J-Rich still shocked, angry about trade.
Six-year veteran upset most with how Warriors handled situation
By Marcus Thompson II, MEDIANEWS STAFF
Article Last Updated: 07/04/2007 10:02:38 AM PDT

Jason Richardson is an emotional guy. It's his edge. It's what makes him the player he is, the person he is.

So you can imagine all the emotions that ran through him when he received the news that he was no longer a member of the Warriors, the only NBA franchise he's ever known, traded away to the Charlotte Bobcats on Thursday.

Five days later, after the Warriors swapped him and the No. 36 overall pick for the No.8 selection, North Carolina freshman forward Brandan Wright, the emotion is still ever present.

"I'm still shocked," Richardson said in a phone interview from the Bahamas, where his fiancee and two children are taking in a planned vacation. "It's hit me a couple of times. ... It was a shocker. That was home. I've been there for six years."

Richardson was angry.

So mad, he just stopped answering his phone. Not for Michael Jordan. Not for his mother. He said it wasn't that he got traded, but how the Warriors handled the situation.

He said he expected to be the player sent packing, what with his value on the trade market, the emergence of second-year guard Monta Ellis and the arrival of Stephen Jackson. That's why he and his agent, Dan Fegan, went to Chris Mullin, the Warriors executive vice president of basketball operations, at season's end to address the obvious and work out a situation where the Warriors and Richardson could be happy.


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How did the warriors handle it? What was so bad about it?

If he is healthy and Wallace stays, the Bobcats are going to be pretty tough next year. He is the type of perimeter scorer they have been missing.

This article may describe the situation better

Trade to Bobcats upsets Richardson
Charlotte officials say the vet is ‘comfortable’ with the move after first reaction fades
By From Wire Reports
CHARLOTTE — The Charlotte Bobcats didn’t wrong Jason Richardson, but they need to do some post-trade fence-mending.

Richardson told the Contra Costa Times in northern California that he was shocked and dismayed by the Golden State Warriors’ decision to deal him to the Bobcats.

Richardson said the Warriors kept him the dark about their willingness to move him. After experiencing losing records in five of his six seasons with Golden State, he said he had misgivings about going to a team that hasn’t reached the playoffs.

“I was kind of thrown off by the way they (the Warriors) went about the situation,” Richardson told the newspaper for a story in Wednesday’s editions. “We kind of knew all along that I was going to be the one to get moved. But all along, it was, ‘Jason is the franchise, he’s this, he’s that... He’s not going anywhere.’ “

Richardson has been vacationing in the Caribbean and unavailable to Charlotte media. The Bobcats hoped to have him in town this week to address the media, or at least to make him available via telephone.

According to the story in the Contra Costa Times, Richardson was initially so upset by the trade, he declined to take a phone call from Bobcats managing partner Michael Jordan. Bobcats coach Sam Vincent said Richardson has since spoken with Jordan and Bobcats general manager Rod Higgins, who addressed Richardson’s concerns.

“From what I understand, he’s turned the corner and he’s comfortable with the situation,” Vincent said.

“I understood (Richardson’s concerns). He put a lot of work into helping that team get to where they were. ... But I think after he spoke to Michael and Rod, he understands where this team is trying to go. We’re not trying to be a losing team. We’re trying to be a team that’s going to be in the playoffs.”

Richardson's a pro and a good one. He'll fit in very well at Charlotte and he and the Bobcats will do well together. That's a good franchise and Charlotte's a nice city. He'll be happy there.

Yeah man he is in a prime location and he has the room to be the star he wants to be.

Charlotte is definately a nice place to raise a family. His family should love it there.