Hawks Welcome Emerging Point Guard

The Illawarra Hawks have added another important signing to their roster, securing point guard Justin Robinson for NBL23.

Robinson has spent the last three years in the NBA, lining up for the Milwaukee Bucks, Oklahoma City Thunder, Detroit Pistons, Sacramento Kings, and most recently the Washington Wizards.

The 24-year-old attended Virginia Tech from 2015 to 2019, becoming the all-time leader in assists with 562 for his collegiate career. 

“I feel the NBL is a great league and is now becoming more global. The league itself will allow me to continue to showcase who I am on and off the court,” Robinson said.

“Illawarra has been right on the doorstep of winning an NBL Championship the last couple of years and my goal is to add to the winning culture. Coach (Jacob) Jackomas has something special brewing and I’m excited to be a part of it.” 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Justin Robinson in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NBASummer?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NBASummer</a> action tonight:<br><br>17 PTS | 3 REB | 3 AST <a href="https://t.co/56IxSHmsxb">pic.twitter.com/56IxSHmsxb</a></p>&mdash; NBA (@NBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/NBA/status/1544883425013862401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 7, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Jackomas said the Hawks were delighted to welcome another exciting import to their roster, following the recent addition of George King. 

“Justin is a great ball defender, key facilitator and most importantly a scorer,” he said. 

“We’re excited for the dynamic point guard to join our back court and believe he will complement Tyler Harvey, making them a formidable duo.”  

Robinson joins Tyler Harvey, Sam Froling, Daniel Grida, Alex Mudronja, Akoldah Gak, Wani Swaka Lo Buluk, Deng Deng, Lachlan Dent, Mangok Mathiang and King on Hawks’ NBL23 roster.