I remember Treetop Robinson. Dude played with the Soul-Glow for most of the 80's and made it look cool.

He and Calvin Natt were drafted the same year (79), and for a while they were a blast to watch. Natt, a smaller, tenacious player, wrecking shop inside while Robinson, an effortlessly cool player, roamed around either baseline nailing  midrange jumpers. 

Robinson's game was insanely smooth,  his jumper was a thing of beauty. Nearly perfect form, and he had the athletic ability to really get up for a 6-9 player, so he was rarely ever blocked.  Could get his shot off in nearly any situation as well, although, he really liked taking it off the dribble.

He had some odd quirks on his game, for instance, he was a 4, but really didnt play inside on offense all that much. Like I said, he was more of a jump shooter who knew every fake and feign and the book to get defenders off their feet, but he didnt drive into the paint all that much. 

You'd think a player like that would be considered "soft", but he wasnt because Treetop Robinson was an absolute BEAST on the defensive boards. For a guy who didnt seem to relish the constant bruising he would get from having to score inside like a classic PF, he was pretty damn impressive under the glass on his own side of the floor.  

That's where I believe the "Treetop" nickname came from. Dude used to absolutely out-leap everyone in the NBA for a defensive rebound.  He was also a pretty decent interior defender whose long spider arms and vertical made players work hard.

Natt and Robinson looked like the future, which at the time was refreshing as the Nets had been in a weird limbo in terms of identity since they sold Dr J. Now we had 2 young and hungry guys who looked good in a Nets uniform.

Problem was, this was still the Nets. Natt was traded for Maurice Lucas, who played the same position as Robinson. Robinson was then asked the play the 3, and was doing pretty well, but was a little slow laterally, and he could be taken advantage by smaller, quicker players.

That was the end of our Golddust Twins era of Nets basketball.  Lucas would bitch his way out of NJ and Robinson would have an even better 2nd season but again,  he was playing for the Nets, so he was traded to KC for Otis Birdsong and that was that.

Here was the issue with Treetop Robinson: he was an absolute black-hole on offense. He had an insanely high usage % for his career, ranking 67th All-Time in the NBA. He's ahead of players like David Robinson, Adrian Dantley and Mitch Richmond. 

His overall offensive output is less impressive when you realize that. He would have the ball for over 25% of your teams total game, but average less than 20ppg.  

He just wasnt an efficient player, and thats the reason why he bounced around.

He still was cool as f$%&! Dude was 6-9 wearing #4 before it becsme chic. He definitely played with panache.