Clint Richardson
Clint Richardson Jr. | |
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| Born | August 7, 1956 United States |
| Occupation | Professional basketball player (retired) |
| Years active | 1980–1989 |
| Known for | NBA player for Philadelphia 76ers and Indiana Pacers; 1983 NBA champion |
Clint Richardson Jr. (born August 7, 1956) is a retired American professional basketball athlete who was chosen in the second round as the 36th overall pick by the Philadelphia 76ers during the 1979 NBA draft. Standing 6'3" and playing the guard position, Richardson attended Seattle University before embarking on a nine-season NBA career spanning from 1980 to 1989 with both the 76ers and the Indiana Pacers. Beyond the NBA, he competed in European Cup fixtures representing Greek club AEK Athens and also spent one season playing professionally in Italy. Throughout his NBA tenure, Richardson took part in 586 games, accumulating a total of 4,084 points. His most productive season occurred in the 1985-86 campaign with the Pacers, where he played all 82 games and averaged 9.7 points per contest. He contributed to the 1982-83 Philadelphia 76ers championship-winning squad.
Early in his professional journey, Richardson identified standout backcourt rebounders such as Magic Johnson and Sidney Moncrief, observing that many successful guards had backgrounds as collegiate forwards.
NBA
Source
Regular season
|- |style="text-align:left;"| |style="text-align:left;"|Philadelphia |52||34||19.0||.457||.333||.622||2.4||2.1||.5||.3||6.7 |- |style="text-align:left;"| |style="text-align:left;"|Philadelphia |77||1||17.1||.489||.000||.778||2.3||2.0||.5||.1||7.0 |- |style="text-align:left;"| |style="text-align:left;"|Philadelphia |77||0||13.5||.452||1.000||.784||1.5||1.4||.5||.1||4.6 |- |style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"|† |style="text-align:left;"|Philadelphia |77||1||22.8||.463||.000||.640||3.2||2.2||.9||.2||7.6 |- |style="text-align:left;"| |style="text-align:left;"|Philadelphia |69||12||22.8||.467||.000||.767||2.4||2.2||.7||.3||7.6 |- |style="text-align:left;"| |style="text-align:left;"|Philadelphia |74||20||20.7||.453||.333||.854||2.1||2.1||.5||.2||6.0 |- |style="text-align:left;"| |style="text-align:left;"|Indiana |82||61||27.1||.455||.111||.837||3.1||4.5||.7||.1||9.7 |- |style="text-align:left;"| |style="text-align:left;"|Indiana |78||14||17.9||.467||.353||.797||1.8||3.1||.6||.1||6.4 |- class="sortbottom" |style="text-align:center;" colspan=2|Career |586||143||20.2||.463||.244||.770||2.4||2.5||.6||.2||7.0 }}
Playoffs
|- | style="text-align:left;"|1980 | style="text-align:left;"|Philadelphia | 3 || || 1.0 || .333 || .000 || – || .0 || .0 || .3 || .0 || .7 |- | style="text-align:left;"|1981 | style="text-align:left;"|Philadelphia | 13 || || 13.9 || .526 || – || .529 || 1.6 || .9 || .5 || .2 || 3.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"|1982 | style="text-align:left;"|Philadelphia | 21 || || 19.8 || .452 || – || .567 || 3.3 || 1.9 || .6 || .2 || 5.3 |- | style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"|1983† | style="text-align:left;"|Philadelphia | 13 || || 24.5 || .446 || – || .824 || 3.0 || 1..8 || 1..2 || ..2 || 6..8 |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- class="sortbottom"
|style="text-align:center;" colspan=2 |Career |72 |0 |19..3 |..499 |..000 |..689 |..7 |..7 |..7 |..2 |5..8