Early years

Richardson was born in Chicago, Illinois to Lee and Emma Richardson where he attended Whitney Young High School. In 1998, he led the Dolphins to the state AA title. In 2006, Richardson was voted as one of the 100 Legends of the IHSA Boys Basketball Tournament, a group of former players and coaches in honor of the 100 year anniversary of the IHSA boys basketball tournament.

Collegiate career

Richardson played college basketball for DePaul University where he averaged 17.9 points and 10.2 rebounds per game in two seasons. He became the only player in school history to have 1,000+ points, 500+ rebounds and 100+ three-point field goals. As a freshman, he earned both the Conference USA Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year. Richardson declared for the NBA draft after his sophomore year in 2000.

Professional career

Los Angeles Clippers (2000-2004)

Richardson was drafted by the Los Angeles Clippers with the 18th pick of the 2000 NBA draft. He was selected after fellow Clippers Darius Miles and Keyon Dooling. Richardson would star in a documentary with Miles entitled The Youngest Guns which chronicled their first three seasons in the NBA with the Clippers. Richardson spent four seasons with the Clippers before becoming a free agent.

Phoenix Suns (2004-2005)

In 2004, Richardson later signed with the Phoenix Suns as a free agent.

The 2004-05 season was a big one for not only Richardson, but the Suns as well. He set a new Suns single-season record for three-point field goals, eclipsing the previous record of 199 set by Dan Majerle. He finished the season with a league-leading 631 three-point attempts, and 226 three-point field goals, co-leading the league with Kyle Korver. Richardson also set a Suns franchise record with nine threes against the New Orleans Hornets on December 29, 2004. Richardson would also go on to win the NBA All-Star Three-Point Shootout that same season. The Suns finished the regular season with a league-best 62 wins and 20 losses. He made his playoff debut with the Suns in 2005 who would eventually lose to the San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference Finals.

New York Knicks (2005-2009)

Richardson was traded from the Suns, along with 2005 draft pick Nate Robinson, to the New York Knicks in exchange for Kurt Thomas and Dijon Thompson in the offseason. His first three seasons in New York were largely hampered by nagging injuries—the most serious being a chronic back condition—which limited him to 55, 49 and 65 games played respectively. His injury situation finally stabilized during the 2008-2009 season, when he remained healthy enough to appear in all but seven games. This does not include two additional DNP-CDs (Did Not Play - Coach's Decision) that he received; one on February 28, 2009 against the Miami Heat and a second on March 10, 2009 against the Milwaukee Bucks.

2009 NBA Offseason

On the 2009 draft day, Richardson was traded to the Memphis Grizzlies in exchange for Darko Miličić. His stint at the Grizzlies only last three weeks before he was traded again to the team that drafted him, the Los Angeles Clippers, in exchange for Zach Randolph. His second stint with the Clippers only lasted for three days. On July 20, 2009, he was traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Sebastian Telfair, Mark Madsen, and Craig Smith.

Miami Heat (2009-2010)

After less than a month at Minnesota, Richardson was traded for the fourth time in the 2009 off-season, this time to the Miami Heat for Mark Blount.

Orlando Magic (2010-2012)

In 2010, he signed with the Orlando Magic. He remained with the team until October 2012, when he was waived.

Return To New York Knicks (2013)

On April 16, 2013, Richardson signed with the New York Knicks for the remainder of the season, joining that team for a second time. He only played one regular season game, scoring five points in twenty nine minutes on 1 for 11 shooting, but brought down ten rebounds. He did appear in five playoff games, hitting two three-pointers in New York's 26-point blowout win of the Pacers in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. They ended up being the last points of his NBA career.

2013 NBA Offseason

On July 10, 2013, Richardson was part of a trade package to the Toronto Raptors, along with center Marcus Camby, forward Steve Novak, a first round draft pick in 2016, and two second round draft picks in 2014 & 2017, in exchange for forward Andrea Bargnani. On September 3, 2013, Richardson was waived by the Raptors.

Post-playing career

On August 7, 2014, it was announced that Richardson was named the director of player development for the Detroit Pistons. Richardson's cousin, and best friend Dean, chimes "Quentin aspires to be a Head Coach one day. We talk about it all the time."

Accomplishments

• IHSA State Championship, Whitney Young (1998)
• McDonald's All American (1998)
• Conference USA Player of the Year (1999)
• Conference USA Freshman of the Year (1999)
• USBWA National Freshman of the Year (1999)
• NBA All-Star Weekend Three-Point Shootout champion (2005)
• 100 Legends of the IHSA Boys Basketball Tournament

NBA career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2000-01	L.A. Clippers	76	28	17.9	.442	.331	.627	3.4	.8	.6	.1	8.1
2001-02	L.A. Clippers	81	0	26.6	.432	.381	.765	4.1	1.6	1.0	.3	13.3
2002-03	L.A. Clippers	59	13	23.2	.372	.308	.685	4.8	.9	.6	.2	9.4
2003-04	L.A. Clippers	65	64	36.0	.398	.352	.740	6.4	2.1	1.0	.3	17.2
2004-05	Phoenix	79	78	35.9	.389	.358	.739	6.1	2.0	1.2	.3	14.9
2005-06	New York	55	43	26.2	.355	.340	.670	4.2	1.6	.7	.1	8.2
2006-07	New York	49	47	33.1	.418	.376	.692	7.2	2.2	.7	.1	13.0
2007-08	New York	65	65	28.3	.359	.322	.682	4.8	1.8	.7	.2	8.1
2008-09	New York	72	51	26.3	.393	.365	.761	4.4	1.6	.7	.1	10.2
2009-10	Miami	76	75	27.4	.431	.397	.732	4.9	1.2	.9	.2	8.9
2010-11	Orlando	57	19	16.8	.341	.288	.750	3.1	.7	.4	.1	4.4
2011-12	Orlando	48	3	18.0	.376	.347	.833	2.6	.8	.6	.1	4.5
2012-13	New York	1	0	29.0	.091	.250	1.000	10.0	1.0	.0	.0	5.0
Career		783	486	26.5	.397	.355	.718	4.7	1.5	.8	.2	10.3

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2005	Phoenix	15	15	37.6	.403	.390	.639	5.1	1.7	1.3	.2	11.9
2010	Miami	5	5	29.8	.400	.409	.800	3.8	1.6	1.6	.2	9.8
2011	Orlando	6	1	16.3	.533	.500	1.000	2.5	.3	.2	.2	3.8
2012	Orlando	5	0	14.8	.333	.286	.000	4.4	.4	.2	.0	2.4
2013	New York	5	0	2.8	.333	.400	.000	.6	.0	.0	.0	1.2
Career		36	21	25.0	.404	.397	.674	3.8	1.0	.8	.1	7.5

Personal

In 1992, Richardson lost his mother to breast cancer, his grandmother to natural causes, and also his brother, Bernard, who was shot and killed in Chicago, aged 23. Another of Richardson's brothers, Lee Jr., was murdered on December 5, 2005, in Chicago during a robbery. Richardson has another older brother, Cedric, and one older sister Rochelle. Richardson is also the cousin of Multi-Entrepreneur Dean Richardson.

Richardson was engaged for 15 months to R&B singer Brandy Norwood. They split in September 2005.

Richardson has appeared in multiple acting roles, most notably as himself in the 2002 film Van Wilder.

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