   glenn alann robinson, jr. (born january 10, 1973) is an american former professional basketball player. he played in the nba from 1994 to 2005 for the milwaukee bucks, the atlanta hawks, the philadelphia 76ers, and the san antonio spurs. robinson attended purdue university, was the first overall pick in the 1994 nba draft, and is the father of glenn robinson iii, who played college basketball at the university of michigan and was drafted in the 2014 nba draft by the minnesota timberwolves. ==early life== robinson was born to christine bridgeman in gary, indiana. with his mother being an unmarried teenager, glenn rarely saw his father. in a city known for its crime and drugs, his mother kept him straight. not receiving the best of grades at school, his mom once pulled him off the basketball team, and
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