There aren’t going to be many post draft interviews more emotional than the one Thomas Robinson gave. The Kansas star was fighting back tears as he talked about being drafted a year after losing both his grandparents and his mother:
Thomas Robinson Gives Emotional Interview After Being Drafted
ESPN also talked to his younger sister, only 9 years old, who Robinson is helping to raise. His sister and her father, who have been living in Washington D.C., will move across the country to live with the newest Sacramento King.
Whatever happens to his career, it’s going to be hard not to root for him.
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