Mitch Richmond's story about getting traded to the Kings is one of the funniest things ever

[ReturnOfJudah]

She wouldn’t even say anything. And I looked at it. We had lost by 61 points. I just started crying. I just started crying. I’m like, “Man, ain’t no way.”

 

[get these nets]

Talk about some bullshyt. Don Nelson traded Mitch for Billy Owens who was Lamar Odom before Lamar Odom

He was one of those players that never fulfilled expectations he always just teased you

He thought Billy Owens was gonna take the Warriors to the next level

Heavily hyped, but never saw anything special about Owens.

I saw it in Odom.

 

[King Poetic]

It’s fukking Amazing that u have organizations like Sacramento, Detroit Lions, Baltimore Orioles, Cincinnati Reds that just doesn’t care about winning at all and just happy to be owners … how about give minority owners the opportunity to buy those franchises and put a competitive product on the court/field

 

[TAYLONDO SAMSWORTHY]

1. This nikka up top looks like if Tyrese and DaBaby had a baby

2. Being from Sac I was never a Kings fan and I’m happy I wasn’t. shyt always had that hopeless gloomy energy.

3. If that shady ass mafia referee didnt fix games, the Kings woulda slapped the Lakers and won a chip

 

[Joe Sixpack]

Heavily hyped, but never saw anything special about Owens.

I saw it in Odom.

Yeah Odom was better and he showed you flashes of brilliance but could never really sustain it..

Billy was like that too coming out of HS in 88 and was nasty at Syracuse when they had a CREW. He was 6’9 and could handle and play multiple positions

Billy Owens
Derrick Coleman
Stevie Thompson
Matt Roe
Conrad McRae- Brooklyn Tech R.I.P
Adrian Autry- Tolentine High school in the Bronx

 

[beenz]

I mean he made the cover of Live. That's some kind of accomplishment

hell yeah. live was poppin back in the 90's.

 

[FAH1223]

What was his contract situation like where he had to spend 7 seasons there?

6 year, $19M deal.

He got upset with it in 1996.

NBA -- Richmond Informs Kings He's Unhappy With Contract | The Seattle Times

archive.seattletimes.com

The Wizards signed him to a 3 year $30M deal in 1999 after the lockout season. They had no choice since they traded Webber for him. Just terrible. They also traded Ben Wallace to Orlando for Ike Austin

Poverty franchise.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1999/08/18/richmond-agrees-to-contract/9a085838-9b4f-484a-93d2-b857425432f7/

 

[AlbertPullhoez]

6 year, $19M deal.

He got upset with it in 1996.

NBA -- Richmond Informs Kings He's Unhappy With Contract | The Seattle Times

archive.seattletimes.com

The Wizards signed him to a 3 year $30M deal in 1999 after the lockout season. They had no choice since they traded Webber for him. Just terrible. They also traded Ben Wallace to Orlando for Ike Austin

Poverty franchise.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1999/08/18/richmond-agrees-to-contract/9a085838-9b4f-484a-93d2-b857425432f7/

Man it must be hard as hell being a fan of that franchise and they've had some talented players come through there too

Seems like the front office stay fukking up constantly

 

[FAH1223]

Man it must be hard as hell being a fan of that franchise and they've had some talented players come through there too

Seems like the front office stay fukking up constantly

3 decades plus of it

It’s like they’re paid to be bad

 

[Regular_P]

Glad Kobe and Shaq got him a ring in his final season. He deserved it.

 

[firemanBk]

I totally forgot the warriors had mitch with a young chris mullin and tim hardaway.

that said, mitch richmond became synonymous with the kings. plus it all worked out at the end. he put up numbers on the kings, made all star games and then got traded to the lakers just in time to get a ring

to keep it funky, his years with the kings is what got him in the HOF and his jersey retired.

Richmond was a beast from jump in the NBA.
He was top 10 in scoring the season before he was traded to Sacramento, it wasn't like he was underutilized by the Warriors at all or he only broke out after being traded

Warriors had one of the best cores in the entire league and broke it up cause Don Nelson wasn't nearly as smart as he thought he was

 

[the elastic]

Sacramento don't deserve a major league team from any sport.

Kings should get moved to Seattle.

 

[Taadow]

Sacramento’s losing has transcended owners, coaches and players.

I don’t think “transcended” is the right word here. Perhaps “spanned”.

Richmond not cutting his hair is a telling example of the attitude. Buddy Hield

Bruh right here I legit thought they were gonna say “Buddy Hield didn’t cut his nappy chit either” ROFL

 

[Taadow]

Warriors had one of the best cores in the entire league and broke it up cause Don Nelson wasn't nearly as smart as he thought he was

I think I understand why he did it, doe.

Billy Owens is the kind of player (or at least people thought he would be the kind of player) that we have more of today -
a Face-Up Stretch 4 Inside-Outside Scorer. Being Fair - Billy kind of was that, he had decent scoring numbers…but he was slower than that GS offense, soft in the post, and didn’t play defense.

But Don loves those type of players historically. That’s why he traded Penny for C-Webb on Draft Day -
then drafted Joe Smith with the #1 pick right after that.

He got his wish with Dirk. He had wanted a Dirk to coach his whole life.

 

[Ku$h Parker]

that said, mitch richmond became synonymous with the kings.

Webber & @LezJepzin >>>>>Mitch