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Banned: How I Squandered an All-Star NBA Career Before Finding My Redemption by Michael “Sugar” Ray Richardson and Jake Uitti. Copyright © 2024 Michael Ray Richardson. Excerpted with permission of Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Born in Lubbock, Texas, on April 11, 1955, Michael Ray Richardson grew up to be a star college basketball player at the University of Montana. From there, drafted by the New York Knicks’ Willis Reed in 1978 with the 4th overall pick, Richardson, known by many as “Sugar,” became a four-time NBA All-Star and one of the first players to lead the league in both steals and assists in a single season. Indeed, before Magic Johnson, Richardson was one of the first big point guards in the NBA.
Later in his life, he became a star in Europe, dominating Italian leagues and ushering in the era known as “Sugarmania.” But it was
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