Malachi Richardson is an American professional basketball player. Most recently, Malachi Richardson played for the Toronto Raptors as their shooting guard. Further, he has played for other teams like Sacramento Kings, Reno Bighorns, Raptors 905.
As a shooting guard, Malachi Richardson he earned around $1,569,360 as his yearly salary from Toronto Raptors and currently has an estimated net worth of over $2 million.
As of 2019, Malachi Richardson has an estimated net worth of over $2 million. Further, the NBA player earned $1,569,360 annually as salary from the Toronto Raptors.
Malachi Richardson has signed a three-year contract worth $4,513,800 with Sacramento Kings, including a guaranteed sum of$4,513,800.
In 2018-19, Richardson earned a basic salary of $1,569,360, with a cap hit of $1,569,360 and a dead limit of $1,569,360.
The Famous NBA star Malachi is 6 feet 6 inch in height and weighs around 93kg (230lbs). Richardson is not only a world-class athlete but also a very attractive individual.
Kody is the newly born son of Malachi and Emily Mae. Malachi and Emily are not married yet but they are in a relationship. Malachi has a good relationship with his family.
Other than being a famous NBA shooting guard, Malachi Richardson is pretty famous in social media. He has 18.1k followers on Twitter and 53.7k followers on Instagram.
Malachi Richardson was born on Jan 5, 1996, in Trenton, New Jersey to parents Lewis Richardson and Jacqueline Richardson. As per his nationality, he is American and belongs to the Black ethnic group and his star sign is Capricorn.
Malachi Richardson attended Trenton Catholic Academy in Hamilton, New Jersey where he played for his high school basketball team. He spent his sophomore year at Roselle Catholic High School. Malachi, in his high school career, held an average of 19.2 points in his junior year and 18.7 points in the senior year.
College career:
Year | Team | Games played | Games started | Minutes per game | Rebounds per game | Assists per game | Steals per game | Blocks per game | Points per game |
2015-16 | Syracuse | 37 | 37 | 34.4 | 4.3 | 2.1 | 1.1 | .3 | 13.4 |
After completing high school, Malachi Richardson enrolled at Syracuse and played there. He played one season averaging 13.4 points, 4.3 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game for Syracuse. Later he was declared for the NBA Draft on 2016 April 18.
Malachi was selected by the Charlotte Hornets with the 22nd overall pick in the 2016 NBA draft On 23 June 2016. His rights were later traded in exchange for Marco Belinelli to the Sacramento Kings on 7 July 2016.
Later on 15 July 2016, he signed a rookie-scale contract with the Kings. Malachi was ruled out for 4-6 weeks after suffering a partial thickness tear from his right hamstring the night before and was shut down for the rest of the season on 26 March 2017.
NBA Regular season:
Year | Team | Games played | Games started | Minutes per game | Rebounds per game | Assists per game | Steals per game | Blocks per game | Points per game |
2016-17 | Sacramento | 22 | 0 | 9.0 | 1.0 | .5 | .2 | 0 | 3.6 |
2017-18 | Sacramento | 25 | 4 | 12.8 | 1.3 | .5 | .4 | 0 | 3.5 |
2017-18 | Toronto | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | 0 | 2.0 |
Career | 48 | 4 | 11.0 | 1.2 | .5 | .3 | 0 | 3.5 |
During his season and a half with the Kings, he had several tasks with the NBA G League Reno Bighorns. Richardson was traded with the Toronto Raptors in exchange for Bruno Caboclo On 8 February 2018. Malachi played his first game with the Raptors in Charlotte On 11 February.
During the rest of the season, he received several assignments to Raptors 905, an affiliate of the Toronto G League. Currently, Malachi is playing for the Toronto Raptors along with Serge Ibaka, Danny Green, Kyle Lowry, Kawhi Leonard.