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New York Knicks guard and two-time NBA slam dunkchampion Nate Robinson is part-Filipino. That's the word from basketball writer Rafe Bartholomew who said Robinson's mother ReneeBusch confirmed the Filipino heritage although the roots are rather scant.
Robinson, 25, is one-eighth Filipino. His maternal great grandfather was pure Filipino, making his grandfather half andhis mother a fourth. Whether that portion will qualify Robinson to play for coach Rajko Toroman's Smart Gilas team is a question mark.
Technically, Robinson could be considered a Fil-Am or more like an Am-Fil. If he is issued a Filipino passport on thatbasis as a dual citizen, then the 5-9 human dynamo from Seattle qualifies to play for Gilas - not as a naturalized import butas a Filipino like Fil-Ams Marcio Lassiter and Chris Lutz.
Of course, Robinson has to agree to apply for a Filipino passport and play forGilas.
Bartholomew, whose story on the Ateneo-La Salle basketball rivalry made it to the pages of theNew York Times, said he recently wrote a profile on Robinson. He interviewed Robinson's mother for his piece. "Pinoy daw ang lolo niya," texted Bartholomew, an American, in Filipino from his US cellphone.
Robinson made the sports headlines last New Year's Day for scoring 41 points to lead the Knicks to a 112-108 overtime winover Atlanta on the road. He shot 3-of-5 triples, grabbed six rebounds and dished off eight assists in 38 minutes offthe bench.
What made the feat more remarkable was it was Robinson's first game since sitting out 14 straight assignments in coach Mike D'Antoni's doghouse.Robinson's previous outing was on Dec. 1 when he went scoreless in 11 minutes against Phoenix. Before that forgettable contest, Robinson torched Orlandofor 24 points last Nov. 29.
Two days after Robinson's explosion at Atlanta, he collected six points, six rebounds and three assists in 23 minutes asNew York downed Indiana, 132-89.
source: Joaquin Henson | philstar.com
Robinson, 25, is one-eighth Filipino. His maternal great grandfather was pure Filipino, making his grandfather half andhis mother a fourth. Whether that portion will qualify Robinson to play for coach Rajko Toroman's Smart Gilas team is a question mark.
Technically, Robinson could be considered a Fil-Am or more like an Am-Fil. If he is issued a Filipino passport on thatbasis as a dual citizen, then the 5-9 human dynamo from Seattle qualifies to play for Gilas - not as a naturalized import butas a Filipino like Fil-Ams Marcio Lassiter and Chris Lutz.
Of course, Robinson has to agree to apply for a Filipino passport and play forGilas.
Bartholomew, whose story on the Ateneo-La Salle basketball rivalry made it to the pages of theNew York Times, said he recently wrote a profile on Robinson. He interviewed Robinson's mother for his piece. "Pinoy daw ang lolo niya," texted Bartholomew, an American, in Filipino from his US cellphone.
Robinson made the sports headlines last New Year's Day for scoring 41 points to lead the Knicks to a 112-108 overtime winover Atlanta on the road. He shot 3-of-5 triples, grabbed six rebounds and dished off eight assists in 38 minutes offthe bench.
What made the feat more remarkable was it was Robinson's first game since sitting out 14 straight assignments in coach Mike D'Antoni's doghouse.Robinson's previous outing was on Dec. 1 when he went scoreless in 11 minutes against Phoenix. Before that forgettable contest, Robinson torched Orlandofor 24 points last Nov. 29.
Two days after Robinson's explosion at Atlanta, he collected six points, six rebounds and three assists in 23 minutes asNew York downed Indiana, 132-89.
source: Joaquin Henson | philstar.com
