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Mitch Richmond
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American basketball player
OverviewAI-generated
Mitch Richmond is an American basketball player, film producer, actor, and basketball coach. Born on June 30, 1965, in Fort Lauderdale, he resides in the same city. He played the shooting guard position in the National Basketball Association from 1988 to 2002. His professional teams included the Washington Wizards, Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State Warriors, and Sacramento Kings.
Richmond represented the United States in the 1988 and 1996 Summer Olympics, as well as the 1987 Summer Universiade. He attended Kansas State University. His accolades include the NBA Rookie of the Year Award, selection to the NBA All-Rookie Team, and the NBA All-Star Game Kobe Bryant Most Valuable Player Award. Known by the nickname "The Rock," he speaks English.
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Film & TV
Known for
- Arli$$ — Mitch Redmond1996
- The Sentinel — Dwight Roshman1996
- Hang Time1995
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1965-06-30 ) June 30, 1965 (age 60) , Fort Lauderdale, Florida , U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
- Listed weight
- 220 lb (100 kg)
- High school
- Boyd Anderson , ( Lauderdale Lakes, Florida )
- College
- Moberly Area CC (1984–1986) Kansas State (1986–1988)
- Nba draft
- 1988 : 1st round, 5th overall pick
- Drafted by
- Golden State Warriors
- Playing career
- 1988–2002
- Position
- Shooting guard
- Number
- 23, 2
- Coaching career
- 2015–2019
- 1988 1991
- Golden State Warriors
- 1991 1998
- Sacramento Kings
- 1998 2001
- Washington Wizards
- 2001 2002
- Los Angeles Lakers
- 2015 2019
- St. John's (assistant)
- Points
- 20,497 (21.0 ppg)
- Rebounds
- 3,801 (3.9 rpg)
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Basketball
- Position
- Shooting Guard
- Nationality
- United States
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Fort Lauderdale
- Occupation
- basketball coach
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Participant in
- 1987 Summer Universiade
- Sport
- basketball
- Position played
- shooting guard
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 98
- Image
- Mitch Richmond cropped.jpg
- Height
- 196
- Residence
- Fort Lauderdale
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- Commons category
- Mitch Richmond
- date of birth
- 1965-06-30
- end of work period
- 2002-00-00
- start of work period
- 1988-00-00
- nickname
- The Rock
- writing language
- English language
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Mitchell James Richmond III (born June 30, 1965) is an American former professional basketball player. He played collegiately at Moberly Area Community College and Kansas State University. He was a six-time NBA All-Star, a five-time All-NBA Team member, and a former NBA Rookie of the Year. In 976 NBA games, Richmond averaged 21.0 points per game and 3.5 assists per game. Richmond was voted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2014. His jersey No. 2 was retired in his honor by the Sacramento Kings, for whom he played seven seasons.
Early life
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