D. J. Richardson Explained

D. J. Richardson
Number:11
Team:Free agent
Position:Shooting guard
Height Ft:6
Height In:3
Weight Lb:195
Birth Date:11 February 1991
Birth Place:Peoria, Illinois
Nationality:American
High School:
College:Illinois (2009–2013)
Draft Year:2013
Career Start:2013
Career End:2019
Years1:2013
Team1:Güssing Knights
Years2:2014–2015
Team2:Korikobrat
Years3:2015–2016
Team3:Kouvot
Years4:2016–2017
Team4:Spirou Charleroi
Years5:2017
Team5:s.Oliver Würzburg
Years6:2017–2018
Team6:Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski
Years7:2018
Team7:Aries Trikala
Years8:2018–2019
Team8:Aix Maurienne Savoie
Highlights:

Dietrich James "D. J." Richardson (born February 11, 1991) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Aix Maurienne Savoie Basket of the LNB Pro B. He attended Peoria Central for his first three years of high school and transferred to Findlay Prep in Henderson, Nevada for his senior year.[1] He played collegiately at the University of Illinois.

High school

As a junior at Peoria Central Richardson was selected to first-team All-State by the Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette and second-team All-State by the AP and Chicago Sun-Times. In his senior year at Findlay College Prep, Richardson, along with Texas recruit Avery Bradley, led the Findlay College Prep Pilots to a high school national championship after beating Oak Hill 74-66 and finishing their season 33-0.[2]

College career

Richardson joined fellow 2009 recruits, including Brandon Paul, on the University of Illinois 2009–10 men's basketball team coached by Bruce Weber. Andy Katz of ESPN called Richardson and Paul "the best freshman backcourt not at Kentucky John Wall and Eric Bledsoe".[3] Richardson was named Big Ten Freshman of the Year by the coaches and was unanimously selected to the Big Ten All-Freshman team.[4] Richardson finished his career ranked 13th on Illini all-time scoring list (1,477 points, third in made 3-pointers (278), and tied for third in games played (138). After his senior season, Richardson was selected to participate in the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament.[5]

College statistics

|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2009–10| style="text-align:left;"| Illinois| 36 || 35 || 30.9 || .399 || .390 || .775 || 2.7 || 2.1 || 0.7 || 0.2 || 10.5|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2010–11| style="text-align:left;"| Illinois| 34 || 30 || 26.8 || .415 || .385 || .758 || 1.8 || 1.9 || 0.7 || 0.2 || 8.4|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2011–12| style="text-align:left;"| Illinois| 32 || 31 || 34.7 || .387 || .348 || .774 || 3.0 || 1.7 || 0.8 ||0.2 || 11.6|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2012–13| style="text-align:left;"| Illinois| 36 || 36 || 33.8 || .363 || .322 || .815 || 3.9 || 1.6 || 1.3 || 0.2 || 14.5|-| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 138 || 132 || 31.5 || .388 || .355 || .787 || 2.8 || 1.8 || 0.9 || 0.2 || 13.6|-

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2013 NBA draft, Richardson worked out for the Utah Jazz in mid-September 2013.[6] On October 24, 2013, Richardson signed to play professionally in Austria for the UBC Güssing Knights.[7] In January 2014 Richardson signed to play for Toros de Aragua of the Venezuelan Professional Basketball League, however he suffered an ankle injury that forced the team to cut him before playing a game.[8]

On July 31, 2014 Richardson signed with Korikobrat which competes as a member of the Korisliiga in Finland.[9] After that season, he signed with Kouvot from the same Korisliiga for the 2015–16 season. He eventually won the Finnish championship with Kouvot.

On February 26, 2018, Richardson joined Aries Trikala of the Greek Basket League.[10]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Player Bio: D.J. Richardson . fightingillini.com . 14 March 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100322192233/http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/richardson_dj00.html . 22 March 2010 .
  2. Web site: No. 1 Findlay Prep wins national title 74-66 vs. No. 2 Oak Hill . Zillgitt . Jeff . 2009-04-05 . . 2015-02-11.
  3. Web site: 24 things for the 24-hour marathon . Katz . Andy . 2009-11-16 . . 2015-02-11.
  4. Web site: Big Ten Announces All-Big Ten Teams and Individual Honorees . 2010-03-08 . Big Ten Conference . 2015-02-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100310222209/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030810aab.html . 2010-03-10 . dead .
  5. Web site: D.J. Richardson To Play In Portsmouth Invitational . . Forza, Apollo . 2013-04-09 . 2015-02-11.
  6. Web site: Richardson earns workout with NBA's Jazz . . 2013-09-16 . 2015-02-11 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150211205237/http://www.illinoishomepage.net/story/d/story/richardson-earns-workout-with-nbas-jazz/21702/4PejfviQu0uO8G9KFN46OA . 2015-02-11 .
  7. Web site: D.J. Richardson goes pro with Gussing . Court-Side Newspaper . 2013-10-23 . 2015-02-11.
  8. Web site: Former Illini D.J. Richardson giving Groce a helping hand . https://archive.today/20150211215711/http://www.dailyillini.com/sports/men_sports/men_basketball/article_d25e1836-9cf9-11e3-a962-0017a43b2370.html . dead . 2015-02-11 . . 2014-02-24 . 2015-02-11 . Hammond, Sean .
  9. Web site: Lapuan Korikobrat sign D.J. Richardson . Sportnado . 2014-07-31 . 2015-02-11.
  10. Web site: Trikala lands DJ Richardson . Sportnado . 2018-02-26 . 2018-03-31 .