Richard Howell (basketball)

Richard Howell (Hebrew: ריצ'רד האוול; born September 26, 1990) is an American-Israeli professional basketball player who last played for Maccabi Haifa of the Liga Leumit.

[1] He played AAU basketball for the Worldwide Renegades[2] alongside his future teammate at N.C. State, Lorenzo Brown.

[10] On November 1, 2013, he was acquired by the Idaho Stampede of the NBA Development League as an affiliate player of the Trail Blazers.

On January 30, 2014, Howell signed with the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters as an import for the 2014 PBA Commissioner's Cup.

[22] On January 24, 2016, Howell recorded a season-high 27 points, shooting 12-of-17 from the field, along with eight rebounds in a 94–87 win over Bnei Herzliya.

[23] Howell helped Nahariya reach the 2016 Israeli League Playoffs, where they eventually lost Hapoel Eilat.

[28] On June 3, 2018, Howell recorded a season-high 24 points, shooting 8-of-12 from the field, along with nine rebounds, two assists and four steals in a 107–105 playoff win over Hapoel Gilboa Galil.

[29] Howell helped Jerusalem reach the 2018 Israeli League Final Four, where they eventually lost to Hapoel Holon.

[31] On November 25, 2018, Howell recorded a double-double with a season-high 22 points and 10 rebounds in his second game with Hapoel, shooting 9-of-15 from the field, to go with five assists in a 90–78 win over Ironi Nes Ziona.

Howell helped the team reach the 2019 Israeli League Playoffs, where they eventually were eliminated by Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Quarterfinals.

In June 2019, Howell signed with the Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters of the Philippine Basketball Association as a replacement for Robert Dozier as the team's import for the 2019 PBA Commissioner's Cup.

[38] In September 2017, Howell made his debut for the Israeli national team at EuroBasket 2017 tournament, where he averaged 17.8 points, 5.8 rebounds and 3.2 steals per game.