Richard Dumas

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Richard Dumas

| image = Richard Dumas 2020 (cropped).jpg

| width =

| caption = Dumas in 2020

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 7

| weight_lb = 234

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|05|19}}

| birth_place = Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| high_school = Booker T. Washington
(Tulsa, Oklahoma)

| college = Oklahoma State (1987–1990)

| draft_year = 1991

| draft_round = 2

| draft_pick = 46

| draft_team = Phoenix Suns

| career_start = 1990

| career_end = 2003

| career_number = 21, 12, 7

| career_position = Small forward

| years1 = 1990–1991

| team1 = Hapoel Holon

| years2 = 1991–1992

| team2 = Oklahoma City Cavalry

| years3 = 1992

| team3 = Treasure Coast Tropics

| years4 = {{nbay|1992|full=y}},
{{nbay|1994|end}}

| team4 = Phoenix Suns

| years5 = {{nbay|1995|full=y}}

| team5 = Philadelphia 76ers

| years6 = 1997

| team6 = Atléticos de San Germán

| years7 = 1997–1998

| team7 = Montpellier

| years8 = 1998–1999

| team8 = Znicz Pruszków

| years9 = 1999

| team9 = New Hampshire Thunder Loons

| years10 = 1999–2000

| team10 = HKK Široki

| years11 = 2000

| team11 = Derby Storm

| years12 = 2000

| team12 = Fargo-Moorhead Bees

| years13 = 2001

| team13 = Oklahoma Storm

| years14 = 2001–2002

| team14 = Wilmington Wave Rockers

| years15 = 2002–2003

| team15 = Frontier City River Dogz

| years16 = 2003

| team16 = Westchester Wildfire

| highlights =

NBA All-Rookie Second Team ({{nbay|1992|end}})
Third-team Parade All-American (1987)

| stats_league = NBA

| stat1label = Points

| stat1value = 1,080 (10.6 ppg)

| stat2label = Rebounds

| stat2value = 351 (3.4 rpg)

| stat3label = Assists

| stat3value = 111 (1.3 apg)

}}

Richard Wayne Dumas Jr. (born May 19, 1969) is an American former professional basketball player. Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, he is the son of former American Basketball Association (ABA) player Rich Dumas.{{cite news | url = http://www.azcentral.com/sports/suns/articles/20130523like-father-like-son-former-phoenix-sun-richard-dumas-professional-fizzle-had-familiar-ring.html | title= Like father, like son: Former Phoenix Suns forward Richard Dumas' NBA fizzle has roots | work= AZCentral.com | date=May 24, 2013 | access-date=January 8, 2014}}

Basketball career

Dumas, a 6' 7" small forward from Oklahoma State University, was selected with the 46th pick of the 1991 NBA draft by the Phoenix Suns. Just before the start of the 1991–92 season, however, Dumas was suspended from the NBA for violating its substance abuse policy.{{cite news |title=NBA suspends ex-Poke Dumas for NBA season |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98908532/ |access-date=2 April 2022 |work=The Daily Oklahoman |date=1 November 1991 |page=29|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}{{cite news | url=http://www.nba.com/suns/gallery/dumas_93.html | title=Richard Dumas on'93 | work=NBA.com | date=June 13, 2003 | access-date=April 5, 2009}} Dumas played in Israel for Hapoel Holon during his suspension. His rookie campaign commenced 19 games into the Suns' stellar 1992–93 season, averaging 15.8 points and 4.6 rebounds per game while helping the team to a league-best 62 wins and an NBA Finals appearance. Because of his performance during his first season in the NBA, Dumas received NBA All-Rookie Second Team honors.

Following a stint in rehab, he returned in 1995 to the Phoenix Suns, averaging just 5.5 points in 15 games in his final season with that team. Under the influence of head coach John Lucas, Dumas averaged 6.2 points in 39 games for the Philadelphia 76ers. After the season, Dumas violated his contractual terms regarding use of alcohol and due to his previous substance abuse violations and suspensions, this infraction led to his permanent banning from the NBA with no possibility of return.

He then continued his professional career overseas, playing for Gymnastikos S. Larissas in Greece, Pekaes Pruszków (1998–99) in Poland, as well as for the Westchester Wildfire of the United States Basketball League.

Dumas retired from basketball in 2003.{{Citation needed|date=October 2007}}

NBA player statistics

= Regular season =

| style="text-align:left;"| {{Nbay|1992}}

| style="text-align:left;"|Phoenix

| 48 || 32 || 27.5 || .524 || .333 || .707 || 4.6 || 1.3 || 1.8 || 0.8 || 15.8

| style="text-align:left;"| {{Nbay|1994}}

| style="text-align:left;"|Phoenix

| 15 || 1 || 11.1 || .507 || .000 || .500 || 1.9 || 0.5 || 0.7 || 0.1 || 5.5

| style="text-align:left;"| {{Nbay|1995}}

| style="text-align:left;"|Philadelphia

| 39 || 14 || 18.9 || .468 || .222 || .700 || 2.5 || 1.1 || 1.1 || 0.2 || 6.2

|- class="sortbottom"

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career

| 102 || 47 || 21.8 || .509 || .231 || .694 || 3.4 || 1.1 || 1.3 || 0.5 || 10.6

= Playoffs =

|style="text-align:left;"|1993

|style="text-align:left;"|Phoenix

|23||20||21.7||.525||.000||.755||2.8||1.0||0.9||0.6||10.9

|style="text-align:left;"|1995

|style="text-align:left;"|Phoenix

|3||0||1.7||.250||{{sort|-|—}}||{{sort|-|—}}||0.3||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.7

|- class="sortbottom"

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career

| 26 || 20 || 19.4 || .519 || .000 || .755 || 2.5 || 0.9 || 0.8 || 0.5 || 9.4

Personal life

Dumas was arrested by federal agents December 19, 2013, on eight felony charges of alleged Organized Retail Theft. He was taken into federal custody at his Dumas Youth Sports Club in Litchfield Park, Arizona. Dumas was one of 151 people taken into custody by the Federal Marshal's Service.{{cite news|title=U.S. Marshals arrest 151 in Operation Grinch Stopper 2|url=http://www.azfamily.com/story/28375671/us-marshals-arrest-151-in-operation-grinch-stopper-2|access-date=June 17, 2014|publisher=AZFamily.com|date=December 26, 2013|archive-date=February 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202235924/http://www.azfamily.com/story/28375671/us-marshals-arrest-151-in-operation-grinch-stopper-2|url-status=dead}} His trial was scheduled for September 15, 2014.{{cite news|title=Sept. 15 trial set for former Phoenix Suns player Richard Dumas|url=http://www.azfamily.com/news/Sept-15-trial-set-for-former-Phoenix-Suns-player-Richard-Dumas-263482521.html|access-date=June 17, 2014|agency=Associated Press|date=June 17, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140824080340/http://www.azfamily.com/news/Sept-15-trial-set-for-former-Phoenix-Suns-player-Richard-Dumas-263482521.html|archive-date=August 24, 2014|df=mdy-all}} On December 11, 2014, Dumas pleaded guilty to theft. On January 20, 2015, he was sentenced under a plea agreement with prosecutors to three years of probation. According to the Associated Press, "Authorities say Dumas stole about $800 worth of merchandise from a Luke Air Force Base store while working with a janitorial service. They say Dumas was seen on surveillance cameras taking cigarettes, alcohol, food, DVDs and shoes."{{cite web|title=Probation for ex-Sun Richard Dumas|url=https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/12199389/richard-dumas-ex-phoenix-suns-player-gets-three-years-probation-thefts|website=ESPN|date=January 20, 2015 |access-date=January 20, 2015}}

References

External links

[https://archive.today/20131220185412/http://www.yumasun.com/news/state_news/former-phoenix-suns-player-richard-dumas-arrested/article_1a5567dd-d02b-54e5-a661-6c226c1d2401.html]
[https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/d/dumasri02.html NBA career stats] @ basketballreference.com
[http://www.nba.com/suns/gallery/dumas_93.html Richard Dumas on '93] @ NBA.com, posted June 13, 2003
[http://dumasandfriendsathletics.com Richard Dumas and Friends Athletic Association - Started August 2012] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231003159/http://dumasandfriendsathletics.com/ |date=December 31, 2013 }}
[http://zniczbasket.pl/98,99.htm] Hoop PEKAES Pruszków 1998 roster

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