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2013 Playoffs Statistics
Born:
Apr 13, 1980
Height:
6-6 / 1.98
Weight:
228 lbs. / 103.4 kg.
Prior to NBA / Country:
DePaul / USA
Years Pro:
12
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PRO CAREER: Longtime three-point artist was signed as a free agent on April 16 for his second Knicks stint (played four seasons in NY from 2005-06 thru 2008-09)...Eighth on all-time Knicks career list with 351 3PT FGM...Had not seen prior action during 2012-13 NBA season (waived by Orlando on Oct 27. 2012). Played in season finale win over Hawks, April 17, scoring five points (1-11 FGA, 1-4 from Downtown) with 10 rebounds in 29 bench minutes. PLAYOFFS: Q-Rich is appearing in his fifth career NBA post-season...Has averaged 8.5 ppg and 4.3 rpg with .406 shooting (93-229 FGA) over 28.5 mpg in 31 career post-season games (21 starts)...48-121 (.397) career from Downtown in Playoffs...Owns two 20+ scoring games and two 10+ rebound games in post-season...Has four, four-homer games in Playoffs...Has come off the bench in 10 of his last 11 postseason games after starting each of his first 20...Appearing in the Playoffs for the fourth consecutive year (2010 w/Heat, 2011 and 2012 w/Magic). 2012 (Magic): In most recent Playoff action, averaged 2.4 ppg on 5-15 FGA (.333) with 2-7 (.286) from Downtown over 14.8 mpg in five games off the bench in Magic’s first round loss to Pacers...Series highs five points in Game One, 10 rebounds (with two pts) in Game Three. 2011 (Magic): Appeared in all six games of first-round loss to Hawks (one start) with 3.8 ppg on 8-15 FGA (.533) over 16.3 mpg...Went 5-10 (.500) from Downtown...Series high nine points (3-3 from Downtown) in Game Three...Started Game Four (April 24), and had seven points (3-5 FGA) in 29 minutes in most recent Playoff start. 2010 (Heat): Started all five games of Heat’s first round loss to Celtics with 9.8 ppg on 18-45 FGA (.400) over 29.8 mpg...Went 9-22 (.409) from Downtown...Series highs 20 points (7-14 FGA, 4-6 from Downtown) and seven rebounds in Game Four (April 25). 2005 (Suns): In first career NBA post-season, started all 15 games of Suns’ drive to West Finals with 11.9 ppg on 62-154 FGA (.403) with 32-82 (.390) from Downtown over 37.6 mpg...Double-figure points in 11 of his 15 post-season games...Scored a Playoff careerhigh 22 points (7-20 FGA, 4-11 from Downtown) in Game One of first round vs. Grizzlies (April 24, 2005)...Playoff career-high 13 rebounds (with 11 pts) over Playoff career-high 52 minutes in series-clinching OT win in Game Six of West Semis vs. Mavs (May 20). CAREER TRANSACTIONS: Selected by the Los Angeles Clippers in the first round (18th overall) of the 2000 NBA Draft…Signed as a free agent by Phoenix Suns (Jul. 29, 2004)…Traded by Phoenix to New York along with the draft rights to Nate Robinson and cash considerations in exchange for Kurt Thomas and the draft rights to Dijon Thompson (Jun. 28, 2005)…Traded by New York to Memphis along with cash considerations in exchange for Darko Milicic (Jun. 25, 2009)…Traded by Memphis to the L.A. Clippers in exchange for Zach Randolph (Jul. 17, 2009)…Traded by the L.A. Clippers to Minnesota in exchange for Craig Smith, Mark Madsen and Sebastian Telfair (Jul. 20, 2009)…Traded by Minnesota to Miami in exchange for Mark Blount (Aug. 13, 2009)…Signed as a free agent by Orlando (Jul. 13, 2010). COLLEGE CAPSULE: Played 64 games during two seasons at DePaul University, averaging 17.9 ppg., 10.2 rpg. and 1.6 apg. in 34.3 minpg. during his collegiate career…Left DePaul as the only player in school history to score at least 1,000 points, grab 500-or-more rebounds and hit at least 100 three-point field goals…Became the second-fastest player in school history to score 1,000 points, trailing only Mark Aguirre…Finished his career ranked seventh in school history in three-point field goals made (117)…Earned Honorable Mention All-America honors by The Associated Press in each of his two seasons…Named First Team All-Conference USA in each of his two seasons…Posted 29 double-doubles in his two seasons…As a sophomore (1999-00), he averaged 17.0 ppg., 9.8 rpg., 2.2 apg. and 1.06 stlpg. in 35.1 minpg. in 33 games…Led Conference USA and was ranked 11th nationally in rebounding…As a freshman (1998-99), was named both Conference USA Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year after averaging 18.9 ppg., 10.5 rpg. and 1.0 apg. in 33.5 minpg. in 31 games…Also named National Freshman of the Year by the United States Basketball Writers Association, The Sporting News and Basketball News…Earned Conference USA First Team All-Rookie honors…Ranked seventh in the nation in rebounding, finishing the year as the nation’s top rebounding freshman, while ranking third among all freshman in scoring…Topped Conference USA in rebounding and ranked second in scoring…Was a two-time Conference USA Player of the Week…Scored a career-high 33 points against UNC-Wilmington on Nov. 24, 1998…Grabbed a career-high 20 rebounds against UAB on Jan. 14, 1999. |
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| ONE-ON-ONE: Full name is Quentin Lamar Richardson…Nicknames are “Q” and “Q-Rich”…The youngest of Lee and Emma Richardson’s five children…Lists his father Lee, a retired motorman who drove a train for 37 years for the Chicago Transit Authority, as the person who made a difference in his life…His mother, Emma, a former high school basketball player, introduced him to the sport of basketball…Stepmother is Marilyn Richardson…Has a brother (Cedric Richardson) and a sister (Rochelle Richardson)…Two of his brothers (Bernard and Lee, Jr.) are deceased…During an eight-month period when he was a 12-year old in seventh grade, he lost a brother, his grandmother and his mother…His grandmother, Ada, died of natural causes…His oldest brother, Bernard, was shot and killed by robbers, while his mother, Emma, died of breast cancer in 1992…His other older brother, Lee Richardson, Jr., was a music producer who was killed by a robber in December 2005… He has three tattoos to honor their memory…Cousin of former New York Giants linebacker Carlos Emmons…Along with former teammate Dwyane Wade, he is the godfather to Dorell Wright’s son Devin Quentin Dwyane Wright…Enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at DePaul and chose to major in broadcast journalism because he wanted to be educated to speak better…Would like to become an NBA broadcaster and served as a guest commentator on MSG Network’s coverage of the 2008 NBA Las Vegas Summer League…Enjoys bowling, watching movies and playing video games…Lists his family as his most prized possession…Favorite sport other than basketball is football and lists his hometown Chicago Bears as his favorite team…Co-starred with former Clippers’ teammate Darius Miles in a documentary feature film called The Youngest Guns, which chronicled their first three years in the league, the first two as teammates…Also has played himself in the movie Van Wilder in 2002 and in an episode of the HBO show Arli$$...Runs his own charity, BFAM…Has run a weekly basketball camp for kids at DePaul each of the past four years…Oversaw ‘Q’s Catalysts’ ticket program while he played in New York, which provided tickets to Knicks home games for area youth groups throughout the season…Lists his favorite television shows as Entourage and Heroes and Coming to America as his favorite movie…Enjoys listening to R&B and hip-hop…Favorite food is salmon and says he cooks barbeque well…Helped lead Whitney High School to a 30-1 record and Chicago Public League championship and Illinois Class AA state championship in 1997-98…Named the 1998 Illinois Player of the Year by USA Today…Was a member of the 1998 USA Basketball Men’s Junior Team that won the World Championship in 1998…Wears size 15 basketball shoes. | ||
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