In 2006, Quentin 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.
24 Facts About Quentin Richardson
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Quentin Richardson played college basketball for DePaul University where he averaged 17.9 points and 10.2 rebounds per game in two seasons.
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Quentin Richardson became the only player in school history to have 1,000+ points, 500+ rebounds and 100+ three-point field goals.
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Quentin Richardson declared for the NBA draft after his sophomore year in 2000.
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Quentin Richardson was drafted by the Los Angeles Clippers with the 18th pick of the 2000 NBA draft.
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Quentin Richardson was selected after fellow Clippers Darius Miles and Keyon Dooling.
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On New Year's Eve 2003, Quentin Richardson posted a career-high 44 points in a 120 - 104 victory over the Denver Nuggets.
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Quentin Richardson spent four seasons with the Clippers before becoming a free agent.
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In 2004, Quentin Richardson later signed with the Phoenix Suns as a free agent.
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Quentin Richardson set a new Suns single-season record for three-point field goals, eclipsing the previous record of 199 set by Dan Majerle.
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Quentin Richardson finished the season with a league-leading 631 three-point attempts, and 226 three-point field goals, co-leading the league with Kyle Korver.
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Quentin Richardson set a Suns franchise record with nine threes against the New Orleans Hornets on December 29,2004.
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Quentin Richardson would go on to win the NBA All-Star Three-Point Shootout that same season.
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Quentin Richardson made his playoff debut with the Suns in 2005 who would eventually lose to the eventual champion San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference Finals.
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Quentin Richardson was traded from the Suns, along with 2005 draft pick Nate Robinson, to the New York Knicks in exchange for Kurt Thomas and Dijon Thompson in the offseason.
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Quentin Richardson remained with the team until October 2012, when he was waived.
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Quentin Richardson only played one regular season game, scoring five points in twenty nine minutes on 1 for 11 shooting, but brought down ten rebounds.
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Quentin Richardson 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.
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On July 10,2013, Quentin 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.
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Quentin Richardson played less than 2 minutes and the only stat he recorded was 1 rebound.
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On September 3,2013, Quentin Richardson was waived by the Raptors.
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In 1992, Quentin Richardson lost his mother to breast cancer, his grandmother to natural causes, and his brother, Bernard, who was shot and killed in Chicago, aged 23.
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Quentin Richardson has another older brother, Cedric, and one older sister Rochelle.
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Quentin Richardson has appeared in multiple acting roles, most notably as himself in the 2002 film Van Wilder.