[From The Undefeated]

OKLAHOMA CITY – On any given Oklahoma City Thunder game night at Paycom Center, it isn’t uncommon for one of the most decorated basketball players in the building to be sitting among fans.

While playing for the Golden State Warriors during the 1982-83 season, he told The Guardian that he would sit in his hotel room all day smoking drugs in Oakland, California, and players would talk in pregame warmups about getting together after the game to do drugs.

During the 1985-86 season, then-Nets head coach Dave Wohl said Richardson “has been a constant distraction to the team.” The Nets were 23-14 on Dec. 27, 1985, when Richardson admitted himself into Van Nuys Community Hospital for treatment.

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