Micheal Ray Richardson put Sugar in Isaiah Thomas’ gas tank. He could match Earvin Johnson’s Magic, spell for spell.
Manual High’s finest used to go into NBA locker rooms and playfully talk trash. And by locker rooms, we mean locker rooms, we mean his opponents’ locker rooms.
“He didn’t think Isaiah Thomas or Magic Johnson or Michael Jordan or anybody in the league was as good as him,” legendary East High coach Rudy Carey told the kids in the Grading The Week offices when they called to ask about “Sugar” Ray Richardson. Richardson, the former Denver prep star, Nuggets ambassador and NBA fallen angel, passed away this past Tuesday at the age of 70.