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Pooh Richardson

Jerome Richardson Jr. (Pooh)

Position: Guard
Height: 6-1    Weight: 180 lbs.
Born: May 14, 1966 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
High School: Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
College: University of California, Los Angeles

Drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 1st round (10th pick, 10th overall) of the 1989 NBA draft.

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Totals

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1989-90 23 MIN NBA 82 48 2581 426 925 .461 23 83 .277 63 107 .589 55 162 217 554 133 25 141 143 938
1990-91 24 MIN NBA 82 82 3154 635 1350 .470 42 128 .328 89 165 .539 82 204 286 734 131 13 174 114 1401
1991-92 25 MIN NBA 82 82 2922 587 1261 .466 53 155 .342 123 178 .691 91 210 301 685 119 25 204 152 1350
1992-93 26 IND NBA 74 73 2396 337 703 .479 3 29 .103 92 124 .742 63 204 267 573 94 12 167 132 769
1993-94 27 IND NBA 37 25 1022 160 354 .452 3 12 .250 47 77 .610 28 82 110 237 32 3 88 78 370
1994-95 28 LAC NBA 80 77 2864 353 897 .394 87 244 .357 81 125 .648 38 223 261 632 129 12 171 218 874
1995-96 29 LAC NBA 63 61 2013 281 664 .423 94 245 .384 78 105 .743 35 123 158 340 77 13 95 134 734
1996-97 30 LAC NBA 59 18 1065 131 344 .381 42 128 .328 26 43 .605 25 73 98 169 54 5 62 82 330
1997-98 31 LAC NBA 69 17 1252 124 333 .372 11 57 .193 30 43 .698 17 79 96 226 44 3 54 71 289
1998-99 32 LAC NBA 11 0 130 12 36 .333 0 6 .000 4 4 1.000 1 12 13 30 4 0 9 5 28
Career NBA 639 483 19399 3046 6867 .444 358 1087 .329 633 971 .652 435 1372 1807 4180 817 111 1165 1129 7083

Per Game

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1989-90 23 MIN NBA 82 48 31.5 5.2 11.3 .461 0.3 1.0 .277 0.8 1.3 .589 0.7 2.0 2.6 6.8 1.6 0.3 1.7 1.7 11.4
1990-91 24 MIN NBA 82 82 38.5 7.7 16.5 .470 0.5 1.6 .328 1.1 2.0 .539 1.0 2.5 3.5 9.0 1.6 0.2 2.1 1.4 17.1
1991-92 25 MIN NBA 82 82 35.6 7.2 15.4 .466 0.6 1.9 .342 1.5 2.2 .691 1.1 2.6 3.7 8.4 1.5 0.3 2.5 1.9 16.5
1992-93 26 IND NBA 74 73 32.4 4.6 9.5 .479 0.0 0.4 .103 1.2 1.7 .742 0.9 2.8 3.6 7.7 1.3 0.2 2.3 1.8 10.4
1993-94 27 IND NBA 37 25 27.6 4.3 9.6 .452 0.1 0.3 .250 1.3 2.1 .610 0.8 2.2 3.0 6.4 0.9 0.1 2.4 2.1 10.0
1994-95 28 LAC NBA 80 77 35.8 4.4 11.2 .394 1.1 3.1 .357 1.0 1.6 .648 0.5 2.8 3.3 7.9 1.6 0.2 2.1 2.7 10.9
1995-96 29 LAC NBA 63 61 32.0 4.5 10.5 .423 1.5 3.9 .384 1.2 1.7 .743 0.6 2.0 2.5 5.4 1.2 0.2 1.5 2.1 11.7
1996-97 30 LAC NBA 59 18 18.1 2.2 5.8 .381 0.7 2.2 .328 0.4 0.7 .605 0.4 1.2 1.7 2.9 0.9 0.1 1.1 1.4 5.6
1997-98 31 LAC NBA 69 17 18.1 1.8 4.8 .372 0.2 0.8 .193 0.4 0.6 .698 0.2 1.1 1.4 3.3 0.6 0.0 0.8 1.0 4.2
1998-99 32 LAC NBA 11 0 11.8 1.1 3.3 .333 0.0 0.5 .000 0.4 0.4 1.000 0.1 1.1 1.2 2.7 0.4 0.0 0.8 0.5 2.5
Career NBA 639 483 30.4 4.8 10.7 .444 0.6 1.7 .329 1.0 1.5 .652 0.7 2.1 2.8 6.5 1.3 0.2 1.8 1.8 11.1

Per 36 Minutes

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1989-90 23 MIN NBA 82 48 2581 5.9 12.9 .461 0.3 1.2 .277 0.9 1.5 .589 0.8 2.3 3.0 7.7 1.9 0.3 2.0 2.0 13.1
1990-91 24 MIN NBA 82 82 3154 7.2 15.4 .470 0.5 1.5 .328 1.0 1.9 .539 0.9 2.3 3.3 8.4 1.5 0.1 2.0 1.3 16.0
1991-92 25 MIN NBA 82 82 2922 7.2 15.5 .466 0.7 1.9 .342 1.5 2.2 .691 1.1 2.6 3.7 8.4 1.5 0.3 2.5 1.9 16.6
1992-93 26 IND NBA 74 73 2396 5.1 10.6 .479 0.0 0.4 .103 1.4 1.9 .742 0.9 3.1 4.0 8.6 1.4 0.2 2.5 2.0 11.6
1993-94 27 IND NBA 37 25 1022 5.6 12.5 .452 0.1 0.4 .250 1.7 2.7 .610 1.0 2.9 3.9 8.3 1.1 0.1 3.1 2.7 13.0
1994-95 28 LAC NBA 80 77 2864 4.4 11.3 .394 1.1 3.1 .357 1.0 1.6 .648 0.5 2.8 3.3 7.9 1.6 0.2 2.1 2.7 11.0
1995-96 29 LAC NBA 63 61 2013 5.0 11.9 .423 1.7 4.4 .384 1.4 1.9 .743 0.6 2.2 2.8 6.1 1.4 0.2 1.7 2.4 13.1
1996-97 30 LAC NBA 59 18 1065 4.4 11.6 .381 1.4 4.3 .328 0.9 1.5 .605 0.8 2.5 3.3 5.7 1.8 0.2 2.1 2.8 11.2
1997-98 31 LAC NBA 69 17 1252 3.6 9.6 .372 0.3 1.6 .193 0.9 1.2 .698 0.5 2.3 2.8 6.5 1.3 0.1 1.6 2.0 8.3
1998-99 32 LAC NBA 11 0 130 3.3 10.0 .333 0.0 1.7 .000 1.1 1.1 1.000 0.3 3.3 3.6 8.3 1.1 0.0 2.5 1.4 7.8
Career NBA 639 483 19399 5.7 12.7 .444 0.7 2.0 .329 1.2 1.8 .652 0.8 2.5 3.4 7.8 1.5 0.2 2.2 2.1 13.1

Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1989-90 23 MIN NBA 82 2581 15.8 .482 .473 2.4 8.0 5.0 35.3 2.7 0.6 12.7 19.0 106 109 2.0 2.4 4.4
1990-91 24 MIN NBA 82 3154 18.1 .492 .486 2.8 8.0 5.3 37.6 2.2 0.3 10.9 21.8 110 113 4.5 1.3 5.9
1991-92 25 MIN NBA 82 2922 17.4 .504 .487 3.3 8.2 5.7 36.1 2.1 0.5 13.2 22.5 107 114 3.1 1.0 4.1
1992-93 26 IND NBA 74 2396 14.5 .508 .482 2.9 9.2 6.1 33.6 2.0 0.3 18.1 16.3 109 111 2.5 1.5 4.0
1993-94 27 IND NBA 37 1022 13.3 .477 .456 3.3 9.0 6.2 36.0 1.6 0.2 18.5 20.4 101 107 0.4 0.9 1.4
1994-95 28 LAC NBA 80 2864 12.6 .459 .442 1.5 9.8 5.4 34.1 2.3 0.3 15.2 17.1 102 112 0.6 1.5 2.1
1995-96 29 LAC NBA 63 2013 14.5 .517 .494 2.1 7.5 4.7 25.9 2.0 0.5 11.8 17.8 112 113 3.0 0.8 3.8
1996-97 30 LAC NBA 59 1065 11.8 .455 .442 2.6 8.3 5.4 25.3 2.7 0.4 14.6 17.8 99 109 0.1 0.8 1.0
1997-98 31 LAC NBA 69 1252 10.3 .411 .389 1.5 7.2 4.4 28.1 1.8 0.2 13.3 14.4 99 114 0.3 -0.1 0.2
1998-99 32 LAC NBA 11 130 10.7 .371 .333 0.9 11.6 5.9 37.6 1.7 0.0 19.2 16.3 89 112 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
Career NBA 639 19399 14.9 .486 .470 2.5 8.4 5.4 33.5 2.2 0.4 13.8 18.9 106 112 16.5 10.2 26.7

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age Tm Lg G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1992-93 26 IND NBA 4 95 6 15 1 1 4 6 1 11 23 2 0 6 7 17 .400 1.000 .667 23.8 4.3 2.8 5.8
1996-97 30 LAC NBA 2 18 2 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 4 4 .500 .000 .000 9.0 2.0 0.0 1.5
Career NBA 6 113 8 19 1 2 4 7 1 11 26 3 0 7 11 21 .421 .500 .571 18.8 3.5 1.8 4.3

Playoffs Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1992-93 26 IND NBA 4 95 10.5 .482 .433 1.3 12.3 7.0 35.2 1.1 0.0 25.4 11.7 105 112 0.0 0.1 0.1
1996-97 30 LAC NBA 2 18 6.7 .450 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 29.3 3.1 0.0 18.4 14.6 92 121 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career NBA 6 113 9.9 .476 .447 1.1 10.3 5.9 34.2 1.4 0.0 24.1 12.2 103 113 0.0 0.0 0.1

College

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age College G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1985-86 19 UCLA 29 983 128 260 51 74 131 179 30 2 94 73 307 .492 .689 33.9 10.6 4.5 6.2
1986-87 20 UCLA 32 1112 144 273 2 8 46 79 163 208 49 5 103 83 336 .527 .250 .582 34.8 10.5 5.1 6.5
1987-88 21 UCLA 30 1035 142 302 2 7 62 93 153 210 53 6 93 68 348 .470 .286 .667 34.5 11.6 5.1 7.0
1988-89 22 UCLA 31 1167 186 335 48 97 50 89 118 236 57 9 78 76 470 .555 .495 .562 37.6 15.2 3.8 7.6
Career 122 4297 600 1170 52 112 209 335 565 833 189 22 368 300 1461 .513 .464 .624 35.2 12.0 4.6 6.8

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Honors

1985 McDonald's All American
1989-90 NBA All-Rookie (1st)

Games

1989-90 NBA 82 (1)
 1990-91 NBA 82 (1)
 1991-92 NBA 82 (2)

Minutes Played

1990-91 NBA 3154 (5)

Assists

1990-91 NBA 734 (5)
1991-92 NBA 685 (6)
1994-95 NBA 632 (6)
Career NBA 4180 (80)
Career 4180 (84)

Minutes Per Game

1990-91 NBA 38.5 (9)

Assists Per Game

1990-91 NBA 9.0 (7)
1991-92 NBA 8.4 (7)
1994-95 NBA 7.9 (8)
Career NBA 6.5 (36)
Career 6.5 (37)

Assist Pct

1990-91 NBA 37.6 (10)
1991-92 NBA 36.1 (6)
1994-95 NBA 34.1 (10)
Career NBA 33.5 (29)
Career 33.5 (29)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.002 (358)

Transactions

June 27, 1989: Drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1989 NBA Draft.

September 8, 1992: Traded by the Minnesota Timberwolves with Sam Mitchell to the Indiana Pacers for Chuck Person and Micheal Williams.

June 30, 1994: Traded by the Indiana Pacers with Eric Piatkowski and Malik Sealy to the Los Angeles Clippers for Mark Jackson and Greg Minor.

September 9, 1999: Waived by the Los Angeles Clippers.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1990-91 Minnesota Timberwolves NBA $615,000
1991-92 Minnesota Timberwolves NBA $760,000
1992-93 Indiana Pacers NBA $800,000
1993-94 Indiana Pacers NBA $1,694,000
1994-95 Los Angeles Clippers NBA $2,120,700
1995-96 Los Angeles Clippers NBA $2,521,000
1996-97 Los Angeles Clippers NBA $2,721,000
1997-98 Los Angeles Clippers NBA $2,820,710
1998-99 Los Angeles Clippers NBA $3,030,000
1999-00 Los Angeles Clippers NBA $505,882
Career (may be incomplete) $17,588,292
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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