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Malachi Richardson
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Born: 01/05/96
Height: 6-6 / 1.98
Weight:195 lbs. / 88.5 kg.
Earnings: $4,513,800 ($5,596,991*)
Born: 01/05/96
Height: 6-6 / 1.98
Weight:195 lbs. / 88.5 kg.
Earnings: $4,513,800 ($5,596,991*)
Former Kings player Malachi Richardson signed with Puerto Rican team Indios de Mayaguez for the remainder of the 2023 season. In a related move, Jeremy Tyler was released from team.
Former first-round pick Malachi Richardson signed with Polish team King Szczecin.
07 Jul 20
On the same day Jim Boeheim landed a prize recruit, so did Boeheim’s Army with former SU star Donte Greene signing up for another tour of duty. Greene becomes the fourth former first-round NBA draft pick to join the 8-man roster, joining Tyler Lydon, Malachi Richardson, and Chris McCullough. The 28th pick of the 2008 NBA Draft also played for the Army in 2017, when the team made a run all the way to the TBT Final Four.
The addition of McCullough is especially crucial for Boeheim’s Army, as he gives them their first true big man. McCullough joins a guard heavy roster of John Gillon, Eric Devendorf, Brandon Triche, and Malachi Richardson. Demetris Nichols and Tyler Lydon have also already signed up to participate.
At the trade deadline, the Raptors flipped him to the Sacramento Kings for Malachi Richardson in a move aimed more at avoiding the luxury tax than improving the roster. There was plenty to learn from the experiment and optimism that Caboclo could still succeed elsewhere, it just wasn’t going to happen with the Raptors. “It was difficult for us because I just thought it was time,” president Masai Ujiri said. “We started the right process a little late, which is something we failed at but I think we’ll learn from. At some point, I think there needed to be some separation where he goes and learns something different somewhere else.
