History: Mitch Richmond

SG | 6-foot-5 | Fort Lauderdale, Fla. | Kansas State | #2

KEY FACTS:

1989 NBA Rookie of the Year
6-time NBA All-Star
2-time Olympian (bronze, gold)
1995 NBA All-Star Game MVP

CAREER STATS:

PPG: 11.8
RPG: 8.2
APG: 3.1

Mitch Richmond

Nicknamed “The Rock,” Mitch Richmond was solid from the get-go of his NBA career – winning NBA Rookie of the Year honors as a member of the Warriors in 1995. He had been the fifth-overall pick in the 1994 NBA Draft following two years at Kansas State. He joined Chris Mullin and Tim Hardaway in Golden State to form the famous “Run TMC” (Tim, Mitch, and Chris) trio, which led the team to the Playoffs.

After three seasons, Richmond was traded to Sacramento where he would spend the prime of his playing career. The consistent, reliable shooting guard gave the Capital City its first superstar.

He was selected as an All-Star in 1995 and went on to secure MVP honors – the first and only time a Kings player has earned the award.

In the summer of 1996, Richmond helped guide Team USA to Olympic gold in Atlanta – a young Richmond had previously won bronze with Team USA at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

Displaying his tremendous scoring ability throughout his Sacramento tenure, he averaged more than 20 points per game in each of his seven seasons and reached a pinnacle of just under 26 points per game during 1996-97.

Nevertheless, arguably Richmond’s finest season was the 1995-96 campaign, as he led Sacramento to a First Round Playoff series against the Seattle SuperSonics. As the No. 8 seed, the Kings pushed the eventual Western Conference Champions to four games. In the Kings lone series victory – also the team’s first-ever postseason win in the Sacramento-era– No. 2 quieted the Sonics in Seattle with 37 points in Game 2.

In 1998, Richmond was traded along with Otis Thorpe to the then Washington Bullets for power forward Chris Webber. By 2001, the former Kings guard had moved on to the L.A. Lakers where he eventually capped a brilliant career by winning an NBA Championship.

His career and legacy is now commemorated in the rafters of Sleep Train Arena. High above the hardwood, hangs the No. 2 jersey of an Olympian, All-Star, MVP, Champion and Sacramento legend.

CAREER SEASON AVERAGES

Year	Team	G	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	OFF	DEF	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PF	PPG
1989-90	Golden State	78	78	35.9	.497	.358	.866	1.3	3.4	4.6	2.9	1.3	0.3	2.58	2.70	22.1
1990-91	Golden State	77	77	39.3	.494	.348	.847	1.9	4.0	5.9	3.1	1.6	0.4	2.99	2.70	23.9
1991-92	Sacramento	80	80	38.7	.468	.384	.813	0.8	3.2	4.0	5.1	1.2	0.4	3.09	2.90	22.5
1992-93	Sacramento	45	45	38.4	.474	.369	.845	0.4	3.0	3.4	4.9	1.2	0.2	2.89	3.00	21.9
1993-94	Sacramento	78	78	37.1	.445	.407	.834	0.9	2.8	3.7	4.0	1.3	0.2	2.77	2.70	23.4
1994-95	Sacramento	82	82	38.7	.446	.368	.843	0.8	3.5	4.4	3.8	1.1	0.4	2.85	2.80	22.8
1995-96	Sacramento	81	81	36.4	.447	.437	.866	0.7	2.7	3.3	3.1	1.5	0.2	2.72	2.90	23.1
1996-97	Sacramento	81	81	38.6	.454	.428	.861	0.7	3.2	3.9	4.2	1.5	0.3	2.93	2.60	25.9
1997-98	Sacramento	70	70	36.7	.445	.389	.864	0.7	2.6	3.3	4.0	1.3	0.2	2.59	2.20	23.2
1998-99	Washington	50	50	38.2	.412	.317	.857	0.6	2.8	3.4	2.4	1.3	0.2	2.72	2.40	19.7
1999-00	Washington	74	69	32.4	.426	.386	.876	0.5	2.4	2.9	2.5	1.5	0.2	2.08	2.60	17.4
2000-01	Washington	37	30	32.9	.407	.338	.894	0.4	2.5	2.9	3.0	1.2	0.2	2.27	2.30	16.2
2001-02	L.A. Lakers	64	2	11.1	.405	.290	.955	0.2	1.3	1.5	0.9	0.3	0.1	0.63	1.00	4.1
Career		976	902	35.2	.455	.388	.850	0.9	3.0	3.9	3.5	1.2	0.2	2.64	2.60	21.0
All-Star		5	1	22.0	.439	.500	.500	0.8	1.6	2.4	2.6	0.2	0.0	1.00	0.20	11.4

CAREER SEASON TOTALS

Year	Team	G	GS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OFF	DEF	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
1988-89	Golden State	79	79	2,717	649-1,386	33-90	410-506	158	310	468	334	82	13	269	223	1,741
1989-90	Golden State	78	78	2,799	640-1,287	34-95	406-469	98	262	360	223	98	24	201	210	1,720
1990-91	Golden State	77	77	3,027	703-1,424	40-115	394-465	147	305	452	238	126	34	230	207	1,840
1991-92	Sacramento	80	80	3,095	685-1,465	103-268	330-406	62	257	319	411	92	34	247	231	1,803
1992-93	Sacramento	45	45	1,728	371-782	48-130	197-233	18	136	154	221	53	9	130	137	987
1993-94	Sacramento	78	78	2,897	635-1,428	127-312	426-511	70	216	286	313	103	17	216	211	1,823
1994-95	Sacramento	82	82	3,172	668-1,497	156-424	375-445	69	288	357	311	91	29	234	227	1,867
1995-96	Sacramento	81	81	2,946	611-1,368	225-515	425-491	54	215	269	255	125	19	220	233	1,872
1996-97	Sacramento	81	81	3,125	717-1,578	204-477	457-531	59	260	319	338	118	24	237	211	2,095
1997-98	Sacramento	70	70	2,569	543-1,220	130-334	407-471	50	179	229	279	88	15	181	154	1,623
1998-99	Washington	50	50	1,912	331-803	70-221	251-293	30	142	172	122	64	10	136	121	983
1999-00	Washington	74	69	2,397	447-1,049	93-241	298-340	37	176	213	185	110	13	154	191	1,285
2000-01	Washington	37	30	1,216	205-504	45-133	143-160	15	94	109	111	43	7	84	86	598
2001-02	L.A. Lakers	64	2	709	100-247	18-62	42-44	14	80	94	57	18	6	40	61	260
Career		976	902	34,309	7,305-16,038	1,326-3,417	4,561-5,365	881	2,920	3,801	3,398	1,211	254	2,579	2,503	20,497
All-Star		5	1	110	25-57	6-12	1-2	4	8	12	13	1	0	5	1	57