Why Florida coach Todd Golden believes Will Richard will be ‘10-year’ NBA player

Will Richard has been a revelation for the Warriors and, as a late second-round draft pick, the rookie is among the NBA’s surprise contributors early this season.One person hardly stunned by Richard’s relatively smooth transition from college to the NBA is Todd Golden, who in 2022 recruited him to the University of Florida.“The reason why I am fully confident Will is going to be a 10-year NBA guy that’s going to start a lot of games and be a part of a lot of winning teams,” Golden said as a guest on “Dubs Talk,” “is because Will has great confidence in himself. He has a great understanding of who he is, and he has a great understanding of how to make everybody better.“He’s going to continue to need to be better defensively, keeping guys in front of him, and be more consistent in different areas. But the mentality that he has, that he takes into practice and being a part of that team every day, is what’s going to keep him in the league. He’s incredibly unselfish.”Making his first start on Nov. 5, Richard responded with production few players in the history of the league can match. Playing 34 minutes, he...