LaMont "ShowBoat" Robinson (born July 23, 1961) is an American professional basketball player that has been nominated to Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2018 and 2019 and is a businessman, and founder and owner/player of the Harlem Clowns. In addition to his work with the Harlem Clowns, he is the founder of the Official Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame. Early life Robinson grew up in Warrensville Heights, Ohio. He played for Warrensville Heights High School from 1976–1979, then moved to Jeannette, Pennsylvania, and played his senior year 1979–80 season at Jeannette High School, the same school his grandfather, John "ShowBoat" Henry Crowell, played football at. Robinson then played for Kankakee Junior College (Illinois), on a team with a 30–2 season that was ranked third in the nation. He then played for Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio. Basketball Robinson went on to play basketball professionally in Copenhagen, Denmark, leading the country in scoring. He also played for the Long Island Knights in 1988 of the USBL and then went to veteran training camp with the Columbus Horizon of the CBA and traveled to Russia in 1989 with the Harlem Globetrotters and Washington Generals Tour. From 1995 to 2010, Robinson was a member of the Harlem Road Kings. In 2010, Robison founded the Harlem Clowns where he continues to serve as the owner/player. In addition to playing with Harlem Globetrotters’ great Meadowlark Lemon (“Clown Prince of Basketball”) in the late 1980s and 1990s, he has played in every state, traveled to over 50 countries and has scored over 10,000 points in over 5,000 games. He has played more years than any other NBA player to this day. Robinson is the “Comedy King of Basketball” with his team, “ShowBoat Robinson’s Fabulous Harlem Clowns.” 2017 is Robinson's 31st year as a player and 22nd year as an owner and operator of a comedy basketball team. As well as his basketball camps "ShowBoat" Robinson All-American Basketball Camp and his Say, No, To Drugs, and Yes, To, Life, and Family, and Education program that he has been taking into schools around the world since 1995. His credentials include national and international television and newspaper appearances on CBS and USA Today. Robinson has made acquaintances with other well-known celebrities such as Michael Jordan, Jim Brown, Julius Erving aka Dr. J., and LeBron James. On November 1, 2001 Robinson sent his Harlem Road