NBA One Hit Wonders are an extremely common phenomenon. Fron guys balling out for just a few weeks to a year, we’ve seen many from the likes of Aaron Brooks to Bismack Biyombo to MCW, but none come close to the legend of Truck Robinson.

The 6’7, 225 PF from Jacksonville, FL, earned the nickname Truck (real name is Leonard) for his rugged playstyle which includes a lot of the dirty work. After 4 years of hooping at Tennessee State, he was selected with the 22nd pick overall in the 2nd round by Washington in the 1974 NBA draft. His progression was on an amazing trajectory from solid bench forward in year 1 averaging 6 and 4 to starter the next year by averaging 11 and 7 to 19 and 11 by year three as an All Star caliber. But Trucks best season by far was in 1978, where he averaged 23 and 16 boards, played all 82 games, registered an NBA high (of all time) in minutes played with 3,638 (44.4 MPG) as well as being an All Star and All NBA 1st Team member along with the likes of Bill Walton, Julius Erving, George Gervin and David Thompson, all future HOFers. The Jazz were stacked with Truck, a bucket getting Pete Maravich and experienced scorer Gail Goodrich. But with all their money tied up with these 3 guys, the rest of the roster was bleak and with no defense whatsoever, they went 39-43 missing the playoffs. The Jazz tried the Pete ans Truck duo for 44 more games in 1979 but eventually dealt him to Phoenix come deadline time, where his minutes and stats reasonable decreased a ton. He’d acquire one more All Star appearance in 1981 with Phoenix before joining the Knicks from 82-85 as a solid role player and retiring then. Since playing ball, he was hired as an assistant coach from 2009-2012 by Sacramento but hasn’t been heard since that.

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