Pooh Richardson: What Happened to THE FIRST DRAFT PICK in Minnesota Timberwolves History? | FPP

He's one of the least talked about point guards of the 90s, yet his first few years in the league saw him put some above average stats and particularly great assist numbers. Pooh Richardson starred at UCLA, spending half his time there alongside Reggie Miller. After that, he became the first rookie ever drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 1989 NBA Draft. His years in Minnesota were defined by losing and little exposure, so he never got a lot of shine in the national media, He eventually reunited with Miller when he was traded to the Indiana Pacers, but his two years there were marred by injuries, then when he finally was where he wanted to be, after being traded to the Los Angeles Clippers, his health went down and his age went up, and by the end of his career, he was lucky if he got to take off his warm up. Pooh Richardson isn't necessarily one of the greatest to ever do it, but he was a really good point guard in his early years, yet one who is never brought up in any basketball conversations; so his recognition is long overdue.
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Man!!! This channel is unreal… How does he find the time?? He drops these great biographies of the greatest players of our era!!! I think he does some football stuff too!!! Didn’t he just do Dana Barros and Stacey Augmon in the past two weeks?? Now he’s dropping another gem?? Edit: how does he get all this great footage?? Some of these clips I’ve never seen!!! In the Stacey Augmon video I learned he was Prop 48!!! How the hell did he know that?? It’s not on any Google search…

[@ForgottenPlayerProfiles]

Going to be alot more consistent with football profiles going forward too. Appreciate the kind words!

[@ynotefil]

He Is The Nardwar Of Forgotten Players.

[@Born8etter]

“Knock Knock… Pooh’s there” -ESPN

[@JelaniWood]

Who else remembers when SportsCenter was firing on all cylinders back in the early 90's with Craig Kilborn and his 1000 nicknames for Pooh Richardson? My personal fav was "Pooh Pooh Kachoo". Man those were the BEST times. "Skip to my Pooh finished with 8 assists..."

[@chriswahl4139]

and the saying we love pooh

[@harveymcelroy9332]

Lol good old days😅😅

[@stevonecapone7958]

@@JelaniWood Stuart Scott had me staying up late to watch sports center I've been addicted ever since

[@user-br2zz7nn5u]

Reuniting with Reggie Miller at Indiana should have been a smooth transition..... then again, the east was tough in those days.....

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You're providing us with the super forgotten folks!!!!!!

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Dude you is hella underated. I always listen to your videos rather i wanna listen to your vids in the background or just to see all the new players you talk about. Keep grinding men and love your channel. Also if you take any recommendations you should cover players like Pete maravich, or earl monroe, or even mark price.

[@lilruse]

Ok I stand corrected 😂. You’re a legend bro this channel is goated

[@SJG-pt4yp]

I love so much more deep diving like this on old NBA than even watch current shit.

[@trevharpa9371]

Same

[@MrJustind886]

This page is 🔥🔥🔥🔥. Always have the forgotten players that were great in that get lost in history. Cant wait until the next olayer. Great channel keep up the good content!!!

[@CherokeeBux]

Solid Hooper!! Could run a offense on the highest level. Back when Point guards played their position.

[@bolsbolbol368]

about 5 years ago, Pooh was playing and Tracey Murray was a teammate. This was a city league so just avg joes and dudes with bellys in the league. People were like wtf, these dudes were in the NBA! They completely dominated. lol

[@siner2442]

Back in those days dudes in the NBA would party all night and had no problem gambling,smoking,drinking all the time it was part of the lifestyle… u heard Jordan say he was in the locker room and everybody was drinking beers and smoking during halftime all the time 😂

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Great stuff. Do one on Kelly Tripucka. Dude was a legit scorer on the pre bad boy Pistons.

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To the OP, you know that I was born in Seattle in 1973, where I grew up! From my birth year, you can TELL that these players are right up my alley! Age 20-27 were mostly HAPPY times in my life, so these take me back to happy times!

[@Brazil144hopeful]

Thanks for reminding us of these great players

[@zeke3388]

Pooh a forgotten gem 💎...

[@Reedinho]

If you collected sports cards around the 90s, you had at least 3 Pooh Richardson cards in every deck

[@SUPREMEgoldchain_REAKTZ]

So underrated & forgotten. I always bring him up when talking about pgs

[@Absynthe23]

Another great video. Just a little nitpick. When you show stats like this at 12:25, it would be nice if you label them with names.

[@gt-gu7rb]

One of the best point guards to come out of Philly. Had a lot of injuries unfortunately.

[@bryanb30]

1:35 How you gonna leave out little Doug Overton #11 😂

[@byrondenny1636]

7 years for 18 is crazy

[@Bart848]

Last couple videos have been great,keep em coming Otis Thorpe buck willams and rony seikely miamis first pick and nick Anderson Orlando’s first pick

[@unappealingundesirable2826]

I was born in Seattle in 1973, where I grew up. Sonics and Blazers fan. I remember a 1994-95 Sonics at Clippers 2OT game, where Pooh KILLED us! I've always respected his game. I've never seen him dunk, though. Is there a dunk in this game? I remember a 1992-93 game, Denver at Indiana, where the Pacers won by 30. Denver Coach Dan Issel was so upset with his team, he said "The Pacers could have had Winnie The Pooh at point guard, and still have won."

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Thank you for answering my request!

[@adamrenfrow]

Very good player

[@unappealingundesirable2826]

Kelly Tripiocka! I'd love to see a Tropicana dunk! Great shooter, too.

[@lashgoshotwheels1127]

Thank you 😊

[@unappealingundesirable2826]

0:55 I did NOT know, that Pooh Richardson could dunk! I've never seen it before! Honestly! BUT, I was also a stiff, who didn't have Cable TV until I was in college, so my NBA viewing was limited to Sonics road games and national games. Not too many Timberwolves games on CBS and NBC, in their early days.

[@vaughnvdg]

PHILLY LEGEND……

[@witoldfrankowski32]

Great vdeo bro😊

[@Phillygoat1983]

Philly legend wow 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

[@jackwalsh6758]

"Pooh Richardson, yeah, he had fun" Tuff Crew - Mountain's World

[@stevonecapone7958]

Do one on Anthony Peeler the Missouri legend

[@AlexanderTB6]

Rony Seikaly next!!!!!! I went to a DJing event he was part of in Miami and he also played loved his game sweet from the midrange

[@user-br2zz7nn5u]

That was my boy back in the day.....

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Love the content and the video bruv

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THIS IS THE ULTIMATE VINTAGE BASKETBALL ENCICLOPÉDIA

[@geoffreyhawkins9684]

I would love a vid on George McCloud

[@NavyCJ216]

2 Live Pooh!

[@acornsucks2111]

Clint Richardson, Earl Monroe, the pearl.

[@unappealingundesirable2826]

Maybe, he didn't score double figures enough to warrant a video, but Tyrone Corbin might make an interesting video.

[@gugurupurasudaikirai7620]

The shooting was difficult for him because oh bother, the honey on his hands was sticky which affected the shot mechanics with the ball sticking to his hands at times

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We need reggie williams,Ken norman,corey magette, darius miles,Rony seikaly

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We need a Vernon Maxwell video or Larry Nance fr

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🔥🔥🔥

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Can you do rick mahorn please?

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Can you do one on Brandon Jennings?

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Do Michael Williams

[@unappealingundesirable2826]

5:00 What ethnicity was Trevor Wilson?

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Rik smits

[@Incredible_Geez]

Yall have to pay attention alot of the people yall saying you want him to do hes done already....

[@siner2442]

U know u had to be a beast, to take it to the rim back in those days if u were a PG/SG… they would hack u in mid air just to see how tough or SOFT u are! And the Centers/PF were 6”10-7ft giving hard fouls, that’s why it was called “The NBA: No Boys Allowed!” Now it’s all boys… 😂 that’s probably why the ratings are dead?