The long-dull Spurs have changed their previous "leaves do not stick" behavior in this trading period, and carried out a series of surprising operations, which were exchanged for a large wave of draft picks for fans to relish, and these operations undoubtedly add more possibilities for the future of the Spurs. Of course, in these trades, the Spurs also welcome new players, several of them may be abandoned by the Spurs, today to discuss, and the Green Army trade Richardson will be the Spurs into the future?
Speaking of Richardson, it feels like a nameless person in the NBA league, who has played for a total of 5 teams since entering the league in 15 years, like those players who have been in the league for many years and can only wave a towel on the bench and finally retire hastily.
Looking back at his career experience, he was selected by the Heat with the 40th overall pick in the second round in 2015, when the Heat were still experiencing the pain of James's "return to his hometown", but such a team was also full of opportunities and challenges, averaging 6.6 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game in the rookie season, standard second-round show statistics, and perhaps he will be flat until the end of his basketball career. However, the Heat continued to be turbulent and the main force left, and Richardson, who was not willing to be mediocre, seized the opportunity, continued to improve and finally sat in the main force.
Until the summer of 19, Jimmy Butler fell out with the 76ers, and the Heat, eager to win, for this "toughest man in the league" who fit the team's culture, it was naturally thirsty, and finally richardson was used as one of the chips in exchange for the Butler they had in mind, and the management of the 76ers at that time may have thought that getting a player like Richardson who was an offensive and defensive player might be able to reduce the impact of Butler's departure to some extent.
However, in the playoffs due to Simmons' absence, the 76ers who were constipated in the offense suffered a round trip, just in time to play a historic offensive performance but because the defense also fell in the first round of the playoffs, the lone ranger was eager to change, and the two sides traded it off. Richardson, who went to the Lone Ranger, was only decent in his performance, and his unstable performance in the playoffs did not conquer the management, and he was traded to the Green Army in the offseason after the end of the season. In the case of being renewed by the Green Army, in order to change the situation in the dangerous team at that time, Richardson was used as a chip to continue his wandering career to the Spurs.
Richardson would have done more, but he was constantly wandering during his career upswing, and may have consumed his already small potential in one team change after another, back to the question at the beginning, will Richardson be classified by the Spurs into the future and become a member of the Spurs' future?
Richardson's state has continued to decline in recent years, the data is not very good, and his defensive ability is at the upper level of the league, after all, the lone ranger was thinking of using him to improve the overall defense to achieve a breakthrough, and the quality is absolutely leveraged. Today's Spurs, although a young player, at the age of 29, has experience that can largely provide them with guidance. Moreover, there have been many examples of players returning to the top in the Spurs in the past, and with Richardson's personality and his ability, it may not be impossible to return to the top.
And this season his three-point shooting rate is close to 40%, in the Spurs, "three points, one accurate, can slaughter the gods" team if it can continue to maintain this shooting rate, his tactical status will be greatly improved. At first glance, it will also be found that Richardson and the traded Xiaobai seem to have the same role, but Richardson feels closer to the 3D player than Xiaobai, doing a good job of defense and three-pointing, to a certain extent, liberating more ball rights, so that Walsell and other rookies have more opportunities to improve themselves, which may also be Richardson's huge role in this team.
He has only played one game in the Spurs, but his performance is enough to make people look forward to it, and I believe that he will shine his own glory in this Spurs.