Quentin Richardson's Excellent Adventure

The recent Miami/Minnesota trade is exactly the sort of deal I hate to write about -- an expiring contract for "guy who will get bought out before he even gets assigned a uniform number." So why does this trade inspire a blog post?

Because it means Quentin Richardson is changing teams. Again.

Miami will be Richardson's fifth team since the season ended; he's been traded four times.

So far.

Recapping Q-Rich's itinerary:

• Ends last season as a member of the Knicks
• Traded to Memphis for Darko Milicic
• Traded to the Clippers for Zach Randolph
• Traded to Minnesota for Sebastian Telfair and roster filler

And now, he's been traded to Miami for Mark Blount.

Why stop there? The Third Quarter Collapse blog has a proposed set of trades that could take Richardson to all the teams he hasn't visited yet this summer.

Don't let it get you down, Q. Think of all the frequent-flier miles you'll accumulate; you'll easily qualify for a free flight to... Mars?