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Everage Richardson
No. 24 – ÍR
PositionGuard
LeagueÚrvalsdeild karla
Personal information
Born (1985-12-23) December 23, 1985 (age 39)
Brooklyn, New York
NationalityAmerican / Icelandic
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High schoolWashington Irving
(New York, New York)
College
Playing career2009–present
Career history
2009–2010TUS Treis-Karden Baskets
2010–2013Bodfeld Baskets
2013–2014Itzehoe Eagles
2014–2017Résidence Walferdange
2017–2018Gnúpverjar
2018–2020Hamar
2020–presentÍR
Career highlights and awards
  • 2. Regionalliga champion (2010)
  • 3x Icelandic D1 scoring champion (2018–2020)

Everage Lee Richardson (born December 23, 1985) is an American-Icelandic basketball player for Úrvalsdeild karla club ÍR.

College

Richardson played college basketball for Coastal Carolina from 2006 to 2008 and averaged 13.8 points, 4.1 rebounds and 2.0 steals per game as a senior.[1]

Career

Richardson spent the 2009–2010 TUS Treis-Karden Baskets where he helped the club win the German 2. Regionalliga and achieve promotion to the 1. Regionalliga.[2] In 2011–2012, Richardson averaged 42.1 points per game for Bodfeld Baskets,[3] earning him the nickname "Die Schwarze Perle" (English: The Black Pearl).[4] He continued to dominate on the court in 2012–2013[5] and was named the MVP of the 1st Regionalliga Nord at the end of the season.[6]

In 2013, Richardson joined SC Itzehoe in the 1. Regionalliga.[7]

He played for Résidence Walferdange in the Total League from 2014 to 2017.[8]

In 2017, Richardson signed with newly promoted Gnúpverjar in the 1. deild karla.[9][10] He led the league in scoring, averaging 38.9 points per game.[11][12]

In May 2018, Richardson signed with Hamar.[12] He led the 1. deild karla in scoring again during the 2018–2019 season, averaging 29.7 points per game.[13] During the 2019–2020 season, he averaged a league leading 26.5 points per game,[14] helping Hamar to the second best record in the league. However, due to the season finishing finishing prematurely due to the COVID-19 outbreak in Iceland, Hamar was not promoted to the Úrvalsdeild karla.[15]

On 16 April 2020, Richardson signed with Úrvalsdeild karla club ÍR.[16][17]

References

  1. ^ Raimondi, Marc (16 August 2010). "Year overseas the key to Richardson's superb summer". New York Post. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  2. ^ Staszewski, Joseph (17 July 2010). "Tri-State Classic notebook: Richardson returns to Germany". New York Post. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Publikumsliebling Richardson bleibt ein we". Volksstimme (in German). 3 May 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  4. ^ Donevan, Connor (21 October 2012). "Basketball's Top Scorer Is Not In The NBA". NPR. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  5. ^ George, Daniel (30 November 2012). "Aschersleben zu Gast in Elbingerode". Mitteldeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Everage Richardson ist "Player of the Year"". basketball-elbingerode.de. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  7. ^ George, Daniel (6 February 2014). "Das Top-Team-Quartett um die Tigers". Mitteldeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  8. ^ Haas, Romain (17 December 2016). "Richardson (Walferdange) : "Terminer l'année sur 2 victoires"". Le Quotidien (in French). Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  9. ^ "Everage Richardson til Gnúpverja". gnupnation.is (in Icelandic). 21 September 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  10. ^ "Gnúpverjar semja við stigahæsta Bandaríkjamann ársins 2012". karfan.is (in Icelandic). 22 September 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  11. ^ "1. deild karla (2017-2018 Tímabil) - Tölfræði". kki.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  12. ^ a b "Framlagshæsti leikmaður deildarinnar í Hamar". karfan.is (in Icelandic). 2 May 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  13. ^ "1. deild karla (2018-2019 Tímabil) - Tölfræði". kki.is (in Icelandic). Icelandic Basketball Federation. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  14. ^ "ÍR-ingar semja við þann stigahæsta". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 16 April 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  15. ^ Jóhann Ingi Hafþórsson (18 March 2020). "Reiður þjálfari Hamars lætur KKÍ heyra það". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  16. ^ Helgi Hrafn Ólafsson (16 April 2020). "Everage Richardson til ÍR "Ég er tilbúinn fyrir nýja áskorun"". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  17. ^ Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (19 January 2021). "Demanturinn í ÍR sem er að verða uppáhalds leikmaður Benna". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 January 2021.
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