Former NBA All-Star and early round pick
Wound up as one of the poster guys for the drug problems that plagued the league late 70s and early 80s. Was ultimately banned in the mid-80s
But played overseas until he was 47 years old
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Wound up as one of the poster guys for the drug problems that plagued the league late 70s and early 80s. Was ultimately banned in the mid-80s
But played overseas until he was 47 years old
Richardson, NBA star before ban, dies at age 70
Four-time NBA All-Star Michael Ray Richardson, who was banned from the NBA for drug use, died at the age of 70 shortly after getting diagnosed with prostate cancer.