Robert Christopher Franks Jr. (born December 18, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for Ibaraki Robots of the B.League.

As a junior, he averaged 19 points and eight rebounds per game and was named All-Region by The Columbian and honorable mention Class 4A All-State by the Associated Press.

[5] Franks finished the season 7th in the Pac-12 Conference with 17.4 points per game while also averaging 6.6 rebounds and 1.9 assists and was named honorable mention All-Pac-12 and the Pac-12 Most Improved Player of the Year.

[6] During the season he set a school record for most three-pointers made in a game with ten (on 13 attempts) against California on January 13, 2018, scoring a then-career high 34 points in total.

[10] Franks signed a two-way contract with the Charlotte Hornets and their NBA G League affiliate, the Greensboro Swarm on July 3, 2019.

[17] He played in 14 games and averaged 12.1 points, 6.6 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 24.5 minutes, while shooting .508 from the floor and .356 from three-point range and in three playoff matches, he averaged 16 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist in 29.7 minutes, while shooting .581 from the field and .563 from behind the arc en route to the G League title.