Jereme Richmond (born March 13, 1992) is an American professional
basketball
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player for
Obras Sanitarias
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of the
Liga Nacional de Básquet
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. Richmond was considered a top 25 recruit and #4 at his position in the 2010 class. He played college basketball for the
University of Illinois
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. In November 2013, Richmond was sentenced to serve three years in prison. Earlier in 2013 he was convicted of harassment of a witness for making threatening comments and gestures to a probation officer.
High school career
As a freshman, Richmond attended
North Shore Country Day School
North Shore Country Day School is a selective prep school in Winnetka, Illinois
Winnetka () is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, located north of downtown Chicago. The population was 12,316 as of 2019. The village is one of th ...
of
Winnetka, Illinois
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. Richmond received notoriety for a verbal commitment to then Illini coach Bruce Weber before his first high school game. Following a transfer in his sophomore year, he excelled as the starting small forward for the Waukegan High Bulldogs basketball team of
Waukegan, Illinois
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. As a junior, he led
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to a runner-up finish in the 2009
IHSA Class 4A State Tournament. Richmond averaged 20.1 points, 9.7 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 2.3 blocks as a junior. As a senior Richmond led the Bulldogs to a third-place finish in IHSA 4A State Tournament. Richmond averaged 21 points, 11.5 rebounds, three assists, and three blocks as a senior.
Accolades
In his senior year, Richmond was named to the
2010 McDonald's All-American Boys Game
The 2010 McDonald's
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roster. Richmond was also named the 2010
Illinois Mr. Basketball
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Most of the award winners have gone on to play at the highest levels of college basketball, and many have ...
. Richmond received the Chicago Sun Times Player of the Year award two years in a row. Quinn Buckner, is the only other player to receive this distinction. Richmond was also a two-time consensus first-team All-State selection as a junior and senior by the Associated Press, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette and Illinois Basketball Coaches Association. Following his senior year, Richmond was a member of the
USA Basketball
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U18 National Team that won a gold medal at the
FIBA Americas Championship
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Since FIBA organised the entire Wester ...
in June 2010.
Recruitment
According to
ESPNU
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, Richmond was the twenty-third best overall high school recruit for the class of 2010 as well as the fourth best small forward. According to
Rivals.com
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History
Rivals.com was founded in 1998 by Jim Heckma ...
, Richmond was the thirty-fifth best overall recruit.
College career
Entering his freshman year at
Illinois
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, Richmond was widely considered by scouts as a talented player with NBA lottery pick potential. Playing primarily as a wing player, he has good length making him a good on the ball defender and a capable shot blocker. His strengths include his ability to attack from the wing with the ball creating shots for himself or teammates.
During the 2010-11 season, Richmond played 22.1 minutes per game appearing in all regular season games except one. During the season, Richmond averaged 7.6 points per game, 1.8 assists per game and 5.0 rebounds per game.
Professional career
Richmond declared for the
2011 NBA Draft
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on April 5, 2011, but went undrafted. On February 22, 2012 Richmond agreed to play with the
Sauk Valley Predators
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of the
Premier Basketball League
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.
[ Jereme's brother, Justin Richmond, plays in the same league.]
On November 2, 2015, after being released from prison, Richmond was acquired by the Delaware 87ers
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after a successful tryout. However, he was waived on November 11. On December 31, he was reacquired by Delaware and waived on January 16. On February 11, 2016 Richmond signed with CDP Domingo Paulino Santiago of the Dominican Republic.
On January 22, 2018, Richmond signed with Obras Sanitarias
Club Atlético Obras Sanitarias de la Nación (mostly known simply as Obras Sanitarias or Obras) is an Argentina, Argentine professional sports club that is located in the district of Núñez, Buenos Aires. Although originally conceived as a rugb ...
of Argentina for the rest of the 2017–18 LNB season.
Legal trouble
On August 9, 2011 Richmond was charged with aggravated battery, aggravated assault
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, disorderly conduct, illegal possession of a firearm
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, and unlawful use of a handgun after he allegedly beat his seventeen-year-old girlfriend and threatened to shoot her. On October 5, Richmond tested positive for marijuana
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after a random drug test while on bond. When the Lake County court learned of this, he was taken to jail on October 21. He was due to return to court on November 7. On December 22, Richmond was placed on court-ordered home detention, meaning that it is mandatory that he be home between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. as a bond condition. On January 23, 2012, Richmond was sentenced to 18 months' probation, ordered to pay a $500 fine and court costs, and completion of 200 hours of community service, after pleading guilty to unlawful use of a weapon. The other charges were dropped as part of a plea agreement.
On October 25, 2012, Richmond was returned to jail after violating several conditions of his probation.
On April 26, 2013, Richmond was again taken into custody based on new felony charges of witness harassment and disorderly conduct in connection with an incident involving his probation officer. On August 8, Richmond was found guilty on two of three counts of harassment of a witness, and faced up to seven years in federal prison. On November 25, 2013, Richmond was sentenced to three years in prison. On October 20, 2014, he was released from prison.[ ]
References
External links
Illinois bio
RealGM profile
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1992 births
Living people
American expatriate basketball people in Argentina
American expatriate basketball people in the Dominican Republic
American men's basketball players
Basketball players from Illinois
Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball players
McDonald's High School All-Americans
Obras Sanitarias basketball players
Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball)
Shooting guards
Small forwards
Sportspeople from Evanston, Illinois