Malachi Richardson
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Malachi Richardson (born January 5, 1996) is an American professional
High school and college career
Richardson attended Trenton Catholic Academy his freshman year, then spent his sophomore year at Roselle Catholic High School before returning to Trenton Catholic Academy for his junior and senior years,[1] to team back up with coach Fred Falchi, who came out of retirement to coach. In his high school career at Trenton Catholic Academy, Malachi scored a total 1,245 points, averaging 19.2 points in his junior year and 18.7 in his senior year.[2] Richardson was rated as a four-star recruit and ranked 23rd overall recruit and fifth-best shooting guard in the 2015 high school class.[3]
Richardson played one season of college basketball for Syracuse, averaging 13.4 points, 4.3 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game.[4] Richardson was also named to the ACC All-Freshman team.[5] On April 18, 2016, he declared for the NBA draft, forgoing his final three years of college eligibility.[6][7]
Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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Malachi Richardson SG |
Hamilton, NJ | Trenton Catholic Academy | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | Dec 13, 2013 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 95 | ||||||
Overall recruiting rankings: ESPN: 23 | ||||||
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Professional career
Sacramento Kings (2016–2018)
On June 23, 2016, Richardson was selected by the
Toronto Raptors (2018–2019)
On February 8, 2018, Richardson was traded to the Toronto Raptors in exchange for Bruno Caboclo.[16] On February 11, in Charlotte, he played in his first game with the Raptors.[17] During the rest of the season, he received multiple assignments to Raptors 905, Toronto's G League affiliate.[18]
On February 6, 2019, Richardson was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers,[19] by whom he was waived the following day.[20]
Hapoel Holon (2019)
On March 14, 2019, the
On August 17, 2019, Richardson signed with Hapoel Holon of the Israeli Premier League for the 2019–20 season.[22] On November 30, 2019, Richardson recorded a career-high 24 points, while shooting 6-of-7 from three-point range, along with five assists in a 109–95 win over Ironi Nahariya.[23] In 15 games played for Holon, he averaged 11.6 points and 2 assists per game. On December 14, 2019, he parted ways with Holon.[24]
Vanoli Cremona (2019–2020)
On December 16, 2019, Richardson signed with
Canton Charge (2021)
For the 2020–21 season, Richardson joined the
Lavoropiù Fortitudo Bologna (2021)
On July 30, 2021, Richardson signed with
Wilki Morskie Szczecin (2021–2022)
On November 16, 2021, Richardson signed with Wilki Morskie Szczecin of the Polish Basketball League (PLK).[33]
GTK Gliwice (2022–present)
On December 17, 2022, he signed with GTK Gliwice of the PLK.[34]
Career statistics
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
NBA
Regular season
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2016–17 | Sacramento | 22 | 0 | 9.0 | .412 | .286 | .789 | 1.0 | .5 | .2 | .0 | 3.6 |
2017–18 | Sacramento | 25 | 4 | 12.8 | .330 | .308 | .773 | 1.3 | .5 | .4 | .0 | 3.5 |
Toronto | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | .500 | .000 | .000 | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 2.0 | |
2018–19 | Toronto | 22 | 0 | 4.7 | .310 | .320 | .800 | .6 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 1.4 |
Career | 70 | 4 | 8.9 | .358 | .301 | .783 | 1.0 | .3 | .2 | .0 | 2.8 |
College
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2015–16 | Syracuse | 37 | 37 | 34.4 | .369 | .353 | .720 | 4.3 | 2.1 | 1.1 | .3 | 13.4 |
References
- ^ Schneider, Jeremy (August 1, 2013). "Boys Basketball: Malachi Richardson leaves Roselle Catholic, returns to Trenton Catholic". NJ.com. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
- ^ "Syracuse bio". Cuse.com. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
- ^ "Malachi Richardson – Basketball Recruiting – Player Profiles". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- ^ "Malachi Richardson College Stats". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
- ^ "ACSMA Announces Basketball Postseason Awards, All-ACC Teams". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. March 6, 2016. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
- ^ Waters, Mike (April 18, 2016). "Malachi Richardson entering name in the NBA Draft, not signing with agent". Syracuse.com. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
- ^ O'Gorman, George (April 18, 2016). "Syracuse freshman Malachi Richardson enters NBA draft, won't sign with agent". Trentonian.com. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
- ^ Schneider, Jeremy (June 24, 2016). "NBA Draft 2016: N.J.'s Malachi Richardson drafted 22nd overall by Hornets, who trade him to Kings". NJ.com. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
- ^ "Kings Acquire Malachi Richardson". NBA.com. July 7, 2016. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
- ^ "Kings Sign Papagiannis, Richardson and Labissiere". NBA.com. July 15, 2016. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
- ^ "Malachi Richardson Injury Update". NBA.com. February 16, 2017. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
- ^ Kawahara, Matt (February 16, 2017). "Kings' Malachi Richardson out 4 to 6 weeks with hamstring injury". Sacbee.com. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
- ^ "Malachi Richardson Injury Update". NBA.com. March 26, 2017. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
- ^ Ham, James (March 26, 2017). "SOURCE: KINGS SHUTTING DOWN ROOKIE RICHARDSON FOR SEASON". csnbayarea.com. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
- ^ "All-Time NBA Assignments". NBA.com. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
- ^ "Kings Acquire Bruno Caboclo". NBA.com. February 8, 2018. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
- ^ "Raptors vs. Hornets - Box Score". ESPN.com. February 11, 2018. Retrieved April 28, 2018.
- ^ "2017-2018 Raptors 905 Transactions History". RealGM.com. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
- ^ "Richardson, Preldžić, Second-Round Pick Acquired From Toronto". NBA.com. February 6, 2019. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
- ^ "Team Acquires Ennis From Houston". NBA.com. February 7, 2019. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
- ^ "Charge Add Two Players". NBA.com. March 14, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Malachi Richardson signs with Hapoel Holon". Sportando.basketball. August 17, 2019. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
- ^ "Winner League, Game 8: Nahariya Vs U-NET Holon". basket.co.il. November 30, 2019. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
- ^ "Hapoel Holon, Malachi Richardson part ways". Sportando.basketball. December 14, 2019. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
- ^ Carchia, Emiliano (December 16, 2019). "Vanoli Cremona signs Malachi Richardson". Sportando.basketball. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
- ^ "Stop di due mesi per Malachi Richardson" (in Italian). vanolibasket.com. January 27, 2020.
- ^ "Vanoli Basket Cremona 103-92 Virtus Roma" (in Italian). legabasket.it. January 26, 2020.
- ^ "Malachi Richardson operato con successo alla mano destra" (in Italian). vanolibasket.com. January 31, 2020.
- ^ "Risolto il contratto con Malachi Richardson" (in Italian). vanolibasket.com. February 11, 2020.
- ^ "Charge Announce 2021 Roster". NBA.com. January 22, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
- ^ a b Terrasi Borghesan, Ennio (July 30, 2021). "Fortitudo Bologna signs Malachi Richardson". Sportando. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
- ^ Carchia, Emiliano (November 12, 2021). "Fortitudo Bologna, Malachi Richardson part ways". Sportando. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
- ^ "Malachi Richardson w Kingu Szczecin". plk.pl (in Polish). November 16, 2021. Retrieved November 16, 2021.
- ^ Skerletic, Dario (December 17, 2022). "Malachi Richardson joins Tauron GTK Gliwice". Sportando. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
- Syracuse Orange bio
- RealGM profile