Quentin Richardson
Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | |||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||||||||||
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Listed weight | 228 lb (103 kg) | ||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||
High school | Whitney Young (Chicago, Illinois) | ||||||||||||||
College | DePaul (1998–2000) | ||||||||||||||
NBA draft | 2000: 1st round, 18th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
Selected by the Los Angeles Clippers | |||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2000–2013 | ||||||||||||||
Position | Shooting guard / small forward | ||||||||||||||
Number | 3, 23, 5, 55 | ||||||||||||||
Coaching career | 2014–present | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
As player: | |||||||||||||||
2000–2004 | Los Angeles Clippers | ||||||||||||||
2004–2005 | Phoenix Suns | ||||||||||||||
2005–2009 | New York Knicks | ||||||||||||||
2009–2010 | Miami Heat | ||||||||||||||
2010–2012 | Orlando Magic | ||||||||||||||
2013 | New York Knicks | ||||||||||||||
As coach: | |||||||||||||||
2014–2016 | Detroit Pistons (director of player development) | ||||||||||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
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Career statistics | |||||||||||||||
Points | 8,032 (10.3 ppg) | ||||||||||||||
Rebounds | 3,666 (4.7 rpg) | ||||||||||||||
Assists | 1,138 (1.5 apg) | ||||||||||||||
Stats at NBA.com | |||||||||||||||
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||||||||||||||
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Quentin Lamar Richardson (born April 13, 1980) is an American former professional
Early years
Richardson was born in Chicago, Illinois to Lee and Emma Richardson where he attended Whitney Young High School. In 1998, he led the Dolphins to the state AA title. In 2006, Richardson was voted as one of the 100 Legends of the IHSA Boys Basketball Tournament, a group of former players and coaches in honor of the 100 year anniversary of the IHSA boys basketball tournament.
Collegiate career
Richardson played college basketball for DePaul University where he averaged 17.9 points and 10.2 rebounds per game in two seasons. He became the only player in school history to have 1,000+ points, 500+ rebounds and 100+ three-point field goals. As a freshman, he earned both the Conference USA Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year. Richardson declared for the NBA draft after his sophomore year in 2000.
Professional career
Los Angeles Clippers (2000–2004)
Richardson was drafted by the Los Angeles Clippers with the 18th pick of the 2000 NBA draft. He was selected after fellow Clippers Darius Miles and Keyon Dooling. Richardson would star in a documentary with Miles entitled The Youngest Guns which chronicled their first three seasons in the NBA with the Clippers. On New Year's Eve 2003, Richardson posted a career-high 44 points in a 120 - 104 victory over the Denver Nuggets. It was the only time in Richardson's 13-year career where he scored 40 points or more. Richardson spent four seasons with the Clippers before becoming a free agent.
Phoenix Suns (2004–2005)
In 2004, Richardson later signed with the Phoenix Suns as a free agent.[1]
The
New York Knicks (2005–2009)
Richardson was traded from the Suns, along with
Miami Heat (2009–2010)
On the
After less than a month at Minnesota, Richardson was traded for the fourth time in the 2009 off-season, this time to the Miami Heat for Mark Blount.[7]
Orlando Magic (2010–2012)
In 2010, Richardson signed with the Orlando Magic. He remained with the team until October 2012, when he was waived. During his 2-year stint with Orlando, Richardson played 105 games and averaged 4.4 points, 0.7 assists and 2.9 rebounds while shooting 31.5% from the 3pt-line.
Return to New York (2013)
On April 16, 2013, Richardson signed with the New York Knicks for the remainder of the season,[8][9] joining that team for a second time. He only played one regular season game, scoring five points in twenty nine minutes on 1 for 11 shooting, but brought down ten rebounds. He did appear in five playoff games, hitting two three-pointers in New York's 26-point blowout win of the Pacers in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.
On July 10, 2013, Richardson was part of a trade package to the Toronto Raptors, along with center Marcus Camby, forward Steve Novak, a first-round draft pick in 2016, and two second-round draft picks in 2014 and 2017, in exchange for forward Andrea Bargnani.[10]
Richardson's final NBA game was played on May 11, 2013, in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals versus the Indiana Pacers. Richardson played less than 2 minutes and the only stat he recorded was 1 rebound. On September 3, 2013, Richardson was waived by the Raptors.[11]
Post-playing career
On August 7, 2014, it was announced that Richardson was named the director of player development for the Detroit Pistons.
As of 2014[update] he worked for the Bally Sports Orlando Magic broadcast team.[12]
He co-hosts the Knuckleheads podcast with Darius Miles for The Players' Tribune as of 2022[update].[13]
Accomplishments
- IHSA State Championship, Whitney Young (1998)
- McDonald's All American (1998)
- Conference USA Player of the Year (1999)
- Conference USA Freshman of the Year (1999)
- USBWA National Freshman of the Year (1999)
- NBA All-Star Weekend Three-Point Shootoutchampion (2005)
- 100 Legends of the IHSA Boys Basketball Tournament
NBA 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 |
Regular season
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2000–01 | L.A. Clippers | 76 | 28 | 17.9 | .442 | .331 | .627 | 3.4 | .8 | .6 | .1 | 8.1 |
2001–02 | L.A. Clippers | 81 | 0 | 26.6 | .432 | .381 | .765 | 4.1 | 1.6 | 1.0 | .3 | 13.3 |
2002–03 | L.A. Clippers | 59 | 13 | 23.2 | .372 | .308 | .685 | 4.8 | .9 | .6 | .2 | 9.4 |
2003–04 | L.A. Clippers | 65 | 64 | 36.0 | .398 | .352 | .740 | 6.4 | 2.1 | 1.0 | .3 | 17.2 |
2004–05 | Phoenix | 79 | 78 | 35.9 | .389 | .358 | .739 | 6.1 | 2.0 | 1.2 | .3 | 14.9 |
2005–06 | New York | 55 | 43 | 26.2 | .355 | .340 | .670 | 4.2 | 1.6 | .7 | .1 | 8.2 |
2006–07 | New York | 49 | 47 | 33.1 | .418 | .376 | .692 | 7.2 | 2.2 | .7 | .1 | 13.0 |
2007–08 | New York | 65 | 65 | 28.3 | .359 | .322 | .682 | 4.8 | 1.8 | .7 | .2 | 8.1 |
2008–09 | New York | 72 | 51 | 26.3 | .393 | .365 | .761 | 4.4 | 1.6 | .7 | .1 | 10.2 |
2009–10 | Miami | 76 | 75 | 27.4 | .431 | .397 | .732 | 4.9 | 1.2 | .9 | .2 | 8.9 |
2010–11 | Orlando | 57 | 19 | 16.8 | .341 | .288 | .750 | 3.1 | .7 | .4 | .1 | 4.4 |
2011–12 | Orlando | 48 | 3 | 18.0 | .376 | .347 | .833 | 2.6 | .8 | .6 | .1 | 4.5 |
2012–13 | New York | 1 | 0 | 29.0 | .091 | .250 | 1.000 | 10.0 | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | 5.0 |
Career | 783 | 486 | 26.5 | .397 | .355 | .718 | 4.7 | 1.5 | .8 | .2 | 10.3 |
Playoffs
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2005
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Phoenix | 15 | 15 | 37.6 | .403 | .390 | .639 | 5.1 | 1.7 | 1.3 | .2 | 11.9 |
2010
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Miami | 5 | 5 | 29.8 | .400 | .409 | .800 | 3.8 | 1.6 | 1.6 | .2 | 9.8 |
2011
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Orlando | 6 | 1 | 16.3 | .533 | .500 | 1.000 | 2.5 | .3 | .2 | .2 | 3.8 |
2012
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Orlando | 5 | 0 | 14.8 | .333 | .286 | .000 | 4.4 | .4 | .2 | .0 | 2.4 |
2013
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New York | 5 | 0 | 2.8 | .333 | .400 | .000 | .6 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 1.2 |
Career | 36 | 21 | 25.0 | .404 | .397 | .674 | 3.8 | 1.0 | .8 | .1 | 7.5 |
Personal life
In 1992, Richardson lost his mother to breast cancer, his grandmother to natural causes, and also his brother, Bernard, who was shot and killed in Chicago, aged 23.[14] Another of Richardson's brothers, Lee Jr., was murdered on December 5, 2005, in Chicago during a robbery.[14][15] Richardson has another older brother, Cedric, and one older sister Rochelle. Richardson is also the cousin of multi entrepreneur Dean Richardson.
Richardson was engaged for 14 months to R&B singer Brandy. They split in September 2005.[16]
Richardson has appeared in multiple acting roles, most notably as himself in the 2002 film Van Wilder.
See also
- Sports portal
- List of National Basketball Association career 3-point scoring leaders
References
- NBA.com. July 29, 2004. Retrieved August 14, 2009.
- ^ a b c "Suns send first-round pick Robinson to Knicks". ESPN. June 29, 2005. Retrieved August 14, 2009.
- ^ "Smith pays homage to Wilkins in victory". The Spokesman-Review. Denver. February 20, 2005. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
- NBA.com. June 29, 2009. Retrieved August 14, 2009.
- NBA.com. July 17, 2009. Retrieved August 14, 2009.
- NBA.com. July 20, 2009. Retrieved August 14, 2009.
- NBA.com. August 14, 2009. Retrieved August 14, 2009.
- ^ Raskin, Alex (April 16, 2013). "Quentin Richardson rejoins Knicks". NJ.com. Retrieved April 16, 2013.
- ^ "Knicks Ink Quentin Richardson". Knicksnow.com. April 16, 2013. Archived from the original on April 18, 2013. Retrieved April 18, 2013.
- NBA.com. July 10, 2013. Archived from the originalon October 6, 2014.
- ^ "Raptors Waive Quentin Richardson". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. September 3, 2013. Retrieved September 3, 2013.
- ^ "Detroit Pistons Add to Coaching and Basketball Operations Staffs". Detroit Pistons. August 7, 2014. Retrieved August 7, 2014.
- ^ "Knuckleheads with Quentin Richardson and Darius Miles". ThePlayersTribune.com. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
- ^ a b Richardson's brother shot, killed in Chicago. ESPN.
- ^ Brother of Knicks' Richardson murdered. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
- ^ "Brandy breaks off engagement to Quentin Richardson, morphs tattoo". October 28, 2005. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com