Overview
- Attorney John Zelbst confirmed Richardson died in Lawton, Oklahoma after a short battle with cancer.
- The former Knicks, Warriors and Nets guard was a four-time NBA All-Star and the No. 4 pick in the 1978 draft.
- His NBA career ended with a 1986 ban following repeated positive cocaine tests, prompting a European reinvention.
- With Virtus Bologna from 1988 to 1991 he won two Coppa Italia titles and the 1990 Saporta Cup, scoring 29 in the final against Real Madrid in Florence.
- Virtus Bologna and Fiorentina issued condolences; his son Amir plays for the Serie A club and is a Moroccan international.