Ryan Robertson is an American

United States

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 professional basketball

Basketball

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 player who was selected by the Sacramento Kings

Sacramento Kings

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 in the 2nd round (45th pick) of the 1999 NBA Draft

1999 NBA Draft

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. He played college basketball

College basketball

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 at Kansas University under coach Roy Williams

Roy Williams (coach)

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. He scored a career high 31 points in a second round loss to Kentucky

University of Kentucky

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 in the 1999 NCAA Tournament

1999 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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Robertson also played varsity basketball for four years at St. Charles West High School

St. Charles West High School

St. Charles West High School is one of two schools providing secondary education for grades 9-12 in the St. Charles School district, St. Charles, Missouri. . As of 2006 the school had 1033 students and 66.7 full-time teachers, for a 15.5:1 student-teacher radio. The mascot for St. Charles West is...

 from 1991-1995. During his tenure at St. Charles West the basketball team made it to the final four in the Missouri State Championship for the first time. Robertson led the team to the State Championship in 1995.

He played one game for the Sacramento Kings during the 1999-2000 NBA season

1999-2000 NBA season

-Statistics leaders:-NBA awards:*Most Valuable Player: Shaquille O'Neal, Los Angeles Lakers*Co-Rookies of the Year: Elton Brand, Chicago Bulls; Steve Francis, Houston Rockets*Defensive Player of the Year: Alonzo Mourning, Miami Heat...

, scoring five points. He later played professionally for the American Basketball Association

American Basketball Association

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 team Kansas City Knights

Kansas City Knights

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 during the 2000-2001 season. After one season with the Kansas City minor league team, he then moved to Europe to play in Holland

Netherlands

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 for EiffelTowers Nijmegen

EiffelTowers

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 during the 2001-04 seasons. He finished his professional career playing for Panellinios B.C. (Greece

Greece

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) and Cholet Basket

Cholet Basket

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 (France

France

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) during the 2004-05 season.
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External links

• College & NBA stats @ basketballreference.com
• Career stats at basketball-reference.com