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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 in Fort Lauderdale in 1965, he resides in the same city. He played the shooting guard position for the Washington Wizards, Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State Warriors, and Sacramento Kings in the National Basketball Association. His professional career spanned from 1988 to 2002.
Richmond represented the United States in the 1988 Summer Olympics, 1996 Summer Olympics, and 1987 Summer Universiade. He was educated at Kansas State University. During his career, he received the NBA Rookie of the Year Award, the NBA All-Rookie Team honor, and the NBA All-Star Game Kobe Bryant Most Valuable Player Award. He is also known by the nickname "The Rock."
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 0
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting
Known for
- Arli$$ — Mitch Redmond1996
- The Sentinel — Dwight Roshman1996
- Hang Time1995
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Group
- Origin
- Portland
- Active from
- 1994
- Active to
- 2016
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Technical Summary
· 2000 · cited 8,922x
- Crystal structure of the nucleosome core particle at 2.8 Å resolution
· 1997 · cited 8,142x
- Enzymatic Determination of Total Serum Cholesterol
· 1974 · cited 6,213x
- Effects of Losartan on Renal and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Nephropathy
· 2001 · cited 5,911x
- THE SEVENTH DATA RELEASE OF THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY
· 2009 · cited 4,692x
via Crossref · CC0
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
- Team
- _Retired 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
Show 6 more facts
- 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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