{"id":174309,"date":"2025-07-16T10:05:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T10:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/174309\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T10:05:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T10:05:10","slug":"michigan-alum-duncan-robinson-reunies-with-caris-levert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/174309\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan alum Duncan Robinson reunies with Caris LeVert"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michigan Wolverines<\/a> men\u2019s basketball alums Duncan Robinson<\/a> and Caris LeVert<\/a> are back on the same team again, joining the Detroit Pistons this offseason. <\/p>\n

The reunion puts two former U-M stars back on the same team after their college days, 45 minutes down the road in Ann Arbor. They were teammates under head coach John Beilein from 2014-16.<\/p>\n

Robinson returned to the state during free agency, signing a three-year, $48 million deal with Detroit as part of a sign-and-trade with the Miami Heat, where he spent the first seven seasons of his career. Levert signed a two-year, $29 million contract in the Motor City this offseason.<\/p>\n

\u201cCaris and I were really good friends in college and we\u2019ve kept up that way pretty much across our entire careers,\u201d Robinson said from NBA Summer League action, via the Detroit Free Press. \u201cHe\u2019s an incredible player. One of the best people I\u2019ve ever been around in terms of a teammate. I\u2019m excited to be back with him. Outside of competing against him, I didn\u2019t really know any of these guys too well and they\u2019ve been super welcoming. It is nice to have somebody joining me who will also be new, who I do know really well. So that\u2019ll be good.\u201d<\/p>\n

Robinson and Levert join a Pistons team that is coming off a playoff appearance spearheaded by up-and-coming star Cade Cunningham<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u200a\u201dIt\u2019s been great and it\u2019s a really fun group,\u201d Robinson said. \u201cTo be able to come out here and have a little mini camp or whatever with practices and just being able to spend time around guys, getting meals, hanging out, coming to games, supporting these guys has been awesome.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a great blend of super ambitious young guys. Some guys have been through it before as well. So yeah, I\u2019m just excited to be a part of it for sure. It\u2019s been a, it\u2019s been sort of a whirlwind, but it\u2019s been a fun couple of weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n

Robinson was in Ann Arbor for four seasons, so returning to the state and reacclimating to a place he used to call home has been an enjoyable experience.<\/p>\n

\u200aI just spent a little bit of time last week just coming in and getting all my medical stuff done,\u201d Robinson said. \u201cBut coming back to a version of home is great. I spent four years in Ann Arbor and loved it. Spent some time coming into Detroit when I was there. I\u2019m excited to be back for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n

The former Michigan star is expected to add some veteran shooting to a group looking to increase its floor spacing around Cunningham and the Pistons\u2019 young core of players. Robinson has averaged 11.3 points per game in his NBA career, shooting a shade under 40 percent (39.3 percent) from three for his career on 7.2 attempts per game.<\/p>\n

\u200a\u201dI think first and foremost, trying to, to bring some leadership [to the franchise],\u201d Robinson said. \u201d I\u2019ve been a part of some really good teams. I\u2019ve played a lot of different roles, so just embracing whatever is asked of me as an older guy. In terms of actually on the court, playing the right way, getting other guys. Involved. How defense guards me to create opportunities for other guys. And just competing and trying to move the needle to help us win.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m excited. I mean, this group is super competitive, super ambitious, so I\u2019m excited for it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Robinson, who was an undrafted free agent signing in 2018, has made over $73 million during his NBA career. He never missed a contest in three seasons at Michigan and suited up in 115 games as part of the Maize and Blue. Robinson was a Michigan captain in 2017-18 and was the Big Ten\u2019s Sixth Man of the Year that season, playing in 41 games with 19 starts as part of a group that would advance to the national championship game against Villanova.<\/p>\n

Detroit was the No. 6 seed in the Eastern Conference last year, losing to the New York Knicks in a six-game series in the opening round.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michigan Wolverines men\u2019s basketball alums Duncan Robinson and Caris LeVert are back on the same team again, joining…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":148760,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3773],"tags":[7,27090,296,188,3860,4958,6,297,195],"class_list":{"0":"post-174309","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-detroit-pistons","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-caris-levert-12-pickerington-central","10":"tag-detroit","11":"tag-detroit-pistons","12":"tag-detroitpistons","13":"tag-duncan-robinson","14":"tag-nba","15":"tag-pistons","16":"tag-regwall"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114862353584157392","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}