Everage Richardson

Everage Lee Richardson (born December 23, 1985) is an American-Icelandic basketball player for the Úrvalsdeild karla club Breiðablik.[1] A high scoring guard, he has played professionally in Germany, Luxembourg and Iceland.

Everage Richardson
No. 24 – Breiðablik
PositionGuard
LeagueÚrvalsdeild karla
Personal information
Born (1985-12-23) December 23, 1985
Brooklyn, New York
NationalityAmerican / Icelandic
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High schoolWashington Irving
(New York, New York)
College
Playing career2009–present
Career history
2009–2013Bodfeld Baskets
2013–2014SC Itzehoe
2014–2017Résidence Walferdange
2017–2018Gnúpverjar
2018–2020Hamar
2020–2021ÍR
2021–presentBreiðablik
Career highlights and awards
  • 2x Eurobasket.com 1st Regionalliga North Player of the Year (2013, 2014)
  • Úrvalsdeild scoring champion (2022)
  • 3x Icelandic D1 scoring champion (2018–2020)

College career

After graduating from Washington Irving High School in New York in 2004, Richardson played college basketball at Sullivan County Community College in Loch Sheldrake. He was named Mid Hudson Conference Most Valuable Player in 2004-05 and 2005-06, while earning Junior College All-American distinction twice. While at Coastal Carolina from 2006 to 2008, Richardson averaged 7.0 points, 2.6 rebounds and 1.2 steals a game in 2006-07.[2]

Club career

Richardson set out a year after college[3] and first joined TuS Elbingerode (later named Bodfeld Baskets) of the German Landesliga (seventh-tier) in 2009.[4] Across the 2009-10 season, he averaged 48.8 points a contest,[5] helping the team climb to the next higher league. In the 2010-11 Oberliga campaign, he led all scorers again: Richardson had 47.8 points per game, winning the Oberliga championship with Bodfeld.[6] Because of his high-scoring, Eurobasket.com granted him the title Best basketball scorer of the World.[7]

In 2011–2012, Richardson averaged 42.1 points per game for the Bodfeld Baskets in the 2. Regionalliga,[8] helping his team win another championship[9] which secured a spot in the fourth highest German division, 1. Regionalliga, for the following season. While at Bodfeld, he earned the nickname "Die Schwarze Perle" (The Black Pearl).[10] In 2012–2013, Richardson averaged 33.0 points a contest[11] and was named 1st Regionalliga North Player of the Year (by Eurobasket.com)[12] at the end of the season.[13]

In 2013, Richardson joined SC Itzehoe in the 1. Regionalliga.[14] He had an average of 28.0 points a contest for Itzehoe across the 2013-14 season,[15] earning him Eurobasket.com 1st Regionalliga North Player of the Year honors the second straight year.[16]

He played for Résidence Walferdange in the Total League from 2014 to 2017.[17] In the 2014-15 season, he emerged as the league’s leading scorer (28.7 points per game).[18] The following season (2015-16), Richardson ranked sixth in the Total League in points per contest (25.5).[19] In his third and final campaign at Walferdange, he pitched in with 25.6 points a game.[20]

In 2017, Richardson signed with newly promoted Gnúpverjar in the 1. deild karla.[21][22] He led the league in scoring, averaging 38.9 points per game.[23][24]

In May 2018, Richardson signed with Hamar.[24] He led the 1. deild karla in scoring again during the 2018–2019 season, averaging 29.7 points per game.[25] During the 2019–2020 season, he averaged a league leading 26.5 points per game,[26] helping Hamar to the second best record in the league. However, because the season finished prematurely due to the COVID-19 outbreak in Iceland, Hamar was not promoted to the Úrvalsdeild karla.[27]

On 16 April 2020, Richardson signed with Úrvalsdeild karla club ÍR.[28][29] He appeared in 22 games, averaging 18.1 and team leading 6.2 assists per game.[30]

After one season with ÍR, Richardson signed with newly promoted Breiðablik in June 2021.[30] In his Úrvalsdeild debut with the team, he had 27 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists in an overtime loss against KR.[31] On 7 February 2022, Richardson scored 44 points in a victory against Tindastóll. It was the highest scoring output by any player in the Úrvalsdeild in the season.[32] Richardson re-signed with Breiðablik in April 2022.[33]

References
  1. Runólfur Trausti Þórhallsson (18 October 2021). "Körfuboltakvöld um hinn síunga Richardson: Svo góður mótor í honum miðað við hann er orðinn gamall". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  2. "Everage Richardson - Men's Basketball". Coastal Carolina University Athletics. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
  3. Schaarschmidt, Thomas. "Basketball: Höhenflug im Ostharz". www.mz.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-08-13.
  4. "Publikumsliebling Richardson bleibt ein weiteres Jahr im Harz". Volksstimme (in German). 3 May 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  5. "Beste Werfer (Saison: 2009/2010) - Landesliga Nordwest Herren (Senioren)". Deutscher Basketball Bund. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
  6. "Beste Werfer (Saison: 2010/2011) - Oberliga Herren (Senioren)". Deutscher Basketball Bund. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
  7. Blumtritt, Anna (2012-11-01). "Wölfe Samstag zum nächsten Auswärtsspiel in Braunschweig – Autogrammstunde am Sonntag". MBC (in German). Retrieved 2022-08-13.
  8. "Beste Werfer (Saison: 2011/2012) - 2.Regionalliga Herren West (Senioren)". Deutscher Basketball Bund. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
  9. "Tabelle (Saison: 2011/2012) - 2.Regionalliga Herren West (Senioren)". Deutscher Basketball Bund. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
  10. Donevan, Connor (21 October 2012). "Basketball's Top Scorer Is Not In The NBA". NPR. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  11. "Spielerstatistik Scouting (Saison 2012/2013) - 1.Regionalliga Herren (Senioren)". Deutscher Basketball Bund. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
  12. "Regionalliga Basketball 2012-2013". www.eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
  13. "Everage Richardson ist "Player of the Year"". basketball-elbingerode.de. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  14. "Eagles landen Transfer-Coup". shz.de (in German). 2022-05-12. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
  15. "Spielerstatistik Scouting (Saison 2013/2014) - 1.Regionalliga Herren (Senioren)". Deutscher Basketball Bund. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
  16. "Regionalliga Basketball 2013-2014". www.eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
  17. Haas, Romain (17 December 2016). "Richardson (Walferdange) : "Terminer l'année sur 2 victoires"". Le Quotidien (in French). Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  18. "Total League Basketball 2014-2015". www.eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
  19. "Total League Basketball 2015-2016". www.eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
  20. "Total League Basketball 2016-2017". www.eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
  21. "Everage Richardson til Gnúpverja". gnupnation.is (in Icelandic). 21 September 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  22. "Gnúpverjar semja við stigahæsta Bandaríkjamann ársins 2012". karfan.is (in Icelandic). 22 September 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  23. "1. deild karla (2017-2018 Tímabil) - Tölfræði". kki.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  24. "Framlagshæsti leikmaður deildarinnar í Hamar". karfan.is (in Icelandic). 2 May 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  25. "1. deild karla (2018-2019 Tímabil) - Tölfræði". kki.is (in Icelandic). Icelandic Basketball Federation. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  26. "ÍR-ingar semja við þann stigahæsta". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 16 April 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  27. Jóhann Ingi Hafþórsson (18 March 2020). "Reiður þjálfari Hamars lætur KKÍ heyra það". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  28. Helgi Hrafn Ólafsson (16 April 2020). "Everage Richardson til ÍR "Ég er tilbúinn fyrir nýja áskorun"". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  29. Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (19 January 2021). "Demanturinn í ÍR sem er að verða uppáhalds leikmaður Benna". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  30. Davíð Eldur (25 June 2021). "Everage til Breiðabliks". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  31. "KR vann nýliðana í framlengingu". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 7 October 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  32. Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (8 February 2022). "Aðeins tveir eldri hafa skorað fjörutíu stig í úrvalsdeildarleik". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  33. Sturla Stígsson (8 April 2022). "Danero og Everage framlengja við Breiðablik". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 8 April 2022.
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