Jeremy Richardson
Encyclopedia
Jeremy Terrell Richardson (born March 1, 1984) is an American
professional basketball player for BC Armia
. He is a 6'7", 210 lb. swingman
and he has played in the National Basketball Association
(NBA) with the Atlanta Hawks
, Portland Trail Blazers
, Memphis Grizzlies
, San Antonio Spurs
and Orlando Magic
.
and graduated from Zachary High School
in Louisiana in 2002. Prior to entering the NBA, he attended Copiah-Lincoln Community College
for two years and transferred to the NCAA Division II Delta State University
.
Draft by the Fort Worth Flyers
. On January 27, 2007, he was signed to a ten-day contract by the Atlanta Hawks. Previously playing for the Flyers, it was the seventh call-up from the D-League during the 2006–07 season. After his second 10-day contract expired, the Hawks opted not to retain him.
In March 2007, he was signed to a 10-day contract by the Portland Trail Blazers
. At the end of the contract, the Blazers cut him; he played in one game for them. Richardson returned to the Flyers afterwards.
Richardson was selected in the first round (second overall) of the 2007 D-League expansion draft
by the Fort Wayne Mad Ants
.
Richardson spent the 2007-08
NBA preseason with the Miami Heat
but was waived on October 29, 2007. On December 20, 2007, he was signed by the Memphis Grizzlies
. Until then he was averaging 28.5 points, 6.6 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.63 steals in 41.5 minutes in eight games for the Mad Ants. He was named D-League.com Performer of the Week, after averaging 35 points, 6.5 rebounds, and 4.0 assists in two games during the week of December 3, shooting 53.2% from the field (25/47), including scoring a league season-high 40 points against the Iowa Energy
on November 29. He was waived on January 7, and signed three days later with the San Antonio Spurs
.
In 2008, Richardson was named MVP of the D-League All Star Game
, scoring 22 points on 9/15 shooting. Shortly afterwards, he was signed to another 10-day contract by the Atlanta Hawks. Richardson in the 2008 offseason was signed by the Orlando Magic
. On December 8 he received a 3.5 million dollar bonus.
In August 2009, he joined the Greek League
club Aris Thessaloniki
where he averaged 12.2 points and 3.3 rebounds per game. In September 2010 he signed a one-year contract with the Spanish
club Power Electronics Valencia.
In August 2011, he signed with BC Armia
in Georgia.
| align="left" | 2006–07
| align="left" | Atlanta
| 5 || 0 || 3.8 || .500 || .667 || .000 || .4 || .0 || .2 || .0 || 1.6
|-
| align="left" | 2006–07
| align="left" | Portland
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|-
| align="left" | 2007–08
| align="left" | Memphis
| 3 || 0 || 5.0 || .000 || .000 || .000 || .3 || .3 || .0 || .0 || .0
|-
| align="left" | 2007–08
| align="left" | San Antonio
| 5 || 1 || 5.8 || .429 || .400 || 1.000 || .2 || .2 || .2 || .0 || 2.0
|-
| align="left" | 2007–08
| align="left" | Atlanta
| 19 || 0 || 4.6 || .419 || .417 || .000 || .4 || .0 || .1 || .0 || 1.6
|-
| align="left" | 2008–09
| align="left" | Orlando
| 12 || 0 || 7.8 || .286 || .353 || .500 || 1.2 || .3 || .0 || .0 || 3.1
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" |
| 45 || 1 || 5.4 || .333 || .385 || .625 || .6 || .1 || .1 || .0 || 1.9
| align="left" | 2007–08
| align="left" | Atlanta
| 3 || 0 || 2.0 || .250 || .000 || .000 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .7
|-
| align="left" | 2008–09
| align="left" | Orlando
| 1 || 0 || 2.0 || .000 || .000 || .000 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" |
| 4 || 0 || 2.0 || .200 || .000 || .000 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .5
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
professional basketball player for BC Armia
BC Armia
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. He is a 6'7", 210 lb. swingman
Swingman
A Swingman is a basketball term denoting a player who can play both the small forward and shooting guard positions, and, in essence, swing between the shooting guard and small forward positions." Swingmen males are often between 6'5" and 6'8" .John Havlicek, who played for the Boston Celtics in...
and he has played in the National Basketball Association
National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
(NBA) with the Atlanta Hawks
Atlanta Hawks
The Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are part of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association .-The first years:...
, Portland Trail Blazers
Portland Trail Blazers
The Portland Trail Blazers, commonly known as the Blazers, are an American professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon. They play in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association . The Trail Blazers originally played their home games in the...
, Memphis Grizzlies
Memphis Grizzlies
The Memphis Grizzlies are a professional basketball team based in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. The team is part of the Southwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association . Along with the Toronto Raptors, the Grizzlies were established in 1995 as part of the NBA's...
, San Antonio Spurs
San Antonio Spurs
The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas. They are part of the Southwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association ....
and Orlando Magic
Orlando Magic
The Orlando Magic is a professional basketball team based in Orlando, Florida. They play in the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association and are currently coached by Stan Van Gundy...
.
Collegiate career
Richardson was born in Allentown, PennsylvaniaAllentown, Pennsylvania
Allentown is a city located in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is Pennsylvania's third most populous city, after Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, and the 215th largest city in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 118,032 and is currently...
and graduated from Zachary High School
Zachary High School
Zachary High School is a public high school located in Zachary, Louisiana, United States.-History:Originally Zachary High School was within the East Baton Rouge Parish School System. In 2002, Zachary High School became part of the Zachary Community School District. Since the break from East...
in Louisiana in 2002. Prior to entering the NBA, he attended Copiah-Lincoln Community College
Copiah-Lincoln Community College
Copiah-Lincoln Community College is a comprehensive public community college with its main campus located in Wesson, Mississippi, about south of Jackson, the state capitol and north of New Orleans. The Co-Lin District serves a seven-county area including Adams, Copiah, Franklin County,...
for two years and transferred to the NCAA Division II Delta State University
Delta State University
Delta State University, also known as DSU, is a regional public university located in Cleveland, Mississippi, United States, in the heart of the Mississippi Delta...
.
Pro career
Richardson was selected with the ninth pick of the second round in the 2006 NBA D-LeagueNBA Development League
The NBA Development League, or NBA D-League, is the National Basketball Association's official minor league basketball organization. Known until summer 2005 as the National Basketball Development League , the NBA D-League started with eight teams in the fall of 2001...
Draft by the Fort Worth Flyers
Fort Worth Flyers
The Fort Worth Flyers is the name of a now defunct team of the NBA Development League minor league basketball expansion team based in Fort Worth, Texas. They began play in the 2005-06 season. The decision was made by the NBADL to not operate this team for the 2007-08 season.- Franchise history...
. On January 27, 2007, he was signed to a ten-day contract by the Atlanta Hawks. Previously playing for the Flyers, it was the seventh call-up from the D-League during the 2006–07 season. After his second 10-day contract expired, the Hawks opted not to retain him.
In March 2007, he was signed to a 10-day contract by the Portland Trail Blazers
Portland Trail Blazers
The Portland Trail Blazers, commonly known as the Blazers, are an American professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon. They play in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association . The Trail Blazers originally played their home games in the...
. At the end of the contract, the Blazers cut him; he played in one game for them. Richardson returned to the Flyers afterwards.
Richardson was selected in the first round (second overall) of the 2007 D-League expansion draft
Expansion draft
An expansion draft, in professional sports, occurs when a sports league decides to create one or more new expansion teams or franchises. This occurs mainly in North American sports. One of the ways of stocking the new team or teams is an expansion draft...
by the Fort Wayne Mad Ants
Fort Wayne Mad Ants
The Fort Wayne Mad Ants are a team of the NBA Development League, located in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The Allen County War Memorial Coliseum is the home venue for the team. The team is the first minor league basketball franchise to play in Fort Wayne since the Fort Wayne Fury...
.
Richardson spent the 2007-08
2007-08 NBA season
The 2007–08 NBA season was the 62nd season of the National Basketball Association. The 1,230-game regular season began on Tuesday, October 30, 2007, and ended on Wednesday, April 16, 2008...
NBA preseason with the Miami Heat
Miami Heat
The Miami Heat is a professional basketball team based in Miami, Florida, United States. The team is a member of the Southeast Division in the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association . They play their home games at American Airlines Arena in Downtown Miami...
but was waived on October 29, 2007. On December 20, 2007, he was signed by the Memphis Grizzlies
Memphis Grizzlies
The Memphis Grizzlies are a professional basketball team based in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. The team is part of the Southwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association . Along with the Toronto Raptors, the Grizzlies were established in 1995 as part of the NBA's...
. Until then he was averaging 28.5 points, 6.6 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.63 steals in 41.5 minutes in eight games for the Mad Ants. He was named D-League.com Performer of the Week, after averaging 35 points, 6.5 rebounds, and 4.0 assists in two games during the week of December 3, shooting 53.2% from the field (25/47), including scoring a league season-high 40 points against the Iowa Energy
Iowa Energy
The Iowa Energy are a 2007-08 expansion team of the NBA Development League, of which they are the current defending champions. They play their home games at the Wells Fargo Arena at Iowa Events Center....
on November 29. He was waived on January 7, and signed three days later with the San Antonio Spurs
San Antonio Spurs
The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas. They are part of the Southwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association ....
.
In 2008, Richardson was named MVP of the D-League All Star Game
NBA Development League All-Star Game
The NBA Development League All-Star Game is an annual exhibition basketball game held by the National Basketball Association Development League . The D-League was founded in 2001 as the National Basketball Development League . The league adopted its current name at the start of the 2005–06 season...
, scoring 22 points on 9/15 shooting. Shortly afterwards, he was signed to another 10-day contract by the Atlanta Hawks. Richardson in the 2008 offseason was signed by the Orlando Magic
Orlando Magic
The Orlando Magic is a professional basketball team based in Orlando, Florida. They play in the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association and are currently coached by Stan Van Gundy...
. On December 8 he received a 3.5 million dollar bonus.
In August 2009, he joined the Greek League
A1 Ethniki
The Greek Basket League , commonly referred to as the Greek Basketball League or Greek Basketball Championship, is the highest professional basketball league in Greece. It is run by HEBA...
club Aris Thessaloniki
Aris BC
Aris Basketball Club is the professional basketball team of the Thessaloniki-based Greek sport club Aris Thessaloniki. Aris BC was founded in 1922, eight years after the founding of Aris Thessaloniki....
where he averaged 12.2 points and 3.3 rebounds per game. In September 2010 he signed a one-year contract with the Spanish
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
club Power Electronics Valencia.
In August 2011, he signed with BC Armia
BC Armia
-External links:**...
in Georgia.
Regular season
|-| align="left" | 2006–07
| align="left" | Atlanta
Atlanta Hawks
The Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are part of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association .-The first years:...
| 5 || 0 || 3.8 || .500 || .667 || .000 || .4 || .0 || .2 || .0 || 1.6
|-
| align="left" | 2006–07
| align="left" | Portland
Portland Trail Blazers
The Portland Trail Blazers, commonly known as the Blazers, are an American professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon. They play in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association . The Trail Blazers originally played their home games in the...
| 1 || 0 || 1.0 || .000 || .000 || .000 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0
|-
| align="left" | 2007–08
| align="left" | Memphis
Memphis Grizzlies
The Memphis Grizzlies are a professional basketball team based in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. The team is part of the Southwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association . Along with the Toronto Raptors, the Grizzlies were established in 1995 as part of the NBA's...
| 3 || 0 || 5.0 || .000 || .000 || .000 || .3 || .3 || .0 || .0 || .0
|-
| align="left" | 2007–08
| align="left" | San Antonio
San Antonio Spurs
The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas. They are part of the Southwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association ....
| 5 || 1 || 5.8 || .429 || .400 || 1.000 || .2 || .2 || .2 || .0 || 2.0
|-
| align="left" | 2007–08
| align="left" | Atlanta
| 19 || 0 || 4.6 || .419 || .417 || .000 || .4 || .0 || .1 || .0 || 1.6
|-
| align="left" | 2008–09
2008–09 NBA season
The 2008–09 NBA season was the 63rd season of the National Basketball Association . The 1,230-game regular season began on Tuesday, October 28, 2008, and ended on Wednesday, April 15, 2009...
| align="left" | Orlando
Orlando Magic
The Orlando Magic is a professional basketball team based in Orlando, Florida. They play in the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association and are currently coached by Stan Van Gundy...
| 12 || 0 || 7.8 || .286 || .353 || .500 || 1.2 || .3 || .0 || .0 || 3.1
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" |
| 45 || 1 || 5.4 || .333 || .385 || .625 || .6 || .1 || .1 || .0 || 1.9
Playoffs
|-| align="left" | 2007–08
| align="left" | Atlanta
Atlanta Hawks
The Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are part of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association .-The first years:...
| 3 || 0 || 2.0 || .250 || .000 || .000 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .7
|-
| align="left" | 2008–09
2008–09 NBA season
The 2008–09 NBA season was the 63rd season of the National Basketball Association . The 1,230-game regular season began on Tuesday, October 28, 2008, and ended on Wednesday, April 15, 2009...
| align="left" | Orlando
Orlando Magic
The Orlando Magic is a professional basketball team based in Orlando, Florida. They play in the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association and are currently coached by Stan Van Gundy...
| 1 || 0 || 2.0 || .000 || .000 || .000 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" |
| 4 || 0 || 2.0 || .200 || .000 || .000 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .5