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AUSTIN SPURS ACQUIRE GALEN ROBINSON JR.

By Austin Spurs Staff /February 22, 2021

AUSTIN, Texas (Feb. 19, 2021) – The Austin Spurs today announced that they have acquired guard Galen Robinson Jr. from the available pool of G League players already in Orlando.

Robinson Jr. (6-1/190) played in 30 games (17 starts) with Austin last season, averaging 8.1 points, 2.3 rebounds and 4.6 assists in 23.3 minutes per game. Following his time with Austin, he played for BG Goettingen in Germany.

While playing at the University of Houston, he was the recipient of the 2018-19 American Sportsmanship Award his senior year and was named to the 2015-16 American Athletic Conference All-Rookie Team his freshman year. He averaged 6.8 points, 2.8 rebounds and 4.3 assists in 27.7 minutes per game in four years for the Cougars.

Robinson Jr. will wear No. 25 for Austin.

In a related move, the team has waived Malik Pope.