Walking through the streets of a nation he had never visited before, the hustle and bustle of Singapore still felt familiar to Warriors assistant coach Khalid Robinson.
As he embarked on his afternoon strolls through busy summertime streets, the Harlem, New York native found similarities between the dense island nation and his hometown that went beyond population density.
“It’s a real melting pot of culture,” Robinson told the Bay Area News Group earlier this summer, “and you can experience different cultures and cuisines, from Chinese, Japanese, Korea, Thai, and local food from Singapore.”
Once one of NYC’s top high school hoopers, Robinson, now 34, spends his days teaching the game he loves to basketball players from across the globe.
The former Fordham point guard began his coac