Duke Basketball Report · Jun 27, 2020
You Tube Gold: Leonard “Truck” Robinson
Photo by NBA Photo Library/NBAE via Getty Images NEW ORLEANS - 1977: Leonard Robinson#21 of the New Orleans Jazz shoots a jumpshot against the Atlanta Hawks during an NBA game circa 1977 in New Orleans, Louisiana.In the modern era we’ve gotten used to power players like Charles Barkley, LeBron James, Karl Malone, Blake Griffin and, most recently Zion Williamson.
Things have changed a lot.
In the 1970s, a guy who was 6-7 and 225 could be a power player.
That was Leonard “Truck” Robinson and the nickname was supposed to suggest that he more or less ran over people.
He was a powerful player though and pretty athletic by the standards of the day.