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Patrick Richard

Patrick Richard (born January 25, 1990) is an American-born naturalised Romanian professional basketball player for U-BT Cluj-Napoca of the Romanian Liga Națională. He played collegiately with the McNeese State Cowboys for four seasons before playing professionally in Australia, the Netherlands, Germany, France, Israel, Spain and New Zealand.

Patrick Richard
Richard with Joventut Badalona in November 2017
No. 35 – U BT Cluj-Napoca
PositionPoint guard / shooting guard
LeagueLiga Națională
Personal information
Born (1990-01-25) January 25, 1990 (age 34)
Lafayette, Louisiana, U.S.
NationalityAmerican / Romanian
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight208 lb (94 kg)
Career information
High schoolCarencro (Lafayette, Louisiana)
CollegeMcNeese (2008–2012)
NBA draft2012: undrafted
Playing career2012–present
Career history
2013Sandringham Sabres
2013–2014Matrixx Magixx
2014–2015Mitteldeutscher
2015–2016Champagne Châlons-Reims
2016–2017Maccabi Rishon LeZion
2017–2018Joventut Badalona
2018–2019New Zealand Breakers
2019Reggio Emilia
2019–presentU-BT Cluj-Napoca
Career highlights and awards

College career edit

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 edit

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] In 26 games, he averaged 11.0 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game.[16]

On February 21, 2019, Richard signed with Italian team Reggio Emilia.[17]

On July 22, 2019, he has signed with Cluj in the Romanian League.[18] On April 8, 2024, Richard was named to the All-EuroCup Second Team for the 2023–24 season.[19]

Personal edit

In February 2021, Richard received Romanian citizenship, making him eligible to play for the Romania national basketball team.[20] Responding to his new nationality, he stated: "It is a blessing, I am really happy that I was taken into account to receive Romanian citizenship. I feel really good here, as everyone knows. I can't wait to play for the national team."

Awards and accomplishments edit

Club edit

U-BT Cluj-Napoca

Individual edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "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 15, 2013.
  5. ^ Bergsma, Jacob (April 21, 2014). "Meeste seizoenprijzen naar GasTerra Flames". ibasketball.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on April 21, 2014. Retrieved April 22, 2014.
  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.
  16. ^ "Patrick Richard (ex Breakers) is a newcomer at Grissin Bon RE". australiabasket.com. February 21, 2019. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
  17. ^ "Reggio Emilia officially signs Patrick Richard". sportando.basketball. February 21, 2019. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
  18. ^ "Patrick Richard și Rareş Uţă au semnat cu U-Banca Transilvania" (in Romanian). u-bt.ro. July 22, 2019. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
  19. ^ "2023-24 BKT All-EuroCup Second Team | EuroCup". Euroleague Basketball. 2024-04-08. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  20. ^ ""Petrică" Richard, român cu acte în regulă. Jucătorul lui U-BT Cluj a luat cetățenia și poate juca la echipa națională" (in Romanian). monitorulcj.ro. February 24, 2021. Retrieved March 7, 2021.

External links edit

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