Player Card - Richard Tapia

RICHARD

TAPIA

A SPRAINED FINGER (OUT - 3 DAYS, RETURN 2/20/36)

6-6 / 240 LBS

29 YEARS OLD

CONNECTICUT

ROUND 1 - PICK 23

10 YEARS

CURRENT RATING

POTENTIAL RATING

10.4

Points
Per Game

1.2

Assists
Per Game

4.3

Rebounds
Per Game

0.5

Blocks
Per Game

1.7

Steals
Per Game

His ability to create shots for himself off the dribble has improved... He has proven time and again that he can not only knock down shots from outside with consistency, but also big shots in big game stuations... Gets to the line well and shoots at a solid clip... A good passer, but has the ability and the vision to be better... Can guard positions from 1 to 4, taking advantage of his height and length to pressure his opponents to adjust their shooting rhythm

Loyalty

High

Motivation

Very High

Consistency

High

Greed

High

Play For Winner

High

Durability

Tough

Work Ethic

Good

Personality

Good Guy

Playing Time

Doesn't Care

2035-2036 : $13,394,808

2036-2037 : N/A

2037-2038 : N/A

2038-2039 : N/A

2039-2040 : N/A

Bird Years : 10

Extension Eligible : NO

Option Eligible : NO

Points : 38

Assists : 6

Rebounds : 14

Blocks : 3

Steals : 6

Double Doubles : 2

Triple Doubles : 0

All Star Games : 0

Titles Won : 0

Player of the Game : 6

Player of the Week : 0

Player of the Month : 0

Rookie of the Month : 0


+ Injured with a sprained finger (2/7/36)
+ Injured with a sore wrist (1/31/35)
Signed by the Hornets as a free agent for a deal worth $25,855,095 over 2 years (7/27/34)
+ Injured with a sore back (2/3/34)
Signed by the Hornets as a free agent for a deal worth $22,264,108 over 2 years (7/27/32)
+ Injured with a torn MCL (1/3/32)
+ Injured with a sore arm (12/3/30)
+ Injured with a sore arm (11/8/30)
Signed by the Hornets as a free agent for a deal worth $16,159,433 over 2 years (7/27/30)
Signed a 1 year tender offer with the Hornets worth $4,326,072(7/28/29)
Recalled from Greensboro of the development league (2/12/29)
Assigned to Greensboro of the development league (2/11/29)
+ Injured with a sore knee (12/12/28)
Recalled from Greensboro of the development league (12/10/28)
Assigned to Greensboro of the development league (10/31/28)
Recalled from Greensboro of the development league (10/30/28)
Assigned to Greensboro of the development league (10/26/28)
Recalled from Greensboro of the development league (10/25/28)
Assigned to Greensboro of the development league (10/24/28)
Recalled from Greensboro of the development league (10/21/28)
Assigned to Greensboro of the development league (10/16/28)
Recalled from Greensboro of the development league (4/3/28)
Assigned to Greensboro of the development league (3/16/28)
Hawks trade PG Allen Nash, SF Richard Tapia for Hornets SG Keaton Williams, 2028 2nd round pick(CHA) (2/6/28)
Recalled from College Park of the development league (1/7/28)
Assigned to College Park of the development league (12/23/27)
Recalled from College Park of the development league (11/24/27)
Assigned to College Park of the development league (11/7/27)
Had rookie Option picked up by the Hawks For $3,716,558 (9/30/27)
Hawks trade PF Myron Chatman for Nets SF Richard Tapia (6/28/27)
Recalled from Long Island of the development league (2/19/27)
Assigned to Long Island of the development league (2/7/27)
Recalled from Long Island of the development league (2/3/27)
Assigned to Long Island of the development league (2/1/27)
Recalled from Long Island of the development league (1/6/27)
Assigned to Long Island of the development league (12/24/26)
Recalled from Long Island of the development league (12/20/26)
Assigned to Long Island of the development league (12/5/26)
Recalled from Long Island of the development league (12/4/26)
Assigned to Long Island of the development league (11/26/26)
Recalled from Long Island of the development league (11/22/26)
Assigned to Long Island of the development league (11/19/26)
Recalled from Long Island of the development league (11/16/26)
Assigned to Long Island of the development league (10/26/26)
Recalled from Long Island of the development league (10/16/26)
Assigned to Long Island of the development league (10/4/26)
Had rookie Option picked up by the Nets For $2,190,076 (9/30/26)
Celtics trade SG Donald Jarrett, PF Steven Townes, C Moses Brown, SF Richard Tapia for Nets SF Marty Shelton, 2026 1st round pick(BKN), 2028 2nd round pick(BKN) (2/6/26)
Recalled from Maine of the development league (12/16/25)
Assigned to Maine of the development league (10/26/25)
Recalled from Maine of the development league (10/23/25)
Assigned to Maine of the development league (10/20/25)
Drafted by the Celtics with pick #23 in round 1 of the 2025 draft


2022 - Ranked #12 nationally by WSSN

Season	Team	G	GS	MPG	PPG	APG	RPG	DRPG	ORPG	SPG	BPG	TOPG	Points	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	3PM	3PA	3P%	Assists	DRebs	ORebs	Steals	Blocks	TOs	DQ	PER	TS%	EFF
2035	NBA Season	56	1	26.1	10.4	1.2	4.3	3.5	0.8	1.7	0.5	0.8	584	230	550	.418	31	38	.816	93	294	.316	69	198	45	96	27	47	0	15.7	.515	11.5
2034	Charlotte	74	24	25.2	9.8	1.4	4.1	3.4	0.7	1.5	0.4	1.0	727	278	656	.424	64	83	.771	107	321	.333	103	251	55	113	27	76	3	14.2	.525	10.9
2033	Charlotte	79	6	24.5	10.2	1.6	3.6	3.0	0.6	1.3	0.6	1.1	809	307	735	.418	61	78	.782	134	402	.333	125	240	47	103	44	90	1	14.4	.526	10.5
2032	Charlotte	32	2	23.7	10.2	1.5	3.3	2.5	0.8	1.3	0.2	1.1	327	131	298	.440	15	21	.714	50	152	.329	49	81	24	43	7	36	0	14.6	.532	10.1
2031	Charlotte	37	0	18.2	7.3	1.7	2.3	2.2	0.1	1.0	0.5	1.1	271	102	252	.405	16	27	.593	51	147	.347	63	82	4	37	17	39	0	13.3	.513	7.4
2030	Charlotte	78	1	18.8	7.0	1.0	2.8	2.4	0.4	0.7	0.2	0.7	543	196	526	.373	44	56	.786	107	310	.345	75	185	35	58	19	58	0	11.1	.493	6.6
2029	Charlotte	67	0	7.3	2.8	0.4	1.3	1.1	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.4	187	71	184	.386	21	22	.955	24	92	.261	28	75	12	23	9	28	0	11.6	.483	2.9
2028	Greensboro	7	7	31.0	14.6	2.1	4.9	4.6	0.3	1.6	0.3	0.6	102	38	94	.404	5	6	.833	21	60	.350	15	32	2	11	2	4	0	16.2	.528	14.7
2028	Charlotte	30	3	12.7	4.5	0.8	1.7	1.5	0.2	0.6	0.2	0.6	135	50	135	.370	7	10	.700	28	82	.341	24	45	5	18	5	17	0	10.4	.484	4.2
2027	Greensboro	13	13	30.6	14.3	1.5	6.2	5.3	0.9	1.1	0.3	1.1	186	73	154	.474	0	0	.000	40	88	.455	20	69	12	14	4	14	0	17.1	.604	16.2
2027	Charlotte	15	0	8.4	3.4	0.3	1.3	1.1	0.1	0.4	0.0	0.3	51	20	39	.513	1	1	1.000	10	21	.476	4	17	2	6	0	5	0	14.6	.647	3.7
2027	Atlanta	19	0	4.0	0.8	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.1	0.2	16	5	22	.227	2	2	1.000	4	16	.250	3	6	0	3	2	3	0	N/A	.350	0.5
2026	Long Island	23	11	20.1	7.8	1.0	4.1	3.2	0.9	1.0	0.3	0.7	179	67	203	.330	8	8	1.000	37	124	.298	23	73	21	23	8	17	0	11.4	.433	7.6
2026	Brooklyn	24	0	6.3	2.5	0.2	1.0	0.8	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.3	59	23	58	.397	0	2	.000	13	38	.342	4	18	7	5	2	6	0	11.2	.501	2.2
2025	Brooklyn	4	0	2.8	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	N/A	.000	0.5
2025	Boston	12	0	13.3	3.5	0.8	1.7	1.4	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.8	42	17	28	.607	2	2	1.000	6	13	.462	9	17	3	4	0	9	0	9.9	.727	4.6
2024	Connecticut	32	0	16.5	5.9	0.9	3.3	2.3	1.0	0.6	0.6	0.8	189	71	156	.455	32	49	.653	15	51	.294	28	73	33	18	19	26	0	14.1	.532	7.3
2023	Connecticut	31	17	19.6	6.1	1.0	3.1	2.1	1.0	0.5	0.3	1.2	188	72	158	.456	33	47	.702	11	31	.355	32	65	32	14	10	36	1	10.1	.526	6.6
CAREER	PRO	527	37	18.1	7.1	1.1	2.8	2.3	0.5	1.0	0.3	0.8	3751	1430	3483	.411	264	342	.772	627	1888	.332	557	1216	239	509	159	414	4	13.3	.516	7.4
CAREER	DL	43	31	25.0	10.9	1.3	4.9	4.0	0.8	1.1	0.3	0.8	467	178	451	.395	13	14	.929	98	272	.360	58	174	35	48	14	35	0	14.5	.511	11.3

Season	Team	G	MPG	PPG	APG	RPG	DRPG	ORPG	SPG	BPG	TOPG	Points	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	3PM	3PA	3P%	Assists	DRebs	ORebs	Steals	Blocks	TOs	PER	TS%	EFF
2033	Charlotte	5	18.0	6.2	0.6	4.2	3.4	0.8	1.2	0.4	0.6	31	14	38	.368	0	0	.000	3	11	.273	3	17	4	6	2	3	11.3	.408	7.2
2031	Charlotte	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	.000	0.0
2030	Charlotte	5	10.6	0.8	1.2	2.2	2.0	0.2	1.0	0.2	0.4	4	1	13	.077	2	4	.500	0	6	.000	6	10	1	5	1	2	3.3	.136	2.2
CAREER	PRO	10	14.3	3.5	0.9	3.2	2.7	0.5	1.1	0.3	0.5	35	15	51	.294	2	4	.500	3	17	.176	9	27	5	11	3	5	8.3	.332	4.7

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