Quentin Richardson

CTL-E-5663 · Person · other · 1980–present

VERIFIED evidence grade — build store (JSON graph)

Combined Graph record U-06947 · provenance: build store (JSON graph), record CTL-E-5663.

Quentin Richardson, born Quentin Lamar Richardson on April 13, 1980, in Chicago, Illinois, is an American former professional basketball player. At Whitney Young High School he led the Dolphins to the 1998 IHSA Class AA state championship and was named a McDonald's All-American. At DePaul he became the only player in school history with 1,000 points, 500 rebounds, and 100 three-pointers, winning both Conference USA Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year in 1999 along with USBWA National Freshman of the Year. Selected 18th overall by the Los Angeles Clippers in 2000, he played thirteen NBA seasons for the Clippers, Phoenix Suns, New York Knicks, Miami Heat, and Orlando Magic, and won the NBA Three-Point Contest at All-Star Weekend in 2005. His career totals are 8,032 points, 3,666 rebounds, and 1,138 assists. After retiring he served as director of player development for the Detroit Pistons (2014–2016) and played in the BIG3. Richardson's teenage years were marked by family tragedy — his mother, grandmother, and a brother all died in 1992, and another brother was murdered in 2005 — which he has spoken about publicly as the ground of his perseverance.

The record

• Also known as: Quentin Lamar Richardson, Q-Ball

Notes

Staged 2026-10-16 under CTL-GOV-006 (Fill 500 Lists Wave 3, Tier 1 — 747 Program). Gate A (2026-10-16): no Quentin Richardson entity in the live graph at 3,346 entities (exact/normalized/alias + token containment); ID CTL-E-5663 free. Supply: 747 Supply Ledger, Fill 500 Comedians gap #12. Vital status: LIVING — verified by his Pistons player-development tenure, BIG3 play, and continuing media presence; no death report in any source consulted. Conflicts shown, not blended: No material conflicts. His DePaul connection is staged as a university alumnus edge (this series' school convention) rather than a played_for edge to the Blue Demons program entity; both forms exist in the graph's history and the choice is documented here. STATISTICS (sourced, dated): Career NBA totals: 8,032 points (10.3 per game), 3,666 rebounds (4.7), 1,138 assists (1.5) — Wikipedia career statistics (NBA.com / Basketball-Reference), accessed 2026-10-16. DePaul career averages: 17.9 points and 10.2 rebounds per game over two seasons — Basketball Wiki. MEDIA: photo HELD (candidate class named in the packet; no Commons file page readable in this pass, PHOTO-001 does not clear on expectation); chart FILLED; video HELD (no matching CTL Short in the Link Map catalog, checked by name and variants); audio HELD (no verified rights basis). Blocked edges documented in the packet: Los Angeles Clippers, Phoenix Suns, New York Knicks, Orlando Magic — no graph entities. DePaul University (CTL-E-1847) and Whitney M. Young Magnet High School (CTL-E-1750) alumnus edges and the Miami Heat (CTL-E-5507) played_for edge are staged. MEDIA LAYER (staged 2026-10-16; full per-asset PHOTO-001 records + embed specs in the packet's staged JSON, Drive packet folder): map = N/A (Persons receive no maps (media-layer rule carried from the CULTGRAPH packets).) | visual_assets = HELD: Wikipedia carries a 2007 Knicks-era photograph of Richardson; the Commons file page could not be read in this | chart = FILLED (Built only from this record's own sourced, dated facts; data table printed in the packet.) | video = HELD (No CTL Short for this subject — checked against the CTL Shorts Link Map catalog (2026-10-15) by name and stage) | audio = HELD (No matching-entity audio with a verified rights basis located in this pass (no CTL-owned audio; third-party st)

Relationships

• Miami Heat — played for
  Richardson played for the Miami Heat in the 2009–10 season.

Referenced by

• DePaul University — has alumnus → this record
• Whitney M. Young Magnet High School — has alumnus → this record

Sources

• Wikipedia, “Quentin Richardson” — born Quentin Lamar Richardson, April 13, 1980, Chicago; Whitney Young High School; DePaul 1998–2000; drafted 18th overall in 2000 by the Clippers; Clippers, Suns, Knicks, Heat, Magic; Three-Point Contest champion 2005; USBWA National Freshman of the Year and Conference USA Player of the Year 1999; career totals 8,032 / 3,666 / 1,138; Pistons director of player development 2014–2016 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quentin_Richardson (build store)
• The Final Call, “One on One with NBA star, Quentin Richardson” (Jul 22, 2008) — Chicago native; led Whitney Young to the Class AA state title; DePaul Freshman of the Year and Conference USA Player of the Year; first-round Clippers pick; brothers lost to violence — https://new.finalcall.com/2008/07/22/one-on-one-with-nba-star-quentin-richardson/ (build store)
• Basketball Wiki, “Quentin Richardson” — Whitney M. Young Magnet High School; DePaul averages of 17.9 points and 10.2 rebounds; the only DePaul player with 1,000+ points, 500+ rebounds, and 100+ three-point field goals; declared for the draft after his sophomore year — https://basketball.fandom.com/wiki/Quentin_Richardson (build store)

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