(1966-05-14) May 14, 1966 (age 58) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Listed height
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight
180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school
Benjamin Franklin (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
College
UCLA (1985–1989)
NBA draft
1989: 1st round, 10th overall pick
Selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves
Playing career
1989–2000
Position
Point guard
Number
24, 2
Coaching career
2017–present
Career history
As player:
1989–1992
Minnesota Timberwolves
1992–1994
Indiana Pacers
1994–1999
Los Angeles Clippers
1999–2000
Adecco Milano
As coach:
2017–present
College of the Desert CC (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
NBA All-Rookie First Team (1990)
3× First-team All-Pac-10 (1987–1989)
Pac-10 Freshman of the Year (1986)
Second-team Parade All-American (1985)
Career NBA statistics
Points
7,083 (11.1 ppg)
Rebounds
1,807 (2.8 rpg)
Assists
4,180 (6.5 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Jerome "Pooh" Richardson Jr. (born May 14, 1966) is an American former basketball player who played 10 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected in the first round of the 1989 NBA draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves, the first draft pick in franchise history. He would also play for the Indiana Pacers and Los Angeles Clippers during his 10-year NBA career from 1989 to 1999.
Richardson played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins from 1985 to 1989. A three-time first-team all-conference selection in the Pac-10 (now the Pac-12), he set school career records for assists and three-point field goal percentage.
His nickname came from his grandmother, who thought he resembled Winnie the Pooh.
Jerome "Pooh" Richardson Jr. (born May 14, 1966) is an American former basketball player who played 10 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA)...
Piatkowski, and Lorenzen Wright), and journeyman veterans (among them PoohRichardson, Tony Massenburg, Rodney Rogers, Darrick Martin, and Brian Williams)...
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Timberwolves had four draft picks in 1992 and 2006. The Timberwolves drafted PoohRichardson with their first ever draft pick, tenth overall, in the 1989 NBA draft...
and 2012–2013 seasons. On June 30, 1994, the Indiana Pacers traded PoohRichardson, Malik Sealy, and the draft rights to Eric Piatkowski for Jackson and...
career ranked second in Bruins' history in career assists (655) behind PoohRichardson (833). He had just 217 turnovers for a 3.02-to-1 assist-to-turnover...
and Keith Smart, and other future NBA players, such as Rex Chapman, PoohRichardson, and Willie Anderson. Brazil faced a 68–54 halftime deficit. However...
Person to the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for Sam Mitchell and PoohRichardson. He continued his solid play in Minnesota for the following two seasons...
school history in both assists (636) and steals (179) behind Jerome "Pooh" Richardson. His career assists total placed him fourth on the Pacific-10 Conference's...
along with Micheal Williams, in a deal that sent Sam Mitchell and PoohRichardson to Indiana in 1993. Person played only two seasons with the Timberwolves...
March 29, 2007, Minneapolis Star Tribune article by Steve Aschburner, PoohRichardson, a member of the expansion Timberwolves, said: "We were the best expansion...
Public League championship game in consecutive years, losing to a PoohRichardson-led Benjamin Franklin High in 1984 before winning the title over Lionel...
Powell Stats". Basketball Reference. Retrieved December 5, 2015. "PoohRichardson Stats". Basketball Reference. Retrieved March 26, 2012. "Curtis Rowe...
to the Minnesota Timberwolves in the off-season, and the Pacers got PoohRichardson and Sam Mitchell in return. For the 1992–93 season, Detlef Schrempf...
NBA draft. The Pacers immediately dealt his draft rights, along with PoohRichardson and Malik Sealy, to the Los Angeles Clippers for Mark Jackson and the...
Gary Grant 2,810 Norm Nixon 2,540 Blake Griffin 2,133 Ron Harper 1,463 Ernie DiGregorio 1,457 Mark Jackson 1,402 Baron Davis 1,398 PoohRichardson 1,397...
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