Zach Randolph
Zach Randolph was born in Marion, Indiana, United States on July 16th, 1981 and is the Basketball Player. At the age of 42, Zach Randolph biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Zachary McKenley Randolph (born July 16, 1981) is an American basketball player who most recently competed for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association. (NBA)
Nicknamed Z-Bo, the two-time NBA All-Star, played college basketball for Michigan State University before being drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 2001 NBA draft.
He has competed for five clubs over his career, most recently with the Grizzlies in 2011.
High school career
Randolph grew up in Marion, Indiana, and attended Marion High School, where his coach was Moe Smedley. He was a sophomore in the Marion Giants' 1998 Indiana Class 4A Championship Game. As a senior, he led his team to the state championship game, in which Marion High School captured its seventh state basketball championship. Jared Jeffries, who played for the Giants in the state championship game and later became Randolph's teammate with the Knicks, came in second in Indiana's "Mr. Basketball" voting this year. Randolph was named MVP after a 2000 McDonald's All-American Game, putting in 23 points and 15 rebounds.
College career
Randolph played basketball for Michigan State University, where Tom Izzo coached him after high school. Jason Richardson and Charlie Bell, two of MSU's teammates, were a teammate. He averaged 10.8 points and 6.7 rebounds per game over 33 games in his single season at Michigan State, leading to a 28-33 record and advance to the third straight NCAA Final Four. He made his NBA debut in 2001 during his freshman season.
Professional career
In the first round (19th overall) in 2001, he was drafted by the Blazers (19th overall). He stayed in the power forward role despite being a student. Randolph's tenure on the Trail Blazers was turbulent, and included off-court charges such as being arrested for underage drinking in 2002 and on-court offences such as punching teammate Ruben Patterson after arguing with teammate Qyntel Woods in 2003. Randolph, on the other hand, was not the only member of the Trail Blazers with well-documented outbursts, as the team's reputation as being bribes was so prominent that they were dubbed the Jail Blazers.
Randolph had 13.9 points and 8.7 rebounds in a seven-game series loss to the Dallas Mavericks, during which he twice posted the highest single game rebound totals of any player on either team. After winning the NBA's Most Improved Player award in 2004, he signed a six-year, $84-million contract with the Blazers, which was his first award in 2004.
In the 2006–07 season, Randolph averaged 23.6 points and 10.1 rebounds per game, which was cut short in March 2007 due to a hand injury. He recorded a career high 43 points and 17 rebounds in what would be his last game as a Trail Blazer. He averaged 16.0 points and 7.7 rebounds per game during his six seasons with Portland.
Randolph, along with Dan Dickau, Fred Jones, and the Demetris Nichols draft rights, was traded to the New York Knicks in a draft day contract for Steve Francis, Channing Frye, and a 2008 2nd round draft pick. Randolph was introduced at a press conference in New York on July 2, 2007, where he confirmed he would wear the jersey #50. During the 2007–08 season, he appeared in 69 games for the Knicks, averaging a double-double with 17.6 points and 10.3 rebounds per game. Randolph did play just 11 games in New York the next year before being traded to the Clippers early in the 2008–09 season. Randolph averaged 18.0 points and 10.6 rebounds per game during his time in New York.
Randolph was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers along with Mardy Collins in exchange for Cuttino Mobley and Tim Thomas on November 21, 2008, after playing 11 games with the Knicks in the 2008-09 season. Randolph was suspended two games and then suspended two games after arguing Louis Amundson in the jaw during a game against the Phoenix Suns on February 17, 2009. Randolph was with the Clippers for the 2008-09 season before being traded again. He averaged 20.9 points and 9.4 rebounds per game in his 39 games with the Clippers.
On July 17, 2009, he was traded to the Memphis Grizzlies in exchange for Quentin Richardson. Randolph was chosen for his first NBA All Star Game in 2010 and helped the Grizzlies improve despite losing to make it to the 2010 playoffs.
In 2011, the Grizzlies advanced to the second seed and knocked out the top-seeded San Antonio Spurs in the first round, the second time the eighth seed defeated the first seed after the league expanded to a seven-game first-round series. The Grizzlies won the first four games in franchise playoff history, and it was the first time the franchise has won a playoff series. Randolph's first game, he then posted a career-high 31 points, with 17 in the fourth quarter.
Randolph decided to a four-year contract with the Grizzlies worth $71 million on April 18, 2011, with $66 million as a guarantee. Randolph was later selected to the All-NBA Third Team for the first time in his career.
Randolph led the Grizzlies to victory in their first game in their second-round playoff series after defeating the Oklahoma City Thunder 114–101. However, the Grizzlies lost game 7 to the Thunder, 105-90.
Randolph and the Grizzlies met the Los Angeles Clippers in the first round of the playoffs in 2012. In seven games, the Grizzlies lost the series.
Randolph was named in his second All-Star game during the 2012–13 season. Randolph helped the Grizzlies advance to the Western Conference Finals over May 15, 2013 for the first time in franchise history. Randolph had a team-high 28 points and grabbed 14 rebounds in a close game against the Thunder in the close game.
The Grizzlies were swept in four games by the San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference Finals.
The Grizzlies finished seventh seed in the West in the 2013–14 season. Kevin Durant and the Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder in their first round playoff match. In seven games, the Grizzlies continued to lose the series. Randolph was suspended from Game 7 after punching Steven Adams in the chest midway during the 4th quarter of game 6.
Randolph exercised his player option for the 2014–15 season and signed a two-year, $20 million contract extension with the Grizzlies on June 30, 2014. The Grizzlies advanced to Portland in the first round of the playoffs, but the Golden State Warriors, the eventual NBA champions, lost in the Conference Semifinals.
Randolph defeated the Los Angeles Clippers 113-102 on March 19, 2016, earning him his first double-double in his career with 28 points, 11 rebounds, and ten assists. In 2016, the Grizzlies were able to qualify for the playoffs again, but the San Antonio Spurs had swept them out of the first round.
Randolph defeated the New Orleans Pelicans by beating Pau Gasol (3,324) on November 2, 2016 to become the Grizzlies' all-time leader in made field goals. Randolph defeated the Philadelphia 76ers on November 23, 2016, taking fourth on all-time best rebounder list for the NBA. He appeared in his 1,000th career game on December 6, 2016, becoming the 121st NBA player to reach that milestone. After missing seven games following his mother, Mae's death on November 24, he returned to the team to face the Philadelphia 76ers. Randolph won by 228-119 overtime over the Golden State Warriors on January 6, 2017. Randolph finished 27 points off the bench. It was his highest total score off the bench since 2006. In a 102-95 victory over the Utah Jazz, he scored a season-high 28 points in a season-high victory.
Randolph signed a two-year, $24 million deal with the Sacramento Kings on July 10, 2017. The Grizzlies announced that #50 would never be worn again by another Grizzly and that it will eventually be retired in the future, prior to Randolph's contract with the Kings. In a 116-109 overtime victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on December 8, 2017, he scored a season-high 35 points and 13 rebounds. He made two of his career-best five-pointers to begin overtime. Randolph had 21 points and eight rebounds against the Brooklyn Nets on December 20, 2017, the first time Randolph had to face the Brooklyn Nets for the first time in history.
Randolph was forced to miss the rotation in 2018-19 due to the Kings' youth movement. In his second season with the Kings, he did not play for the team and was traded with Justin Jackson and the Dallas Mavericks in exchange for Harrison Barnes on February 6, 2019. Randolph, the Mavericks' president of basketball operations, said there were no hopes for him while playing for the team, and he was waived by the Mavericks two days later.
Randolph's last NBA game was played on March 19, 2018, defeating the Detroit Pistons by a 105-106 loss, where he had 4 points, 3 assists, and 2 rebounds as the Kings' starting Center.
Randolph resigned from professional basketball on December 27, 2019. Randolph's #50 jersey was retired by the Memphis Grizzlies, the team with which he had the most success in a birthday celebration at FedExForum on December 11, 2021.
