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Josh Richardson trivia: 45 amazing facts about the basketball player!

Josh Richardson is an American professional basketball player. He plays in the NBA!

So let’s dive into some trivia and facts about his career and life!

His full name is Joshua Michael Richardson
He was born on September 15, 1993
He is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA)
He played college basketball for Tennessee
Josh Richardson averaged 16.5 points, 6.2 rebounds and 3.6 assists as a point guard in his senior year at Santa Fe High School in Edmond, Oklahoma
That year, he was named to the Oklahoma Coaches Association “Large West” All-State Team and The Oklahoman’s Super 5 first team
Josh Richardson played all four seasons at Tennessee
Appearing in 136 career games for the Volunteers
And averaged 9.2 points, 3.2 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 1.08 steals and 28.2 minutes while shooting 45.6 percent from the field, 31.8 percent from three-point range and 75.8 percent from the foul line
He finished his career ranking third in school history in games played, ninth in minutes (3,802), ninth in starts, 10th in steals (147), 16th in blocks (88) and 28th in points (1,252)
As a junior with the Volunteers, he averaged 10.3 points and 2.8 rebounds per game
In his senior season, Richardson averaged 16.0 points and 4.5 rebounds per game and was named to the First Team All SEC, the SEC All-Defensive Team and the Defensive All-American Team
On June 25, 2015, Richardson was selected with the 40th pick of the 2015 NBA draft by the Miami Heat
On August 3, 2015, he signed with the Heat after averaging 11.8 points and 2.8 rebounds in 10 summer league games
He failed to appear in the Heat’s first four games of the season before making his NBA debut on November 5 against the Minnesota Timberwolves
Playing in just under seven minutes of action
On November 12, in just his third NBA game, Richardson started at shooting guard in place of the absent Dwyane Wade
He subsequently recorded eight points and three rebounds in 20 minutes of action
As the Heat defeated the Utah Jazz 92- 91
On December 30, he was assigned to the Sioux Falls Skyforce, the Heat’s D-League affiliate
He was recalled by the Heat on January 3
Reassigned on January 5
And recalled again on January 11
On February 24, he recorded his first double-digit game in the NBA, scoring 15 points on 5-of-6 shooting off the bench in a 118–111 loss to the Golden State Warriors
On March 11, he scored a career-high 22 points in a 118- 96 win over the Chicago Bulls
On April 5, he was named Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month for March
Becoming just the third player in Heat franchise history to win the monthly rookie award
The other two being Caron Butler (four-time recipient in 2002- 03) and Michael Beasley (April 2009)
In July 2016, Richardson re-joined the Heat for the 2016 NBA Summer League
On September 9, 2016, he sustained a partially torn medial collateral ligament in his right knee
That sidelined him for six to eight weeks
On December 27, 2016, he tied a career high with 22 points in a 106- 94 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder
On September 18, 2017, Richardson signed a four-year, $42 million contract extension with the Heat
On December 1, 2017, he scored a career-high 27 points in a 105- 100 win over the Charlotte Hornets
On December 16, 2017, he set a new career high with 28 points in a 90- 85 win over the Los Angeles Clippers
On February 7, 2018, he had a 30-point effort in a 109- 101 loss to the Houston Rockets
On October 18, 2018, Richardson scored a game-high 28 points in a 113- 112 win over the Washington Wizards
On October 29, he scored a career-high 31 points in a 123- 113 loss to the Sacramento Kings
On November 3, he set a new career high with 32 points in a 123- 118 loss to the Atlanta Hawks
On February 10, 2019, he scored a career-high 37 points and made eight 3-pointers in a 120- 118 loss to the Golden State Warriors
He missed games at the end of the season with heel and groin injuries
Josh Richardson’s father is a retired Oklahoma City firefighter
And his mother is an ordained Baptist minister and retired lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force Reserve
Josh Richardson received his degree in Psychology in May 2015
He enjoys playing classical piano