Player Review: The Malachi Richardson Experiment

Malachi Richardson came to the Toronto Raptors via a trade deadline move by team president Masai Ujiri. It will likely forever be known as the Bruno Caboclo trade though. The move was also essential bit of accounting to keep the them barely under the tax line in case specific milestone-related bonuses were to kick in for some of the Raptors players. Bruno’s salary this year (and for next, if his qualifying offer is picked up) is higher than what Malachi is making now and moving forward.

Richardson is just as much of a long shot prospect as Bruno was at this point. Unfortunately, Malachi not only failed to become a fringe rotation player for the Raptors, he was also unable, for the most part,…