Ring Chasers: Mitch Richmond’s Quest to Be an NBA Champion

The story of how Mitch Richmond, one of the best shooting guards in the era, had to swallow his pride to attain a championship ring.

Mitch Richmond was always the leader of his team.

He was always the first option and always led his teams in scoring and always defended the opposing team’s best player.

This led to him becoming a six-time NBA All-Star and a five-time All-NBA player in the 90s.

Richmond was, needless to say, one of the best shooting guards in the NBA and players in the league knew it.

Even Michael Jordan, then the most competitive player in the league, praised Richmond’s game by saying that his opponent was always a “challenge” and he respected his game.

Via Sportcasting:

“Mitch is certainly one of the best players in this game. I’ve always admired his game, and he’s always gonna be a challenge, no matter how you look at it, and I respect that.”

From 1988-2001, Richmond averaged 22.2 points on 45.6 percent shooting, 4.1 rebounds, 3.7 assists, and 1.3 steals.

He was also dubbed as one of basketball’s best pure shooters.

However, being a great player isn’t enough to win if you have a bad team.

And this was the bad luck that Richmond was cursed with.