Former New York Knicks star Michael Ray Richardson is offering a reflection on his basketball career and battle against addiction in his upcoming memoir.
Former New York Knicks star Michael Ray Richardson is taking his story from the hardwood to the page: alongside Seattle-based author Jake Uitti, Richardson has penned the upcoming memoir "Banned: How I Squandered an All-Star NBA Career Before Finding My Redemption."
In anticipation of the book's release, Knicks on SI is proud to share a chapter from the upcoming account, shared exclusively by Skyhorse. In this chapter, Richardson describes his 1982 trade from the Knicks to the Golden State Warriors and his clashes with then-Knicks head coach Hubie Brown.Copyright © 2024 Michael Ray Richardson. Excerpt by permission of Skyhorse Publishing Inc.Hubie Brown was the only coach I truly never got along with.
He was about to lay into someone else when I raised my hand. I looked at our new coach in the eye and told him, “N-no, c-coach. On this team, there are t-two assholes. Y-you and m-me.” If there was a DJ in the room, the record would have scratched. The gym got quiet. But Hubie wasn’t a big man then, he just talked shit because he thought we couldn’t talk back. But I did. I didn’t give a fuck. Who was he? I was a three-time All-Star, the team’s clear-cut best player.
The Knicks had dealt me to the Warriors on October 22, 1982—a week before the season started!—in a sign-and-trade, officially. The deal was me and a fifth-round pick for Bernard King, a prolific scorer who the Knicks badly wanted. But my agent, Patrick Healy, advised me not to go to Golden State. Instead, he recommended that I hold out and demand more money. It was the worst thought I could have considered. But really, I was just angry. I’d poured my heart into the Knicks.
Thanks to my agent’s advice, which he suggested because he wanted more money, I protested. I spent my idle time between the Big Apple and the aptly named Mile High City. While I was back home in Denver, Warriors coach Al Attles, who just recently passed away, came to visit me to try and convince me to come to Golden State. I wanted him to welcome me onto the team, but he wasn’t a warm and fuzzy guy. I think I was lonely more than anything. Hurt by people I thought I could trust.
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