Ryan Robertson
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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
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 at Kansas University under coach Roy Williams
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. He scored a career high 31 points in a second round loss to 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
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 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
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, scoring five points. He later played professionally for the 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
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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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