Robin Lopez

Position: Center
Height: 7’0” (213 cm)
Weight: 255 lbs. (115 kg)
NBA Team: Phoenix Suns
School: Stanford University

USA BASKETBALL NOTES

• Silver Medal: 2005 USA Basketball Youth Development Festival.
• Withdrew from the USA National Team's July 2010 training to continue the rehabilitation of his back, an injury that forced him to miss Phoenix' last 10 regular season games of 2009-10 and the first 10 Playoffs games.
• Named a member of the 2010-12 USA Men’s National Team on July 15, 2010.
• Selected for the 2008 USA Basketball Men’s Select Team, which helped the USA Men’s Senior National Team train for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
  
• Was one of just three rookies (Minnesota’s Kevin Love, Portland’s Jerryd Bayless) named to the team.
  
• Named a member of the USA Blue Team for the 2005 USA Basketball Youth Development Festival. Averaged 1.8 ppg., 2.8 apg. and 3.8 bpg. while aiding the Blue squad to a 3-1 record and silver medal finish.

NBA NOTES

• Completed in 2009-10 his second NBA season, both with the Phoenix Suns.
  
• Has played in 111 games, started 38 games in his career and is averaging 5.6 ppg., 3.3 rpg. and 0.8 bpg., while shooting 56.5 percent from the field.
  
• Boasts of career highs of 30 points (Los Angeles Clippers 2/26/10), 12 rebounds (Los Angeles Clippers 2/26/10) and 6 blocked shots (Atlanta 1/15/10).
  
• Played in 60 game, started 7 times, in 2009-10, averaged 19.3 minutes, career highs of 8.4 ppg., 4.9 rpg., 1.0 bpg., and shot 58.8 percent from the field, 70.4 percent from the foul line.
  
• Suffered a broken fifth metatarsal in his left foot in the team's pre-season camp-ending intrasquad scrimmage and underwent surgery that made him inactive for the season's first 15 games (season debut came Nov. 27 at Minnesota). Missed the regular season's final 10 games (March 28-April 14) and first 10 Playoff games due to a back injury.
  
• Shot a career-high 58.8 percent from the field (171-of-291) in 2009-10, which would have ranked 3rd in the NBA if he had reached statistical minimum to qualify (min. 300 FGM).
  
• Inserted into the Suns starting lineup on Jan. 18 at Memphis and averaged 11.3 ppg., 6.3 rpg. and 1.1 blocks in 24.5 minutes in 31 games. The Suns compiled a 22-9 (.710) record in his starts. Scored in double figures in 19 of 31 starts.
  
• In 2008-09, his rookie NBA season, averaged 3.2 ppg., 2.0 rpg., 0.68 bpg. and 10.2 minutes in 60 games (seven starts).
  
• Made all seven starts in place of Shaquille O’Neal and in those opportunities averaged 2.3 ppg., 1.1 rpg. and 1.0 bpg.
  
• Averaged 3.2 blocks per 48 minutes (28th-NBA).
  
• His 51.8 percent field goal shooting (71-of-137) would have been good enough for 3rd best among rookies and 17th-best in the league overall if he had enough attempts to qualify (min. 300 FGM).
  
• Member of the Suns’ 2009 Las Vegas Summer League squad and averaged 11.8 ppg., 6.6 rpg. and a team leading 2.0 bpg. in five games.
  
• Drafted by Phoenix in the first round, 15th overall pick of the 2008 NBA Draft.
  

COLLEGE NOTES

• Played two seasons at Stanford University, played in 67 games, started 61times, averaged 8.9 ppg., 5.6 rpg. and 2.33 bpg.
  
• Named as a sophomore All-Pac-10 honorable mention and was named to the Pac-10’s All-Defensive Team.
  
• Finished his college career with the second-most career blocks in Stanford history (156) despite playing just two seasons.
  
• Recorded two of the three most highest single season block totals in school history with 83 blocks in 2007-08 (2nd-most all-time) and a freshman-record 73 blocks in 2006-07 (3rd most).
  
• In his second and final season with the Cardinal, averaged 10.2 ppg., 5.7 rpg. and 2.31 bpg.,
  
• Averaged 12.7 ppg., 6.0 rpg. and 2.67 bpg. in three NCAA Tournament games.
  
• Registered 14 points and five blocked shots vs. Cornell in the first round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament and followed that up with an 18 point, 9 rebound, 3 block performance versus Marquette in the second round.
• As a freshman, averaged 7.5 ppg., 5.5 rpg. and a Pac-10-best 2.35 bpg.
  

PERSONAL NOTES

• Born April 1, 1988, in Hollywood, California.
  
• Has three older brothers, Alexander, Christopher and twin Brook, and one sister, Ursula Richardson.
  
• Brook is one minute older than Robin.
  
• Hails from a family rich with sports tradition. Mother, Deborah Ledford, was a collegiate swimmer at Stanford ranked second in the world in the 400 individual medley who tried out for the 1968 U.S. Olympic team. Oldest brother, Alexander, played college basketball at Santa Clara and Washington while older brother Christopher, who is 6-foot-7, passed on college basketball scholarships to pursue a career as a movie producer. Twin brother,
• Brook, who was a teammate at Stanford, plays for the New Jersey Nets and is also a member of the 2010-12 USA Basketball National Team.
  

• 2005 YDFB -- 2005 USA Basketball Youth Development Festival, San Diego, California (the USA Blue Team finished 3-1 and won the silver medal).