When the Spurs made multiple mid-season trades in the days leading up to the NBA trade deadline this year, they accomplished some major feats. First, they reminded the fans of the team that in-season trades are actually a thing that is legal for them to participate in. Second, they freed house-elf Bryn Forbes for the second time in his career. Third, they gave me the rare opportunity to write a “Let’s Meet a New Guy” piece in mid-March!
So let’s meet that new guy, Josh Richardson!
He’s younger than you might think
Or he’s younger than I might think. I just turned 34, and Richardson is 28 - six years younger than me. But I feel like he’s been in the league too long to be under 30. This is perplexing.
Even more perplexing, he played at the University of Tennessee for four whole years! Do people do that anymore?
Maybe it just feels like he’s been around forever because he’s played for so many teams in a short period of time.
He’s from that dumb place up north
I sort of wish I hadn’t looked this up because I don’t want to think of Richardson as a dude from Oklahoma but it’s too late now, I can’t unlearn this piece of knowledge.
I won’t hold it against him.
I think…
Well, I’ll try.
I didn’t find a ton of info out there about Richardson’s high school career, but he was named to The Oklahoman’s Super 5 first team his senior year. That could very well be impressive, but it could also mean that there were only five people playing basketball in Oklahoma high schools in 2010-11.
Who can say for sure? The records have been lost to the sands of time.
He’s a man of exquisite taste
Richardson’s University of Tennessee bio claimed that he enjoys playing classic piano. And you don’t just have to take them at their word, you can watch him play a few notes here!
Whoever chose that thumbnail was not interested in doing the poor guy any favors, eh?
His first-ever tweet (that mattered)
Normally I look through the deepest archives of Instagram posts and tweets to do this. But let’s be honest, the only tweet Richardson needs to be judged by is this one.
Buuuuuut just for fun… Okay I planned on scrolling all the way back to 2009, because that’s when he joined Twitter, but then I stumbled upon the fact that he retweeted this post in January 2021 and couldn’t get past it.
Thanks for reading, please be kind to each other out there.