NBA Comparison: Shawne Williams/Trevor Ariza

Strengths: Athletic forward with good defensive potential … Impressive leaping ability and explosiveness … Good lateral quickness … Cuts to the basket well … Sets himself up for easy baskets around the rim … Great finishing ability … Has good size for a small forward at the next level … Long wingspan, measured at 6’10.25" … Excellent court vision … Is a very instinctual passer, seeing plays before they develop … Aggressive rebounder … Active on the offensive glass … Only recently turned 19 years old and has a lot of room to improve …

Weaknesses: More of an athlete than anything else … Lacks the size/strength to play power forward, but doesn’t have the skills to play on the perimeter … Offensive game is extremely raw … Not comfortable creating offense for himself … Has the potential to be a good shooter, but hasn’t turned that potential into results … No three point range on his jump-shot … Very turnover prone … Can make brilliant passes from time to time, but can also make a lot of mistakes trying to make brilliant passes … Poor ball-handling ability, but doesn’t seem to know it … Tries to do things with the ball that he’s not capable of … Needs to add weight … Has had reported attitude and maturity problems surrounding him since high school …

Overall: Richmond is an interesting prospect that has a lot of likable qualities but a lot of red flags as well … Won’t be able to contribute anything to an NBA team immediately, so whatever team drafts him will need to be extremely patient … He’s in a terrible draft being a "project" going into a lockout season as teams should be looking for players that can "weather the storm" and be ready when the labor dispute eventually gets resolved. Second round material, but certainly not a lock to be drafted …

Tyler Ingle 6/6/11

YouTube Clip – 8/29/2009