Galen Robinson Jr.

Galen Vondell Robinson Jr. (born March 31, 1997) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Birmingham Squadron of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Houston Cougars.

High school career Robinson attended Westbury Christian where he led the Wildcats to three straight Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools state championships. In his junior year, he averaged 17.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and 6.0 assists, being honored as the state tournament's Most Valuable Player after leading Westbury to the state championship, including a game-winning 3-pointer with just 0.8 seconds remaining in the state quarterfinals. As a senior, he played in 37 games and averaged 8.0 points and 4.9 assists 29.9 minutes. He ended up setting Houston records with 136 games played and became the team's second-winningest player with 103 victories while finishing among Houston's top-10 leaders in assists, wins, conference wins, games played, conference games played, games started, conference games started and minutes played. He also became the AAC career leader in assists.

Professional career Austin Spurs (2019–2020) After going undrafted in the 2019 NBA draft, Robinson joined the San Antonio Spurs for the 2019 NBA Summer League and on October 15, 2019, he signed an Exhibit 10 deal with San Antonio, Ten days later, he signed with the Austin Spurs as an affiliate player where he played in 30 games and averaged 8.1 points, 2.3 rebounds and 4.6 assists in 23.3 minutes before the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Göttingen (2020–2021) On September 29, 2020, Robinson signed with BG Göttingen of the Basketball Bundesliga, where he averaged 7.1 points, 1.0 rebounds and 3.8 assists. On January 11, 2021, he parted ways with the club.

Return to Austin (2021–2022) On February 21, 2021, Robinson re-signed with the Austin Spurs, and on March 16, he received the Jason Collier Sportsmanship Award.

Sioux Falls Skyforce (2023) On March 6, 2023, Robinson was acquired off waivers by the Sioux Falls Skyforce of the NBA G League. He was waived six days later.

Third stint with Austin (2023) On March 15, 2023, Robinson was reacquired by the Austin Spurs.

Birmingham Squadron (2023–2025) On October 29, 2023, Robinson signed with the Birmingham Squadron.

On September 24, 2024, Robinson signed with the New Orleans Pelicans, but was waived the same day. On October 28, he rejoined the Squadron.

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Personal life He is the son of Galen Robinson Sr. and Alicea Richmond. His father competed for the Cougars from 1994 to 1998, scoring 1,135 points to rank 30th in school career history and during his career, was a USBWA All-District, NABC All-District 9 and two-time All-Conference USA Third-Team honoree. He majored in health.