Mitch Richmond

Basketball player and NBA All-Star

Mitch Richmond - Basketball player and NBA All-Star
Born

June 30th, 1965
59 years ago

Category

Athletes & Sports Figures

Country

United States

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Played professional basketball primarily for the Sacramento Kings in the NBA. Richmond was a key player during the 1990s, contributing significantly to his team's performance. A member of the 1995 All-NBA First Team, he excelled as a shooting guard and was part of the illustrious 'Run TMC' trio alongside Chris Mullin and Tim Hardaway. Richmond won the NBA Rookie of the Year award in 1989 and later secured an Olympic gold medal with the United States men's basketball team in 1996.

Won NBA Rookie of the Year in 1989

Selected as an NBA All-Star six times

Played for the Sacramento Kings and Washington Wizards

Won a gold medal at the 1996 Olympics

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