Mitchell Robinson Orlando Magic v New York Knicks — Image source gettyimages

Introduction

Mitchell Robinson is an American professional basketball player for the NBA’s New York knicks. He was the ﬁrst athlete to do so. His skills on the court cannot be undermined.
He is faster than almost every centre in the league. Today, I have a lot of information about Mitchell Robinson, his basketball career, early life, family, net worth and more.
Firstly, I have a look at some quick facts about this famous American basketball player.

Table of Contents

Quick Facts

Heading	Description
Full Name	Mitchell Robinson
Birthday Date	1st April 1998
Birth Place	Pensacola, Florida.
NickName	Mitch
Religion	Christianity.
Nationality	American
Father’s Name	Mitchell Robinson Jr.
Mother’s Name	Lakesha Robinson
Age	24 years
Height	7 feet/ 213.36 cm.
Weight	109 kg/240.30 Lbs
Hair Colour	Black
Eye Color	Black
High School	Chalmette High School ( Chalmette Louisiana ).
College	Western Kentucky University ( Dropped out).
Playing Career	2018-present.
Zodiac	Aries
Food Habits	Non-Vegetarian.
NBA Draft	2018
Career Highlights and Awards	NBA All-Rookie Second Team (2019), McDonald’s All American (2017) Build – Athlete
Marital Status	Not Married.
Plays for	New York Knicks.
Position	Center
Professional	Basketball
Salary	$1,802,057 (INR 14.37 Cr).
League	NBA
Social Media
Twitter 60.7k Followers	Twiter/Robinson
Instagram 145k Followers	Instagram/Robinson
YouTube Channel 37.4k subscribers	YouTube/Robinson
Net Worth	$ 4 million ( INR 31.66 Cr).
Last Upadted	July 2022.

Mitchell Robinson @ AFL Rd 17 - Hawthorn v Brisbane

Early Life

On 1st April 1998, the star basketball player was born in Pensacola, Florida. His Father is Mitchell Robinson Jr and his mother is Lakesha Robinson. Mitchell’s birth name is Mitchell Robinson. He is also known as Mitch. The player has a younger sister named Sadez Sajja Robinson. He was raised by his grandmother, who is also his most signiﬁcant source of motivation. Currently, She lives in Pensacola, Florida.

School Life

Mitchell spent his ﬁrst two years at Pine Forest High School in Pensacola, Florida. After that, he moved to Landry-Walker College and Career Preparatory High School in New Orleans as a sophomore. However, he never played there. Mitch did play for Pine Forest as a ﬁrst and second-year student, but he didn’t make much of an impression because he was still relatively new to basketball.

In eighth grade, he had only started playing during a growth spurt that saw him grow from 6ft 2 inches to 7ft 0 inches.

The basketball player initially pledged to Texas A&M but then de-committed to join coach Rick Stansbury had hired Mitchell as an assistant coach for the Aggies.

Mitchell Robinson Washington Wizards v New York Knicks — Image Source @ gettyimages

College Life

He was subsequently indeﬁnitely suspended for breaking team rules. On 18th September, the player declared his intention to forego college and enter the 2018 NBA Draft on his own. However, the NBA would still recognize him as coming out of Western Kentucky.

Professional Career

The New York Knicks picked Mitchell with the 36th overall choice in the 2018 NBA draft on June 21, 2018. On July 8, 2018, he signed a multi-year, rookie scale deal with the Knicks after participating in the 2018 NBA Summer League. Mitchell had a career-high 22 points and 13 rebounds in a 143-120 win over the Hawks on December 17, 2019.

He scored 22 points on 11-of-11 shooting from the ﬂoor in a 117-93 win over the Portland Trail Blazers on January 1, 2020.Moreover, the American player beat Wilt Chamberlain’s NBA record for most excellent ﬁeld goal % in a single season towards the end of the 2019-20 regular season.

National Career

In 2017, he was named to the preliminary roster of the United States national under-19 team.

Mitchell Robinson Indiana Pacers v New York Knicks — Image Source @ gettyimages

Surgery

In February 2021, he was battling Bucks big man Brook Lopez in the post amid the fourth quarter of the game against Milwaukee. The player had to undergo surgery to ﬁx it. It was his ﬁrst surgery. He captioned the video as:

“𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐮𝐲𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞 𝐈

𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐮𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞

𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐆𝐨 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐈 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐮𝐲𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐊 𝐘𝐎𝐔!!!!!!”

Body Measurements

Mitch was born in the Tiger year, according to the Chinese calendar.

Talking about Mitchell’s physical appearance, he has a well-maintained body. The American player stands tall at 7 ft and weighs around 109 kg. The tall height is deﬁnitely a plus point for Mitchell.

Mitch, has a signiﬁcant social media presence. Hence, we can say that besides being a basketball player, Mitchell Robinson is also a social media star.

He has thousands of followers on his social media.

Mitchell is present on Instagram as @mrobinson23_and has around 149k followers. Likewise, the player is on Twitter as @23savage_and has about 57.8 followers.

Net Worth

Mitchell Robinson agreed to terms with the New York Knicks on a three-year, $4,709,013 (INR 37.57 Cr) contract, with $4,709,013 guaranteed and an annual average salary of $1,569,671 ( INR 12.52 Cr)

His earnings are 8.3 % more than in 2020/2. The total estimated career earnings of the player in the past four seasons is $6,414,588 ( INR 51.17 Cr).

Hence, we can say that the player has indeed made fortunes by playing basketball.

Endorsements

Mitchell Robinson has signed a shoe deal with Nike.

Cars

Mitchell also has a beautiful car collection. The player owns a Daytona, a ZL1, and a Hellcat. In 2019, Mitchell surprised his mother as he bought a car for her.