in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals of the 2023 NBA playoffs against the 2022–23 Boston Celtics season, Boston Celtics. His previous regular season high was 7 assists on March 3, 2022 against the 2021–22 Brooklyn Nets season, Brooklyn Nets. On March 17, Robinson scored a season-high 30 points, including his 1000th career three point shot in his 343rd career game, breaking the previous record of 350 games by Hield.


Career statistics


NBA


Regular season

, - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;", 2018–19 Miami Heat season, Miami , 15 , , 1 , , 10.7 , , .391 , , .284 , , .667 , , 1.3 , , .3 , , .3 , , .0 , , 3.3 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;", 2019–20 Miami Heat season, Miami , 73 , , 68 , , 29.7 , , .470 , , .446 , , .931 , , 3.2 , , 1.4 , , .5 , , .3 , , 13.5 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;", 2020–21 Miami Heat season, Miami , style="background:#cfecec;", 72* , , style="background:#cfecec;", 72* , , 31.4 , , .439 , , .408 , , .827 , , 3.5 , , 1.8 , , .6 , , .3 , , 13.1 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;", 2021–22 Miami Heat season, Miami , 79 , , 68 , , 25.9 , , .399 , , .372 , , .836 , , 2.6 , , 1.6 , , .5 , , .2 , , 10.9 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;", 2022–23 Miami Heat season, Miami , 42 , , 1 , , 16.4 , , .371 , , .328 , , .906 , , 1.6 , , 1.1 , , .3 , , .0 , , 6.4 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;", 2023–24 Miami Heat season, Miami , 68 , , 36 , , 28.0 , , .450 , , .395 , , .889 , , 2.5 , , 2.8 , , .7 , , .2 , , 12.9 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;", 2024–25 Miami Heat season, Miami , 74 , , 37 , , 24.1 , , .437 , , .393 , , .887 , , 2.3 , , 2.4 , , .5 , , .1 , , 11.0 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 423 , , 283 , , 26.0 , , .434 , , .397 , , .874 , , 2.6 , , 1.8 , , .5 , , .2 , , 11.3


Playoffs

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2020 NBA playoffs, 2020 , style="text-align:left;", 2019–20 Miami Heat season, Miami , 21 , , 21 , , 28.6 , , .426 , , .397 , , .868 , , 2.8 , , 1.8 , , .7 , , .3 , , 11.7 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2021 NBA playoffs, 2021 , style="text-align:left;", 2020–21 Miami Heat season, Miami , 4 , , 4 , , 25.0 , , .379 , , .370 , , .900 , , 2.8 , , .8 , , .8 , , .3 , , 10.3 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2022 NBA playoffs, 2022 , style="text-align:left;", 2021–22 Miami Heat season, Miami , 13 , , 0 , , 12.2 , , .439 , , .383 , , .833 , , 1.8 , , .4 , , .3 , , .1 , , 5.6 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2023 NBA playoffs, 2023 , style="text-align:left;", 2022–23 Miami Heat season, Miami , 23 , , 1 , , 18.2 , , .475 , , .442 , , .875 , , 1.5 , , 1.7 , , .3 , , .1 , , 9.0 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2024 NBA playoffs, 2024 , style="text-align:left;", 2023–24 Miami Heat season, Miami , 5 , , 0 , , 12.0 , , .313 , , .231 , , , , 1.0 , , 1.2 , , .4 , , .0 , , 2.6 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2025 NBA playoffs, 2025 , style="text-align:left;", 2024–25 Miami Heat season, Miami , 4 , , 0 , , 14.8 , , .357 , , .333 , , .750 , , 1.0 , , .3 , , .0 , , .0 , , 4.3 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 70 , , 26 , , 19.9 , , .436 , , .399 , , .864 , , 1.9 , , 1.3 , , .4 , , .1 , , 8.5


College


Division I

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Division III

, - , style="text-align:left;", NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament, 2013–14 , style="text-align:left;", Williams Ephs, Williams , 32 , , 31 , , 34.7 , , .557 , , .453 , , .878 , , 6.5 , , 1.8 , , 1.1 , , 1.2 , , 17.1 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 32 , , 31 , , 34.7 , , .557 , , .453 , , .878 , , 6.5 , , 1.8 , , 1.1 , , 1.2 , , 17.1


Records


NBA

* Fastest player to reach 200 career 3-pointers (69 games) * Fastest player to reach 300 career 3-pointers (95 games) * Fastest player to reach 400 career 3-pointers (125 games) * Fastest player to reach 500 career 3-pointers (152 games) * Fastest player to reach 600 career 3-pointers (184 games) * Fastest player to reach 700 career 3-pointers (216 games) * Fastest player to reach 800 career 3-pointers (263 games) * Fastest player to reach 900 career 3-pointers (305 games) * Fastest player to reach 1000 career 3-pointers (343 games) * Largest contract by an undrafted player ($90 million) * Single-season 3-pointers by an undrafted player (270) * Single-season 3-pointers by a 1st or 2nd year player (270) * Season to season increase in 3-pointers (260, 10 to 270) * Single-season 3-point percentage of field goals attempts (3PA/FGA, 606/687=88.2%) * Single-game undrafted duo points (70, 36 by Kendrick Nunn) * Single-NBA Finals game 3-point shots made by an undrafted player (7) * Single-NBA Christmas Day half 3-point shots made (6, tied) *Kaseya Center single-game 3-point shots made (10, tied Tim Hardaway Jr., Paul George and J. R. Smith)


Miami Heat


Regular season

* Most 3-point shots made in a quarter (7) * Most 3-point shots made in a half (8) * Most 3-point shots made in a game (10; tied with Mario Chalmers and Brian Shaw (basketball), Brian Shaw) * Most 3-point shots made in a season (270) * Most 3-point shots made in a career (1012, through 23–24 season) * Consecutive games played (182) * Consecutive regular season games with 3-point shot conversion (69, 2/11/21-11/29/21) * Consecutive games within a season with 3-point shot conversion (57, 11/25/19-8/12/20) * Consecutive regular season games with multiple 3-point shot conversion (25, 3/11/21-4/24/21) * Single-season Effective field goal percentage (.667) * Single-season
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(.684) * Single-season 2-point
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(.654) * Career Effective field goal percentage (.597, through 23–24 season) * Career 2-point
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(.598, through 23–24 season) * Seasons with 200 3-point shots made (3) * Seasons with 250 3-point shots made (2)


Playoffs

* Most 3-point shots made in a playoff game quarter (4, 9/17/20, 4/17/22, 5/23/22, 4/19/23), tied with several including
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(4/25/2005), Dwyane Wade (4/25/10),
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(9/19/2020), Max Strus (6/4/2023) and Luol Deng (4/23/2016), possibly others before 2015 playoffs. * Most 3-point shots made in a playoff game quarter without a miss (4, 4/17/22), tied with several including Damon Jones]
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Dwyane Wade
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, Luol Deng (4/23/2016). * Most 3-point shots made in a playoff game half (5, 4/17/22 & 10/9/2020), tied Tim Hardaway, (4/26/96) and Dwyane Wade (4/20/10 & 4/25/10). * Most 3-point shots made in a playoff game half without a miss (5, 4/17/22), tied Dwyane Wade
4/25/10
and possibly Tim Hardaway (4/26/96) * Most 3-point shots made in a playoff game (8, 4/17/22) * Most 3-point shots made in a playoff run (62, 2020) * Most 3-point shots made in a career (143, through 5/2/2024) * Consecutive 3-point shots made in a playoff game (7, 4/17/22)


NBA Finals

*Most 3-point shots made in an NBA Finals half (5, 10/9/2020) * Most 3-point shots made in an NBA Finals game (7, 10/9/2020, tied with Mike Miller, 6/21/2012) * Most 3-point shots made in an NBA Finals series (18, 2020)


G League

* Career 3-point shot percentage (48.3%)


Sioux Falls

* Single-season 3-point shots made (157)


NCAA DI

*Single-season games played (41, shared with several 2017–18 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, 2017–18 Wolverines teammates, 2023–24 NC State Wolfpack men's basketball team, 2023–24 NC State Wolfpack and 2010–11 Connecticut Huskies)


Michigan

*Single ACC/B1G Challenge game 3-point shooting percentage (5–7=71.4%, min 5 attempts)


Williams

*Single-season minutes played (1110) *Freshman-season points (548)


Podcasting career

In 2021, Duncan started a podcast called "The Long Shot Pod" with his friend Davis Reid. Produced by the podcasting company, ThreeFourTwo Productions owned by former NBA player JJ Redick, each podcast features exclusive conversations between Duncan Robinson and his co-host Davis Reid, sometimes with NBA players as well as celebrities from other areas of media. The podcast has a total of 8 million views on YouTube.


See also

*List of NBA regular season records * List of NBA career playoff 3-point scoring leaders#Progressive list of playoff 3-point field goals made, List of NBA career playoff 3-point scoring leaders * List of NBA single-season 3-point scoring leaders *Michigan Wolverines men's basketball statistical leaders


Footnotes


References


External links


Michigan Wolverines bio

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