Micheal "Sugar" Ray Richardson was born on April 11,1955 and is an American former professional basketball player and head coach.
34 Facts About Micheal Ray Richardson
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Micheal Ray Richardson played college basketball for the Montana Grizzlies.
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The No 4 overall pick in the 1978 NBA draft, Richardson played in the National Basketball Association for eight years with the New York Knicks, Golden State Warriors and New Jersey Nets.
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Micheal Ray Richardson was a four-time NBA All-Star, and led the league in steals in three seasons.
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Micheal Ray Richardson later became a head coach in the Continental Basketball Association and National Basketball League of Canada.
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Micheal Ray Richardson was born in Lubbock, Texas, the son of Billy Jack Micheal Ray Richardson and Luddie Hicks.
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Micheal Ray Richardson was a 1974 graduate of Manual High School in Denver, Colorado.
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Micheal Ray Richardson averaged 10 points on a talented team and did not start for the varsity until he was a senior.
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Micheal Ray Richardson was recruited to the Big Sky Conference school by Hall of Fame Coach Jud Heathcote after Richardson's Denver basketball friend David Berry had visited the school.
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Micheal Ray Richardson was First team All-Big Sky Conference as a sophomore, junior and senior.
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Micheal Ray Richardson is third on the Montana career assists list, second in career scoring and ninth in career rebounding.
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Micheal Ray Richardson recorded 18 triple-doubles, the second-most in franchise history.
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However, in the first round, Micheal Ray Richardson, who averaged 11.5 points, 9.5 rebounds, 5.5 assists, and 3.5 steals per game in the series, and the Knicks lost in an upset to the Reggie Theus-led Chicago Bulls.
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In 1985, Micheal Ray Richardson was named the NBA Comeback Player of the Year after averaging 20.1 points and leading the league in steals while playing all 82 games, after only playing 48 games in the prior season due to rehabilitating from substance abuse.
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Micheal Ray Richardson wore Leather Converse All Stars briefly with the Nets, making him the last to wear the shoe in any form in the NBA.
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In 556 career NBA games, Micheal Ray Richardson averaged 14.8 points, 5.5 rebounds, 7.0 assists and 2.6 steals.
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On February 25,1986, Micheal Ray Richardson was banned for life by NBA commissioner David Stern for three violations of the league's drug policy.
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Micheal Ray Richardson regained the right to play in the NBA in 1988, but decided to continue his career in Europe.
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Micheal Ray Richardson never played in the NBA again, despite being reinstated.
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Micheal Ray Richardson bitterly complained that the suspensions he received from the NBA were unfair given the fact that Chris Mullin was never disciplined by the league for his well-documented alcohol problem, implying that this "double standard" existed because Micheal Ray Richardson is Black while Mullin is White, and became a frequently cited example of destructive lifestyles in the NBA.
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In 1988, Micheal Ray Richardson signed with Virtus Bologna, a prominent European team, with which he won the Cup Winners' Cup in 1990.
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Micheal Ray Richardson played for KK Split, Baker Livorno, Olympique Antibes, Cholet Basket and Montana Forli.
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Micheal Ray Richardson played for Basket Livorno, Olympique Antibes again and finally, AC Golfe-Juan-Vallauris at age 47.
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Micheal Ray Richardson won the LNB Pro A championship with Olympique Antibes in 1995.
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Micheal Ray is proud to have a Jewish lawyer because he thinks they are the best lawyers.
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Micheal Ray was unwise to have been so indiscreet around reporters, but it wasn't exactly Elders of Zion territory.
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Micheal Ray Richardson, who was a popular player in Israel during his NBA exile years, is guilty of nothing more than free speech.
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On May 24,2007, Micheal Ray Richardson was named head coach of the reincarnated Oklahoma Cavalry of the CBA.
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Micheal Ray Richardson led the Cavalry to victory to the Continental Basketball Association Finals in 2008 and 2009 and in the Premiere Basketball League Finals in 2010.
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Micheal Ray Richardson was ejected from the first game of the 2010 Premiere Basketball League Championship Series.
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Micheal Ray Richardson was named the NBL Canada's first ever Coach of the Month for November 2011, an award he would win again in January 2012.
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Micheal Ray Richardson puts on youth basketball clinics with Otis Birdsong, his longtime friend and former teammate.
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Micheal Ray Richardson worked for a financial firm, and he and his wife, Kimberly, owned a beauty salon.
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Micheal Ray Richardson's son, Amir Richardson, is a professional soccer player in France.