This might cause his price tag to go down in free agency, which might help us retain him. I think he was set for a contract this summer that was probably around the bi-annual exception, which I believe is in the $2 million dollar range, and about double what a minimum salary would be for a player with his tenure in the league. He had been playing for the league minimum previously. He wasn't going to get a team's full Mid-Level Exception but I thought there was a chance he might get half of a team's MLE. That probably won't happen now.
I don't care that he smokes pot, it's his choice, but it does show poor judgement to be in a state where it's not legal and be out and about with it on his person. He shouldn't have put himself in that position. Knowing he got popped with someone else also makes it a little worse. Both guys were carrying when only one of them could have carried it all to allow the other to walk. This shouldn't be much of an issue that lingers though.
Found this interview on Twitter, Richaun on a radio show in Ohio. He talks about how he'd like to return to the Suns next season, spoke highly of the Monty Williams hiring, and talked a little bit about the current playoff series. The show is from May 18th. It should be synched up so if you hit play it starts when he comes on the show. It's at the 27:50 mark in the video, it says 11:35 in the tweet but that is what time it took place.
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