Former NBA/international star Michael Ray Richardson thinks that his achievements as both a player and coach fit the criteria to be in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.
*He only led the league in assists once and never won DPOY, but still had a great career*
(via Hear District):
“I look at that stuff, and it’s so political. It’s like a mafia, because the guys that is picking players or voting for players ain’t looking at the whole really, really picture, because really the Hall of Fame is about your basketball career. Has nothing to do with your personal life, it’s what you did in basketball. So if you look at this, I’m in my college Hall of Fame. I was the #4 pick in the first round. I played 8 years in the NBA. I was a 4x All-Star. Led the league three years in a row in steals and assists. I was the Defensive Player of the Year. Then I left and I went overseas, I won four championships overseas, played until I was 46. I came back over here in 2003, I worked for the Denver Nuggets for one year and I took a coaching job. I won five championships in minor league basketball coaching three different teams, mentoring countless players. I’m the one that put Jamario Moon in the league, because he came and played for me up in Albany. So, I put him in the league… And no one never called me or anything about the Hall of Fame, I left it alone.”
