NBA.com: Mitch Richmond Bio

Mitch Richmond is one of only four players to average at least 21.0 points in each of their first 10 NBA seasons, and the others are all Hall of Famers or certain future inductees--Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Michael Jordan and Oscar Robertson ... He was an immediate hit with the Warriors, teaming with Chris Mullin and Tim Hardaway to form "Run TMC" (TMC for Tim, Mitch and Chris), a high-scoring trio that gave the Warriors the most potent offense in the league for two of three seasons ... Richmond was a member of the U.S. Dream Team that won a gold medal at the Olympics in Atlanta in 1996.

2000-2001:
Averaged 16.2 points, 2.9 rebounds and 3.0 assists ... Was limited to 37 games due to knee injuries ... Missed 25 games after being placed on the injured list on 12/5 with a partial tear of the MCL in his left knee ... Did not play in the final 19 games of the regular season after being placed on the injured list on 4/4 with a strained right knee ... Led the Wizards in scoring 11 times ... Scored a season-high 29 points 2/18 at Denver ... Scored a game-high 24 points and grabbed a season-high nine rebounds 11/10 vs. Portland

1999-2000:
Scored a game-high 30 points in a 104-102 win at Boston on 3/31 ...Scored a team-high 32 points (15-16 FT) in a 109-102 win over the L.A. Lakers on 3/16 ...Netted a team-high 32 points in a 118-113 OT win over New York on 3/8 ...Tallied a game-high 26 points (4-4 3-FG) in a 126-101 win over Milwaukee on 2/22 ...Posted 29 points in a 105-98 loss in Detroit on 1/14 ...Recorded 27 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists in a 103-92 win over Houston on 12/26 ...Scored a game-high 33 points in a 97-83 win in Detroit on 12/21 ...Posted a game-high 31 points in a 99-89 win in San Antonio on 12/11 ...Registered a game-high 30 points in a 111-108 loss to Cleveland on 12/1 ...Totaled a team-high 20 points and grabbed 6 boards in an 89-86 loss in Miami on 11/27 ...Tallied a team-high 19 points in an 89-87 victory over Vancouver on 11/23 ...Scored 20 points in Boston on 11/3, raising his career total to 18,380. Moved ahead of Julius Erving into 40th place on the NBA's all-time scoring list

1998-1999:
Posted a game-high 34 points (11-11 FT), 7 rebounds and 4 assists against the New Jersey Nets on 5/1 ...Scored his 18,000th career point, registering 16 points (2-4 3FG), 3 assists and 3 steals, in an 84-73 victory over the Orlando Magic on 3/31 ...Scored 14 of his game-high 30 points (4-9 3FG) in the 4th quarter, and grabbed 5 rebounds, in a 96-92 win over the Seattle SuperSonics on 3/24 ...Recorded a game-high 35 points (14-22 FG, 6-6 FT) and 3 rebounds against the Indiana Pacers on 3/22 ...Totaled a game-high 29 points (10-17 FG, 5-7 3FG, 4-4 FT), 5 rebounds and 4 assists in a 113-83 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on 3/20 ...Notched his 1,000th career steal, posting 19 points and 4 rebounds, against the Charlotte Hornets on 3/12 ...Hit the game-winning post-up jumper in the paint with 17 seconds remaining in a 93-91 win over the Chicago Bulls on 2/19 ...Registered a game-high 31 points (11-18 FG), 5 steals and 4 rebounds in a 95-88 victory over the Toronto Raptors on 2/18 ...Recorded team-highs of 26 points (4-6 3FG) and 11 assists, adding 4 steals and 3 rebounds, against the Detroit Pistons on 2/8 ...Totaled a game-high 26 points, 3 assists and 3 steals, in his home debut with the Wizards, in a 98-87 win over the Toronto Raptors on 2/6

1997-1998:
Traded by the Kings with Otis Thorpe to the Washington Wizards for Chris Webber on 5/14 ...Named to the 1997-98 All-NBA Third Team ...Posted game-highs of 32 points, 8 assists and 3 steals and grabbed 3 rebounds in a 98-96 win over the Vancouver Grizzlies on 3/6 ...Scored a game-high 34 points (15-24 FG) and added 4 assists against the Chicago Bulls on 2/28 ...Totaled a game-high 32 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists against the Minnesota Timberwolves on 2/22 ...Recorded a game-high 29 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists in an 88-86 victory over the Washington Wizards on 2/15 ...Registered a game-high 35 points (4-5 3FG), 7 rebounds and 6 assists in a 109-92 win over the Golden State Warriors on 2/13 ...Hit 8 straight free throws in the final 1:38, posting a game-high 27 points, 6 assists and 5 rebounds, in an 87-84 win over the Denver Nuggets on 2/12 ...Scored 8 points in the 1998 NBA All-Star Game in New York ...Finished fourth, with Ruthie Bolton-Holifield of the WNBA's Sacramento Monarchs, in the inaugural Nestle Crunch All-Star 2ball during All-Star Saturday ...Totaled team-highs of 31 points and 6 rebounds and added 6 assists against the San Antonio Spurs on 2/1 ...Scored a game-high 32 points, adding 5 rebounds and 3 assists, against the Milwaukee Bucks on 1/24 ...Recorded a game-high 31 points, 4 steals, 3 rebounds and 3 assists against the Cleveland Cavaliers on 1/22 ...Registered a season-high 35 points, a game-high 9 assists, 5 rebounds and 4 steals in a 96-90 win over the Phoenix Suns on 1/12 ...Posted a game-high 29 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists in a 92-90 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on 12/28 ...Totaled a game-high 27 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds and 4 steals in an 89-79 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on 12/22 ...Recorded a game-high 30 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists against the Golden State Warriors on 12/12 ...Registered a game-high 31 points, 5 assists and 4 rebounds against the L.A. Clippers on 11/26

1996-1997:
Richmond ranked fourth in the NBA in scoring at 25.9 ppg in 1996-97 and also led the Kings with 4.2 assists and 1.46 steals in 38.6 minutes per game ...Richmond led the Kings with 204 three-pointers and shot .428 from three-point range to rank fifth in the NBA, and his team-high .861 free-throw mark ranked 15th in the NBA ...He became the first player to lead the team in scoring and assists since Reggie Theus in 1986-87 and, with a career-high 2,095 points, joined Oscar Robertson, Nate Archibald and Jack Twyman as the only players in franchise history to surpass 2,000 points in a season. ...Richmond joined Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Larry Bird, Wilt Chamberlain, Michael Jordan and Oscar Robertson as the only players to average at least 21.0 ppg in each of their first nine NBA seasons ...Richmond led the Kings in scoring 64 times, assists 30 times and rebounding once ...He scored 20+ points 63 times, 30+ points 26 times and 40+ points twice, with a high of 41 in a 105-98 win over the Clippers on Feb. 13 ...He also posted career-highs of 13 rebounds in a 113-107 victory at Denver on Feb. 1 and 13 assists in a 109-101 triumph at Vancouver on Jan. 11 ...Selected to the All-Star Game for the fifth year in a row, Richmond tallied nine points, grabbed three rebounds and handed out four assists in 22 minutes off the bench ...He also won the Fleer Shootaround on Saturday, defeating Tim Hardaway, Eddie Jones and Bobby Phills in a timed test of all-around shooting skills

1995-1996:
Richmond ranked eighth in the NBA in scoring with a team-high 23.1 ppg, second only to Michael Jordan among guards ...He shot .447 from the field, a career-high .437 from three-point range (ninth in the NBA) and a team-high .866 from the free throw line (seventh in the NBA) ...He led the team in minutes played with 36.4 mpg, three-pointers with 225 and steals with 1.54 spg, ranked third in assists with 3.1 apg and also averaged 3.3 rpg ...Richmond started all 81 games in which he played and scored in double figures in 78 of them, getting 20 points or more 53 times and 30 points or more 19 times ...He led the team in scoring 53 times and tied his career-high with 47 points, including a franchise-record 25 in the fourth quarter, on Dec. 15 against Houston ...He was an NBA All-Star for the fourth year in a row and Sacramento's leading scorer in the playoffs, averaging 21.0 ppg in four games against Seattle ...He was a member of the U.S. Dream Team that won the gold medal at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.

1994-1995:
Mitch Richmond was a stellar player again in 1994-95, scoring higher than any guard in the league and winning honors as the Most Valuable Player at the NBA All-Star Game ...He averaged 22.8 points, eighth-highest in the league, and was one of only two guards (along with Clyde Drexler at 21.8 ppg) in the top 15 ...In his seven NBA seasons Richmond has never averaged below 21.9 points per game ...He played in all 82 contests, racking up a career-best 1,867 points (the most by a Kings player since Eddie Johnson scored 1,876 in 1984-85) ...Richmond led the Kings in scoring in 55 of 82 games and reached the 30-point mark in 16 contests ...His personal highlight was at the 45th annual NBA All-Star Game in Phoenix ...In only 22 minutes of play, Richmond scored a game-high 23 points on 10-of-13 shooting, including going 3-of-3 from three-point distance, to win the All-Star Game MVP Award ...His field-goal shooting was the third-highest single-game performance in All-Star Game history ...Named to the All-Star Team as a reserve, Richmond was the first player to win MVP honors off the bench since Boston Celtics guard Nate Archibald did so in 1981 ...He was also the first Kings player to win the award since Adrian Smith in 1966 ...Not only was Richmond the Kings' offensive catalyst, but he was also one of the league's top defensive guards ...He limited the opposition's starting off guards to an average of 12.9 points per contest, holding his counterparts below their season averages in 57 of 82 games ...Although the Kings' 39 wins in 1994-95 were the most since the club moved to Sacramento in 1985, they missed qualifying for the playoffs when they lost the final game of the year to the Denver Nuggets, who took the eighth spot in the Western Conference

1993-1994:
Long regarded as one of the best shooting guards in the NBA, Richmond finally earned the ultimate recognition in 1993-94 ...In the midst of an outstanding season he was voted by fans to start in the 1994 NBA All-Star Game ...It was his second straight All-Star selection (his first as a starter), but Richmond had missed the 1993 game because of a season-ending hand injury ...When he finally did don an All-Star jersey in 1994, Richmond became the first Kings player since Nate Archibald in 1975 to start in an All-Star Game ...For the season, Richmond led all NBA guards and ranked seventh in the league with 23.4 points per game ...He also placed seventh in the NBA in three-point percentage at .407 ...Shortly after the Kings (28-54) finished another difficult campaign, Richmond was named to the All-NBA Second Team, the first such honor of his career ...Along the way Richmond scored his 9,000th career point in his 398th career game ...Only five other active players had reached that plateau in a shorter amount of time: Dominique Wilkins (in 366 games), Karl Malone (372), David Robinson (385), Patrick Ewing (389), and Hakeem Olajuwon (392) ...Richmond scored more than 30 points 15 times during the year, including a 40-point outburst against the Orlando Magic on December 27 ...He recorded his second career triple-double on February 16 against the Philadelphia 76ers by recording 31 points, 10 assists, and a career-high-tying 12 rebounds ...On February 25 he set a club record by hitting 8 three-pointers (in 9 attempts) against the Los Angeles Clippers.

1992-1993:
Richmond became the first player in the Kings' Sacramento era and the 18th in the franchise's 45-year history to earn an All-Star berth ...The Kings' last All-Star was Otis Birdsong in 1981 ...Unfortunately, Richmond fractured his right thumb two nights after he was added to the team ...The injury kept him from playing in the All-Star Game and for the rest of the season ...After corrective surgery on February 28, his hand remained in a cast for five weeks ...Still, Richmond led Sacramento in scoring 23 times and in assists 14 times ...For the season, he paced the Kings in scoring (21.9 ppg) and minutes (38.4 per game) ...He scored 20-plus points 31 times and 30-plus points on five occasions, including a season-high 35 in a game against the Washington Bullets on December 8.

1991-1992:
On the eve of the NBA season opener the Kings pulled off perhaps the most stunning trade of the Sacramento era b