Despite what Head Coach Erik Spoelstra, the Miami Heat and the last five box scores want you to believe, Josh Richardson isn’t a point guard.
Since Sunday, March 17, Richardson has slotted in as the Heat’s starting point guard. Usually, Justise Winslow or Goran Dragic has the honor, but with the former absent due to a right thigh bruise and the latter working his way back from right knee surgery, Richardson has been Miami’s man of the hour.
And growing pains be damned. In the five games with Richardson as the de facto point man, Miami is 4-1 and inching ever closer to a return to the NBA playoffs.