He played nine seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Timberwolves, Philadelphia 76ers, Indiana Pacers, Detroit Pistons, Golden State Warriors and Sacramento Kings.

He returned to play for the 2013–14 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season champion 2013–14 Wolverines before departing for the NBA.

On January 2, 1998, when his father and Michael Jordan each scored 44 points against each other at the United Center, he and his brother Gelen were in the front row.

[2] When his father played for the Milwaukee Bucks, Robinson remembers being kicked off the court by head coach George Karl.

[6] At the time, his father lived in Atlanta, and Robinson grew up with his mother, Shantelle Clay-Irving alongside his younger brother Gelen.

[12] Robinson visited Michigan along with future teammate Stauskas to see the 61–56 New Year's Day 2012 victory by the 2011–12 Wolverines team over Minnesota.

[14] In January 2012, he led Lake Central to a 71–47 win over North Carolina-bound J. P. Tokoto's Menomonee Falls High School at the Brandon Jennings Invitational in Milwaukee.

[15] Robinson led Lake Central to its first sectional championship since 1997 with a 24-point performance in the team's 63–37 victory over Highland High School.

[2] Following the season, Robinson was invited to participate in the four-team All-American Championship along with future teammate McGary in New Orleans on April 1, 2012.

[21] Sources: The 2011–12 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team had been co-champions of 2011–12 Big Ten Conference,[22] but lost both of its co-captains, Zack Novak and Stu Douglass, to graduation.

[23][24] The team was returning a nucleus of All-Big Ten players Trey Burke and Tim Hardaway Jr.[25] Robinson began his Michigan career in the starting lineup on November 9.

[34] Robinson earned his second Big Ten Freshman of the week award on January 28 due to a pair of 12-point performances on 71.4% shooting in which he averaged 8 rebounds.

[35][36][37] On January 31, Robinson and Stauskas were named to the Wayman Tisdale Award (USBWA National Freshman of the Year) top 12 midseason list.

[38] On February 17 against Penn State, Robinson tied his career-high point total of 21 and posted his second double-double by adding 10 rebounds.

The 27th victory of the season gave the team its most wins in 20 years and matched head coach John Beilein's career high.

[46] During the final media timeout with 3:47 to play and Michigan trailing by 10 points, Robinson became the vocal leader during the team huddle for the first time as a Wolverine, reminding his teammates to focus on their defense.

[6] With Michigan down by 5 points, he scooped a loose ball for an offensive rebound and made a reverse layup following a Tim Hardaway Jr. missed three-point shot with 35 seconds remaining.

[48] Michigan advanced to the April 8 national championship game where the team lost to Louisville by an 82–76 margin despite 12 points from Robinson.

He was a projected first-round pick; however, on April 18, he and Mitch McGary held a joint press conference to announce that they would not enter the draft.

[50] Robinson declined an invitation to try out for the USA Basketball team that competed at the 2013 FIBA Under-19 World Championship, opting instead to attend a Nike Skills Academy for wing players featuring Kevin Durant and LeBron James.

[61] In the January 2 Big Ten Conference opener against Minnesota, Robinson set a career high with 4 blocks despite missing the final 17:24 of the game with an injury to his left ankle.

[65] On February 26, Robinson contributed a team-high 17 points including a game-winning overtime buzzer beater against his father's alma mater Purdue to help the team overcome its largest deficit of the season (19).

[71][72] In the Sweet Sixteen round, he opposed his father's former Purdue roommate and Tennessee head coach Cuonzo Martin.

[80] Robinson celebrated being drafted by purchasing a Porsche Panamera and he immediately experienced racial profiling with the local police for driving such a car as a black man.

[86] Robinson made his professional debut with the Timberwolves on November 14 against the New Orleans Pelicans, scoring 1 point in 8 minutes of play.

[110] With George Hill attending to personal business and Rodney Stuckey injured, the Pacers—who only dressed 10 players[111]—gave Robinson his first start of the season on January 17 against the Denver Nuggets.

[146] This transaction occurred immediately before the NBA deadline by which nonguaranteed contracts become guaranteed for the season, which saved the team about $1 million.

[154] Robinson is the founder of the Angels are Real Indeed, Foundation,[155] a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing resources to fatherless families.

The ARI Foundation has hosted toy drives, back-to-school supply and holiday-specific fundraisers, and has furnished the apartments of working-class single mothers.

[166] As a freshman, she was 2014 Class 2A Illinois High School Association (IHSA) runner-up in the triple jump for De La Salle Institute.