| League | WNBA |
|---|---|
| Team | Los Angeles Sparks |
| Position | Assistant coach |
| Height | 5 ft |
| Height in | 9 |
| Weight lbs | 137 |
| Birth date | May 10, 1989 (age 37) |
| Birth place | San Jose, California, U.S. |
| High school | Archbishop Mitty (San Jose, California) |
| College | Oklahoma (2007–2011) |
| Draft league | WNBA |
| Draft round | 1 |
| Draft pick | 6 |
| Draft year | 2011 |
| Draft team | San Antonio Silver Stars |
| Career start | 2011 |
| Career end | 2024 |
| Years 1 | – |
| Team 1 | San Antonio Stars |
| Years 2 | 2012–2013 |
| Team 2 | Tarsus Belediye |
| Years 3 | 2013–2016 |
| Team 3 | ZVVZ USK Prague |
| Years 4 | 2016–2017 |
| Team 4 | Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K. |
| Team 5 | Phoenix Mercury |
| Years 6 | – |
| Team 6 | Minnesota Lynx |
| Team 7 | Las Vegas Aces |
| Years 8 | – |
| Team 8 | Indiana Fever |
| Team 9 | Atlanta Dream |
| Cyears 1 | –present |
| Cteam 1 | Los Angeles Sparks (assistant) |
| Highlights |
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| Wnba profile | danielle_robinson |
| Bbr wnba | robinda01w |
Danielle Robinson (born May 10, 1989) is an American basketball executive, coach and former professional player who is an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball at Oklahoma. She was selected sixth overall in the 2011 WNBA draft by the San Antonio Silver Stars. She played for 12 seasons in the WNBA with the Silver Stars (later known as the Stars, and since 2018, the Las Vegas Aces), Atlanta Dream, Indiana Fever, Minnesota Lynx, and Phoenix Mercury.
College statistics
Source[1]
| Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007–08 | Oklahoma | 31 | 378 | 48.0 | - | 68.7 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 12.2 |
| 2008–09 | Oklahoma | 37 | 479 | 55.6 | - | 90.2 | 2.9 | 5.9 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 12.9 |
| 2009–10 | Oklahoma | 38 | 639 | 46.5 | 13.3 | 87.7 | 3.3 | 5.3 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 16.8 |
| 2010–11 | Oklahoma | 35 | 642 | 45.8 | 27.8 | 87.9 | 3.7 | 5.1 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 18.3 |
| Career | Oklahoma | 141 | 2138 | 48.3 | 19.4 | 85.2 | 3.2 | 5.1 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 15.2 |
USA Basketball
Robinson was named a member of the team representing the US at the 2009 World University Games held in Belgrade, Serbia. The team won all seven games to earn the gold medal. Robinson averaged 4.6 points per game.[2]
Professional career
WNBA
Robinson was selected the first round of the 2011 WNBA draft (6th overall) by the San Antonio Silver Stars.[3]
Robinson quickly established herself as perhaps the quickest athlete in the WNBA.[4] 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.[5]
In 2015, Robinson re-signed with San Antonio in free agency.[6]
In 2016, Robinson was sidelined for the whole season due to an achilles injury.[7]
In 2017, Robinson was traded to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Isabelle Harrison and a 2017 first round pick.[8]
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.[9]
After spending two seasons with the Indiana Fever, Robinson was traded on January 13, 2023, to the Atlanta Dream in exchange for Kristy Wallace.[10]
On January 1, 2025, Robinson announced her retirement from professional basketball.[11][12]
Europe
Robinson began her European career with Tarsus Belediye in Mersin, Turkey. She played for the team during the 2012–13 season in both the Turkish Women's Basketball League and the EuroLeague Women. The following year, she joined ZVVZ USK Prague. She came to the team late in the 2013–14 season, but helped them to the Final Eight in that year's EuroLeague Women.[13] 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 UMMC Ekaterinburg.[14]
Executive and coaching career
On January 2, 2025, just one day after announcing her retirement from professional basketball, Robinson was named the Manager of Basketball Integration and Scout Support for the Los Angeles Sparks.[15] On April 24, The Sparks announced her promotion to assistant coach, a role she would hold in addition to her other responsibilities.[16]
WNBA career statistics
Regular season
|- | style='text-align:left;'|2011 | style='text-align:left;'|San Antonio | 34 || 9 || 23.1 || .460 || .000 || .903 || 2.3 || 3.9 || 0.8 || 0.1 || 1.8 || 8.2 |- | style='text-align:left;'|2012 | style='text-align:left;'|San Antonio | 34 || 34 || 28.9 || .541 || .000 || .782 || 2.5 || 4.3 || 1.4 || 0.1 || 1.6 || 9.9 |- | style='text-align:left;'|2013 | style='text-align:left;'|San Antonio | 25 || 25 || 32.5 || .444 || .000 || .797 || 3.1 || 6.7 || 1.4 || 0.2 || 2.6 || 11.2 |- | style='text-align:left;'|2014 | style='text-align:left;'|San Antonio | 33 || 33 || 33.1 || .457 || .000 || .941 || 3.5 || 5.3 || 1.7 || 0.2 || 2.4 || 12.9 |- | style='text-align:left;'|2015 | style='text-align:left;'|San Antonio | 30 || 30 || 30.1 || .390 || .000 || .903 || 2.5 || 5.0 || 0.7 || 0.1 || 2.6 || 9.2 |- | style='text-align:left;'|2017 | style='text-align:left;'|Phoenix | 32 || 29 || 23.5 || .432 || .000 || .846 || 2.9 || 3.4 || 1.1 || 0.2 || 1.9 || 6.9 |- | style='text-align:left;'|2018 | style='text-align:left;'|Minnesota | 28 || 2 || 18.6 || .445 || .158 || .854 || 1.8 || 3.3 || 0.9 || 0.0 || 1.8 || 6.5 |- | style='text-align:left;'|2019 | style='text-align:left;'|Minnesota | 34 || 25 || 27.0 || .437 || .220 || .879 || 3.5 || 3.7 || 1.2 || 0.2 || 2.1 || 10.1 |- | style='text-align:left;'|2020 | style='text-align:left;'|Las Vegas | 22 || 1 || 22.4 || .512 || .385 || .810 || 2.4 || 3.2 || 0.9 || 0.1 || 1.3 || 7.4 |- | style='text-align:left;'|2021 | style='text-align:left;'|Indiana | 24 || 24 || 27.5 || .417 || .200 || .889 || 3.5 || 3.7 || 1.6 || 0.1 || 1.8 || 9.9 |- | style='text-align:left;'|2022 | style='text-align:left;'|Indiana | 31 || 30 || 23.6 || .419 || .225 || .850 || 2.9 || 3.8 || 0.7 || 0.2 || 1.6 || 7.4 |- | style='text-align:left;'|2023 | style='text-align:left;'|Atlanta | 32 || 27 || 21.6 || .461 || .290 || .750 || 2.2 || 3.3 || 0.7 || 0.1 || 1.3 || 5.8 |- | style='text-align:left;'| Career | style='text-align:left;'| 12 years, 5 teams | 359 || 269 || 26.0 || .450 || .198 || .861 || 2.8 || 4.1 || 1.1 || 0.1 || 1.9 || 8.8
Postseason
|- | style='text-align:left;'|2011 | style='text-align:left;'|San Antonio | 3 || 3 || 30.0 || .259 || .000 || 1.000 || 3.0 || 2.3 || 1.7 || 0.0 || 2.0 || 5.3 |- | style='text-align:left;'|2012 | style='text-align:left;'|San Antonio | 2 || 2 || 32.5 || .450 || .000 || 1.000 || 4.0 || 4.5 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 1.5 || 12.0 |- | style='text-align:left;'|2014 | style='text-align:left;'|San Antonio | 2 || 2 || 30.5 || .364 || .000 || .750 || 3.5 || 6.0 || 0.5 || 0.5 || 3.5 || 9.5 |- | style='text-align:left;'|2017 | style='text-align:left;'|Phoenix | 5 || 0 || 10.6 || .429 || .000 || 1.000 || 0.8 || 1.0 || 0.2 || 0.0 || 0.6 || 2.8 |- | style='text-align:left;'|2019 | style='text-align:left;'|Minnesota | 1 || 1 || 19.0 || .000 || .000 || .000 || 4.0 || 3.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 2.0 || 0.0 |- | style='text-align:left;'|2020 | style='text-align:left;'|Las Vegas | 8 || 7 || 29.9 || .397 || .333 || .727 || 4.4 || 3.9 || 1.3 || 0.0 || 1.5 || 9.1 |- | style='text-align:left;'|2023 | style='text-align:left;'|Atlanta | 2 || 2 || 22.0 || .200 || .000 || .750 || 1.5 || 4.0 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 2.0 || 2.5 |- | style='text-align:left;'| Career | style='text-align:left;'| 7 years, 4 teams | 23 || 17 || 24.8 || .365 || .231 || .800 || 3.0 || 3.3 || 0.9 || 0.0 || 1.6 || 6.6
References
- ^ "Women's Basketball Player stats". NCAA. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
- ^ "Twenty-Fifth World University Games -- 2009". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
- ^ http://www.wnba.com draft2011/draft_board.html 2011 WNBA Draft board
- ^ "Danielle Robinson | SLAMonline". SLAMonline. Archived from the original on 2013-05-13. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
- ^ "WNBA.com: WNBA Playoffs 2013 News". www.wnba.com. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
- ^ "Stars re-sign Danielle Robinson | StarsHoops.net". starshoops.net. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
- ^ "Robinson finds the right fit in Phoenix". ESPN.com. July 5, 2017. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
- ^ "Phoenix Mercury Acquire All-Star Danielle Robinson From San Antonio Stars - WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA". WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
- ^ "Lynx acquire three-time All-Star guard Danielle Robinson in first-round draft pick trade with Phoenix Mercury". Star Tribune. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
- ^ "Fever Acquire Guard in Trade with Atlanta Dream". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved January 15, 2023.
- ^ "“Well done, good and faithful servant” - Matthew 25:21". January 1, 2025.
- ^ Hansen, Mitchell (2025-01-02). "Former Minnesota Lynx Fan Favorite Announces Retirement". Canis Hoopus. Retrieved 2025-01-05.
- ^ "Robinson Is Another USK Prague Returnee". FIBA Europe. June 16, 2014. Retrieved June 24, 2015.
- ^ "Robinson, USK Prague Win EuroLeague Title". Sooner Sports. April 13, 2015. Retrieved June 24, 2015.
- ^ "Sparks Name Danielle Robinson Manager of Basketball Integration and Scout Support". sparks.wnba.com. Retrieved 2025-01-05.
- ^ "Sparks Name Danielle Robinson Assistant Coach". sparks.wnba.com. Retrieved 2025-04-25.
External links
- Oklahoma Sooners bio January 6, 2018 at the Wayback Machine