Over the past two days, I’ve tried to formulate ideas on a Jason Richardson farewell column, only to read other pieces that took the words right out of my mouth — namely Kevin Draper’s article on Deadspin and Marcus Thompson’s post for the Bay Area News Group.
That’s because everyone who followed the Golden State Warriors before the championship run, before Mark Jackson, and before “We Believe” essentially reminisces about the same thing when it comes to Richardson.
For Richardson was practically the only Warrior worth reminiscing about from that era on teams that featured players such as Mike Dunleavy, Troy Murphy, Derek Fisher, and Nick Van Exel as the other “core pieces,” and Eric Musselman and Mike Montgomery, both honorary Great Coaches in Warriors History.