# D. J. Richardson

Dietrich James "D. J." Richardson (born February 11, 1991) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Aix Maurienne Savoie Basket of the LNB Pro B. He attended Peoria Central for his first three years of high school and transferred to Findlay Prep in Henderson, Nevada for his senior year. He played collegiately at the University of Illinois.

## High school

As a junior at Peoria Central Richardson was selected to first-team All-State by the Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette and second-team All-State by the AP and Chicago Sun-Times. In his senior year at Findlay College Prep, Richardson, along with Texas recruit Avery Bradley, led the Findlay College Prep Pilots to a high school national championship after beating Oak Hill 74-66 and finishing their season 33-0.
US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| D.J. Richardson SG | Peoria, IL | Findlay College Prep | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | Oct 11, 2007 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 93 ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: #12 (SG) Rivals: #38 (overall) ESPN: #46 (overall) ||||||
| Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "Illinois Commit List for 2009". Rivals.com. Retrieved 2009-04-15. "Men's Basketball Recruiting". Scout.com. Retrieved 2009-04-15. "ESPN - Illinois Fighting Illini Basketball Recruiting 2009". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2009-04-15. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved 2009-04-15. "2009 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved 2009-04-15. ||||||

## College career

Richardson joined fellow 2009 recruits, including Brandon Paul, on the University of Illinois 2009–10 men's basketball team coached by Bruce Weber. Andy Katz of ESPN called Richardson and Paul "the best freshman backcourt not at Kentucky John Wall and Eric Bledsoe". Richardson was named Big Ten Freshman of the Year by the coaches and was unanimously selected to the Big Ten All-Freshman team. Richardson finished his career ranked 13th on Illini all-time scoring list (1,477 points, third in made 3-pointers (278), and tied for third in games played (138). After his senior season, Richardson was selected to participate in the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament.

### College statistics

| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| 2009–10 | Illinois | 36 | 35 | 30.9 | .399 | .390 | .775 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 10.5 |
| 2010–11 | Illinois | 34 | 30 | 26.8 | .415 | .385 | .758 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 8.4 |
| 2011–12 | Illinois | 32 | 31 | 34.7 | .387 | .348 | .774 | 3.0 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 11.6 |
| 2012–13 | Illinois | 36 | 36 | 33.8 | .363 | .322 | .815 | 3.9 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 14.5 |
| Career | Career | 138 | 132 | 31.5 | .388 | .355 | .787 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 13.6 |

## Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2013 NBA draft, Richardson worked out for the Utah Jazz in mid-September 2013. On October 24, 2013, Richardson signed to play professionally in Austria for the UBC Güssing Knights. In January 2014 Richardson signed to play for Toros de Aragua of the Venezuelan Professional Basketball League, however he suffered an ankle injury that forced the team to cut him before playing a game.
On July 31, 2014 Richardson signed with Korikobrat which competes as a member of the Korisliiga in Finland. After that season, he signed with Kouvot from the same Korisliiga for the 2015–16 season. He eventually won the Finnish championship with Kouvot.
On February 26, 2018, Richardson joined Aries Trikala of the Greek Basket League.