9. Micheal Ray Richardson
Richardson, back in 1986, achieved the most dubious of NBA firsts, becoming the league's first player to be banned for drug use after he tested positive for cocaine for the third time. The All-Star guard had admitted he had a problem, had undergone multiple rehabs, but the drug use didn't stop.
Richardson played eight seasons in the NBA, bouncing around from the Knicks (where he was supposed to be the next Walt Frazier) to the Warriors to the Nets, and the four-time all star was the Nets' leading scorer when he was finally banned. "He'd play well, then 'go on three- or four-day binges,' (Richardson) said," wrote the Denver Post's John Henderson. "He missed flights. He missed games. The stats didn't show it, but insiders could tell."
The Hackensack (N.J.) Record named Richardson the "biggest waste" of the 1980s, and when Richardson finally recovered, he showed what he could do on the basketball court -- in Europe, where, post-NBA, he enjoyed a lengthy, successful career (well, if you don't count the time Knorr Bologna of the Italian League released him after he tested positive for cocaine).
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I wonder how the kids we're recruiting will react to last year and how we handle this years mess. It's an opportunity to really reach out to kids coming from hideous neighborhoods...or lose them. I think Coach Kramer has done a great job in that aspect, mayber better than Erickson used to do. Time to watch Durham's leadership through this year.
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Check out this - griz fans bragging about the trip to chattinooga - good lord what a hoot!
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