Patrick Richard

Patrick Richard
Richard with Joventut Badalona in November 2017
No. 35 – New Zealand Breakers
Position Shooting guard / Small forward
League NBL
Personal information
Born (1990-01-25) January 25, 1990
Lafayette, Louisiana
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight 208 lb (94 kg)
Career information
High school Carencro (Lafayette, Louisiana)
College McNeese State (2008–2012)
NBA draft 2012 / Undrafted
Playing career 2012–present
Career history
2013 Sandringham Sabres
2013–2014 Matrixx Magixx
2014–2015 Mitteldeutscher
2015–2016 Champagne Châlons-Reims
2016–2017 Maccabi Rishon LeZion
2017–2018 Joventut Badalona
2018–present New Zealand Breakers
Career highlights and awards

Patrick Richard (born January 25, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the New Zealand Breakers of the National Basketball League (NBL). He played collegiately with the McNeese State Cowboys for four seasons before playing professionally in Australia, the Netherlands, Germany, France, Israel and Spain.

College career

Richard played four years for the McNeese State Cowboys. In his senior year, Richard was named the Southland Conference Player of the Year after averaging 17.9 points and 6.4 rebounds per contest. He led the Cowboys to a second consecutive conference tournament final appearance and a national postseason tournament for the second straight year. He completed his career with 1,625 points – 12th best on the McNeese all-time career scoring list. He became just the seventh Cowboy basketball player in school history to earn an all-American honor after he was named an Associated Press All-American honorable mention. He was also named the Louisiana Player of the Year.[1]

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2012 NBA draft, Richard joined the Detroit Pistons for the 2012 NBA Summer League. On November 2, 2012, he was selected by the Iowa Energy in the seventh round of the 2012 NBA D-League draft.[1] He was waived by Iowa on November 21 prior to playing in a game for them.[2]

In March 2013, Richard signed with the Sandringham Sabres in Australia for the 2013 SEABL season.[3] In 24 games, he averaged 18.5 points, 6.4 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game.

In August 2013, Richard signed with Matrixx Magixx of the Dutch Basketball League.[3][4] In April 2014, he was named in the All-DBL Team.[5] In 38 games, he averaged 15.3 points, 4.9 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.4 steals per game.

In June 2014, Richard signed with Mitteldeutscher BC of the Basketball Bundesliga.[6][7] In 32 games, he averaged 13.2 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game.

In June 2015, Richard signed with Champagne Châlons-Reims Basket of the LNB Pro A.[8][9] In 34 games, he averaged 9.6 points, 2.9 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game.

In July 2016, Richard signed with Maccabi Rishon LeZion of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.[10][11] In 31 league games, he averaged 11.5 points, 4.4 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.1 steals per game. He also averaged 12.8 points, 5.8 rebounds, 4.7 assists and 1.3 steals in 16 BCL games.

On July 25, 2017, Richard signed with Joventut Badalona of the Liga ACB.[12] In 32 league games, he averaged 11.3 points, 3.2 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.3 steals per game. He also averaged 10.5 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.3 steals in four BCL games.

On June 18, 2018, Richard signed with the New Zealand Breakers for the 2018–19 NBL season.[13][14][15]

References

  1. 1 2 "PATRICK RICHARD, P.J. ALAWOYA TAKEN IN THE 7TH ROUND OF THE NBDL DRAFT". mcneesesports.com. November 2, 2012. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Patrick Richard Player Profile". RealGM.com. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Patrick Richard signs with Matrixx Magixx". sportando.basketball. August 9, 2013. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Small forward Patrick Richard naar Matrixx Magixx". worldbasketballnews.nl (in Dutch). August 9, 2013. Archived from the original on November 13, 2018.
  5. ↑ Bergsma, Jacob (April 21, 2014). "Meeste seizoenprijzen naar GasTerra Flames". ibasketball.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on April 21, 2013.
  6. ↑ "MBC signs Patrick Richard, part ways with Cuffee, Parker and Kovacevic". sportando.basketball. June 11, 2014. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
  7. ↑ "MBC verpflichtet US-Guard Richard". sport1.de (in German). June 11, 2014. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Chalons-Reims sign Patrick Richard". sportando.basketball. June 11, 2015. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
  9. ↑ "PATRICK RICHARD SIGNE AU CCRB". ccrbasket.com (in French). June 11, 2015. Archived from the original on June 13, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Patrick Richard signing with Maccabi Rishon LeZion". sportando.basketball. July 17, 2016. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Maccabi Rishon LeZion signs Patrick Richard". sportando.basketball. July 18, 2016. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
  12. ↑ "Patrick Richard signs with Badalona". sportando.basketball. July 25, 2017. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
  13. ↑ "NZ Breakers Add Import Guard Patrick Richard". NBL.com.au. June 18, 2018. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
  14. ↑ Hinton, Marc (June 18, 2018). "NZ Breakers sign import Patrick Richard to complete exciting backcourt quartet". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
  15. ↑ Anderson, Niall (June 18, 2018). "Basketball: New Zealand Breakers sign Patrick Richard as their second import". nzherald.co.nz. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
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