Charles Norman Richardson (born in Brooklyn

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, New York, New York

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) is an American

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 professional basketball

Basketball

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 player. A 6'5" 190/200 lb shooting guard

Shooting guard

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, played college basketball

College basketball

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 at Hofstra University

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 and had a brief stint in the NBA

National Basketball Association

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 in 2001-02

2001-02 NBA season

-Statistics leaders:-Yearly awards:*Most Valuable Player: Tim Duncan, San Antonio Spurs*Rookie of the Year: Pau Gasol, Memphis Grizzlies*Defensive Player of the Year: Ben Wallace, Detroit Pistons...

.

Richardson was signed by the Indiana Pacers

Indiana Pacers

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 as a free agent

Free agent

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 on September 21, 2001 for whom he played 3 games before being traded, along with Jalen Rose

Jalen Rose

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, Travis Best

Travis Best

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, and a second-round draft pick to the Chicago Bulls

Chicago Bulls

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 in exchange for Ron Mercer

Ron Mercer

Ronald Eugene Mercer is a former American basketball player at the University of Kentucky who also had a career in the National Basketball Association; the last time he played was for the New Jersey Nets in 2005.-Basketball career:...

, Ron Artest

Ron Artest

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, Brad Miller

Brad Miller (basketball)

Bradley Alan Miller is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the NBA...

 and Kevin Ollie

Kevin Ollie

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 at the trade deadline on February 19, 2002.

Later he played for SPEC Polonia Warschau (Polen first division) and for TBB Trier

TBB Trier

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(Germany first division) in the 2008/2009 season.

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