SugarThe 1980s were arguably the NBAs best decade, giving rise to Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, and Michael Jordan. They were among the games greatest players who brought pro basketball out of its 1970s funk and made it faster, more fluid, and more exciting. Off the court the game was changing rapidly too, with the draft lottery, shoe commercials, and a style driven largely by excess. One player who personified the eighties excess is Micheal Ray Richardson.