After a long 13 year NBA career Jason Richardson decides to retire and hang up his sneaks. Jason Richardson played for 5 teams Golden State Warriors, Charlotte Hornets, Phoneix Suns, Orlando Magic, and his final destination the Philadelphia 76ers. Jason Richardson started his NBA career when he was selected with the 5th pick by the Golden State Wariors in 2001. Richardson was a 6-6 shooting guard coming out of Michigan State University. Jason Richardson first debuted in the NBA on October 31, 2001. The fans quickly fell in love with Jason Richardson's game esepcially with his high flying dunking ability.
Jason Richardson's high flying dunking ability won him the slam dunk contest in 2002 & 2003.
Jason Richardson knew how to put on a show for the fans. Even though Jason Richardson never made an all-star team he still was a phenomenal player. He just was in the wrong postion where alot of guys could score at the shooting guard postion which made him get overlooked for All-Star team spot. Let's not forget he was in the West for majority of his career where a man name Kobe Bryant played and Jason Richardson clearly wasn't beating him out for an All-Star team spot. Also he had to beat out a healthy Tracy McGrady and that was not going to happen because Tracy McGrady was unstoppable when he was healthy. Jason Richardson made the playoffs for 4 times in his career unfortunately he never won a NBA championship.
In Jason Richardson's 13 year he averaged 17.1 PPG (points per game), 5 RPG (rebounds per game), 2.7 APG (assists per game), and 1.2 SPG (steals per game). Jason Richardson was able to score 14,644 points in his career. Jason also was able to get 995 career steals, 4245 career rebounds, and 367 career blocks. He will forever be remembered in the NBA from his flashy dunks he use to do on fast breaks and in the NBA slam dunk contest. He will especially be remembered by the Golden State Warriors he gave them something to cheer about.
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