Thursday, June 26, 2014 |2The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Robinson could follow in dad's footsteps Weekly Summer Edition MichiganDailycom ONE-HUNDRED-TWENTY FOUR YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM By SIMON KAUFMAN Daily Sports Writer The last time Glenn Robinson III was in New York, he took center ,,.stage. The former Michigan for- ward scored17points against Stan- ford and helped the Wolverines ice the win down the stretch in the Brooklyn Hoops Holiday Invita- tional at the Barclays Center in late December. Thursday night, he'll be the talk of the Barclays Center for the NBA Draft at some point in the night, but that point in time is still unknown. Though some experts said he could have been a first-round pick yin last year's draft, Robinson elect- ed to return for his sophomore season. Inconsistency plagued him throughout the year, and he wasn't the leading force of Michigan's offense many expected he would be. Still, despite some struggles, Robinson still has head-turning ability that a lot of NBA general managers would love. WHAT WE KNOW: Robinson was the Wolverines' most gifted athlete but was never able to show- case his full potential in Michigan coach John Beilein's offense. Dur- ing his freshman year, Robinson was forced to play the '4' due to the team's lack of size. He took on the role, averaging 11 points per game in his first year and helping the Wolverines reach the Final Four. Robinson skipped out on the draft last year in part because he thoughtifhe returnedhe could play his natural '3' position. But with sophomore forward Mitch McGary injured, Robinson was relegated to his less-preferred '4' spot for most of the year. Robinson admitted he became more comfortable at that spot as the year went on, and his numbers proved it. He averaged more than 13 points per game and shot 48.8 percent from the field during his sophomore campaign. Had he entered the draft fol- lowing his freshman year, he likely would have been guaranteed to go in the first round. But since sticking around for a second year at Michigan, his draft stock has slipped. ESPN NBA Insider Chad Ford predicted Robinson going 15th in a preseason mock draft. Ford has Robinson going 31st in his latest predictions. Robinson has had workouts with the Los Angeles Clippers, Mem- phis Grizzlies, Toronto Raptors, Utah Jazz, San Antonio Spurs and Chicago Bulls over the last month. WHAT'S POSSIBLE: Expect Robinson to go late in the first round or be one of the first picks in the second round. We can expect that the team that will draft him has plans to use him at the '3' and let him showcase all his skills. However, one of Rob- inson's strengths is the fact thathis 6-foot-6, 220-pound frame gives him the flexibility to fill in down low. This means a team may take him and not have him play solely at the '3' position. His inconsistent play and com- fort taking a backseat to Nik Staus- kas this past season may concern some NBA front offices, but his raw athleticism has many scouts drool- ing over his potential at the next level. POTENTIAL LANDING SPOTS: While Robinson won't hear his name called first, like his father, Glenn Robinson, Jr., did in the 1994 draft, he still might end up in the same city where his dad started his career - Milwaukee. Los Angeles Clippers: The Clip- pers have the 28th pick and could pick Robinson up iftheyhave plans of seeing him and Chris Paul pair up on the floor. Robinson could have an immediate impact in Los Angeles - their current starting small forward is 34-year-old Matt Barnes who averaged less than 10 points duringthe regular season. San Antonio Spurs: There's no doubt that Robinson would love to start his career with the defending champions. Spurs small forward Kawhi Leonard said he is confi- dent that he'll agree to a contract extension with the Spurs, but if he doesn't, he'd be a restricted free agent after next season. Regardless of Leonard staying, San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich could find a way to work Robinson into the lineup as he's proven to do with all sorts of players during his coaching career; and Robinson would work well with a group of guys charac- terized by their selfless, team-first attitude. The Spurs have the 30th pick in the first round. Milwaukee Bucks: The Bucks are in desperate need of help after finishing with the league's worst record last season at 15-67. Rob- inson has ties with the team who drafted his dad and where the elder Robinson played for eight seasons. Milwaukee's opening-game starter at small forward, Caron Butler, was bought out and later signed by the Oklahoma City Thunder in Feb- ruary, so Robinson could imme- diately come in and play a major role. The Bucks have the 2nd, 31st and 36th pick but would likely need to grab Robinson with the 31st to make sure he's still available. PREDICTION: Robinson fol- lows in his father's footsteps and gets drafted by the Bucks with the 31st overall pick. Robinson would work great with Popovich in San Antonio, but assuming Leonard gets locked up, the Spurs don't need another small forward. Of all the teams eyeing Robinson, Milwaukee is in need of the most immediate impact, and Robinson offers them instant bang for their buck. Ann Arbor, MI Thursday, June 26,,2014 NEWS New degrees Programs in robotics, entrepreneurship to be offered in 2014-2015 >>SEE PAGE 2 NEWS Detroit Beat Students discover Detroit through internships and immersion experiences >>SEE PAGE 3 OPINION Budget approval 'U' tuition, financial aid allocations could hurt low SES out-of-state students >> SEE PAGE 4 ARTS Detroit Che Socially-conscious rapper reps a city hoping for a brighter future >> SEE PAGE 7 SPORTS Draft Day Stauskas, Robinson, McGary await selections in 2014 NBA Draft >SEE PAGE 10, INDEX Vol CXXIV No 12 ©@2013 The Michigan Daily N EW S ...................................2 OPINION ...............................4 A RTS ........................ ...........7 CLASSIFIEDS........................8 CROSSWORD..........B SPORTS ......................10 Joyce Coffee, managing director of Notre Dame Global Adaptation Index, speaks at the Adaptation in the Great Lakes Region Conference at Kahn Auditorium Tuesday. Great Lakes conference talks climate concerns in region ADMINISTRATION University faces lack of housing for fall term Some returning students asked to give up spaces in residence halls By IAN DILLINGHAM Editor in Chief About 300 students return- ing to campus this fall could be asked to give up their resi- dence hall room assignments in exchange for an off-campus option organized through the University's housing office. Housing officials announced the voluntary program Monday as an effort to accommodate a larger than anticipated incom- ing freshman class. A University press release stated there could be several hundred more new students on campus for Fall 2Q14 than the original estimate of 6,000. Ted Spencer, associate vice provost and executive director of the Office of Undergraduate Admissions, wrote in an e-mail statement Tuesday that it was too early to definitively say what caused the increases. In the release, University Housing Director Linda New- man stated the University feels it is important freshmen are allowed the opportunity to live on campus in order to ease the transition to college. "We hope our returning resi- dence hall students will appre- ciate this unique opportunity to use their Housing contract to live in a nearby apartment," Newman stated. Newly admitted freshmen who meet application deadlines and follow the correct proce- See HOUSING, Page 3 0 N B B Itt a m w z aI I LI KE er of sec The Sustain partne Found Adapta held a sity T on issu Great I The ers an on th Michig threat climat and pu import mentst The Scienc one of1 eynote speaker ence, also released a report a 13 page report Tuesday at the con- mphasizes role ference on the impacts of recent climate developments and trans- private, public formations on the Great Lakes and surrounding area based on tors in solution a synthesis of national climate change assessments. The GLISA By EMMA KERR report was a federally funded col- Daily StaffReporter laboration between the University of Michigan and Michigan State University's Graham University. nability Institute, in In a press release, GLISA pro- 'rship with the Kresge gram manager Elizabeth Gibbons ation and Great Lakes stated the organization's hope was ation Assessment for Cities, thatthe report would demonstrate conference at the Univer- the need for communities to begin uesday through Thursday thinking about how they interact tes of climate change in the with issues of climate change. Lakes region. "The impacts of climate change conference included speak- are already being felt and will only nd sessions focused both increase in the years and decades e amount of resources in to come," Gibbons wrote. gan to combat potential The keynote speaker at the con- s to the Great Lakes from ference, Joyce Coffee, managing e change in both the private director of the Notre Dame Global iblic sectors, as well as the Adaptation Index, spoke on the ance of localized move- issue of climate change and adap- to affect individual change. tive action through the different Great Lakes Integrated options available to local govern- es and Assessments Center, ment, corporations and nonprof- the sponsors of the confer- its. She discussed what drives leaders in these sectors to take environmental action, and how research can become impactful and effect real change in the Great Lakes region. According to Coffee, 70 per- cent of the corporations believe that climate disruption is a risk to their supply and value chains and 90 percent of companies note that sustainability is a part of business strategy. Coffee argued it is thus in the best interest of corporation, both for the stability of their prod- uct and the satisfaction of their customers, to take action toward environmental adaptation. "Climate change is the humani- tarian crisis of our time," she said. She emphasized that an increase in natural disasters results in significant fiscal losses for companies that rely on global supply. Beyond the business sector, she also said local governments and cities stand to see a more finan- cially strained future due to cli- mate change, specifically in the Great Lakes region, and urged them to start dealing with these See CLIMATE, Page 2 Glenn Robinson 11 is projected as a fringe first-rounder in Thursday's NBA Draft.