Not only that, Warriors’ rookie GM Larry Riley mistakenly told him he was re-hired at first:

Riley text-messaged Richmond. I don’t have it word for word, but people who know the back-and-forth say it was something very much like: “I can tell you we will be retaining you for next season.”

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Probably realizing there was more to the story, but wanting to see where this was headed, Richmond text-messaged back to Riley, something to the effect of: “OK, fax me my contract.”

–Riley either immediately realized after sending his text that he made an error or, once he saw Richmond’s reply, REALLY realized the error.

He had to send another message to Richmond. Something very close to: “Sorry, I missed a word. I meant to say that we will NOT be retaining you.”

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