<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Zach-Randolph-Blake-Griffin.jpg"></figure><h1>Zach Randolph reveals true story behind infamous choking incident with Blake Griffin</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-01-30T18:29:26-08:00">January 30th, 6:29pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-01-30T18:29:26-08:00">January 30th, 6:29pm</time><address><a>David Bernal</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>While history might not remember Zach Randolph versus Blake Griffin as one of the best rivalries of all time, the two big men had their fair share of run-ins over the years. From the time Griffin <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO5n2_N9Qd4">threw</a> Randolph to the floor with a hard foul in Game 7 of their playoff series in 2012 to the time Z-Bo appeared to get a little too “<a href="https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1614535-zach-randolph-appeared-to-grab-blake-griffin-by-the-goodies-last-night">personal</a>” with Blake in 2013, the matchups between the centers rarely lacked for fireworks.</p><p>Perhaps most famously (infamously?) was a play late in the fourth quarter of their game in November of 2012. With the two fighting for a rebound, Randolph not only body slammed Griffin to the ground but then appeared to wrap his arm around Griffin’s neck and choke him.</p><p>Appearing on a podcast to discuss his career, Randolph hilariously <a href="https://twitter.com/basketbllnews/status/1355675263925956609">recalled</a> the run-in:</p><blockquote>“You know Blake is so strong and he tries to clips you and do all sorts of dirty [stuff] that the refs don’t see” Randolph said. “Our arms got locked, and I thought he was going to break my arm, so what I did is I put my weight on him and fell on him. And then…I dont know, somehow my hand got around his throat” Z-Bo explained laughing.</blockquote><p>Though the altercation was intense in the moment, requiring both players to be separated by their teammates, Zach Randolph quickly said that both he and Griffin had patched things up. Referring to the current Detroit big man as his friend, Randolph said he looked back on Griffin’s matchup as being some of the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pistons-news-blake-griffin-hilariously-reacts-to-foul-baiting-antic-on-lebron-james/">funniest moments in his career.</a></p><p>While Blake isn’t likely to hold any grudges against Z-Bo, it’s doubtful he would look back on being choked as a particularly good time.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Zach Randolph reveals true story behind infamous choking incident with Blake Griffin

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/randolph.jpg"></figure><h1>Zach Randolph says Kobe Bryant is ‘best to ever do it’—as a coach</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-01-25T20:40:40-08:00">January 25th, 8:40pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-01-25T20:43:30-08:00">January 25th, 8:43pm</time><address><a>Dijo Songco</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>After numerous battles inside the court, it was Kobe Bryant’s efforts outside the NBA that really stuck with former two-time All-Star Zach Randolph.</p><p>After his last season with the Sacramento Kings in 2019, Randolph enrolled his eldest daughter MacKenly to Kobe Bryant’s Team Mamba, a basketball training camp for a bunch of talented seventh and eighth-graders. This was when the relationship between these former NBA stars blossomed from <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/kobe-bryant-timeline-a-lakers-legends-life-worth-celebrating/">former court competitors</a> to fellow #GirlDads.</p><p>And, per Randolph, Kobe Bryant was one heck of a mentor to these kids, especially his.</p><blockquote>“He’s one of the best to ever do it,” Randolph said (via <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/24/sports/basketball/kobe-gianna-bryant-crash-zach-randolph.html">The New York Times</a>).</blockquote><p>A year after the fatal crash of a helicopter carrying Kobe Bryant alongside his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and a few other members of Team Mamba en route to one of their games, Randolph reflects on how legendary Kobe’s run was as the head honcho of this little girls team.</p><blockquote>“He put his all into it,” Randolph added about Kobe Bryant. “He ran it like a real organization.”</blockquote><p>The former Memphis Grizzlies forward was amazed at how much of Kobe’s NBA personality was imprinted with how they did things in Team Mamba. Kobe Bryant, alongside assistant coach Christina Mauser who was also part of that fatal crash, was very hands-on with how they run the camp. They had yoga sessions, beach workouts, and they even spent hours in the film room to try to be as detailed as possible in terms of the girls’ development.</p><p>It was striking for Randolph how Kobe Bryant was still able to bring out his #MambaMentality years after he left the NBA and how he was able to successfully rub that off with these young girls.</p><p>MacKenly, 15, is hoping to bring everything she has learned from her short stint with Team Mamba under the mentorship of Kobe Bryant. She is set to join Sierra Canyon School’s basketball program as a freshman.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Zach Randolph says Kobe Bryant is ‘best to ever do it’—as a coach

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Zach Randolph speaks out on infamous ‘Bullies get bullied’ moment with new Rockets center DeMarcus Cousins

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After a bizarre incident on Twitter back in September wherein he claimed that his account had been hacked, it is now being reported that the 39-year-old’s wife has filed for divorce.</p><p><a href="https://larrybrownsports.com/basketball/zach-randolph-wife-faune-drake-divorce-hacked-tweet/566333">Grey Papke of Larry Brown Sports</a> provides the details of this recent development:</p><blockquote>On Sept. 2, Randolph’s account tweeted “I MARRIED A H-E” (censored by LBS).That tweet was quickly deleted, followed by a new message where Randolph claimed his account was hacked. That tweet has also been since deleted. Other users discovered at least one other tweet from several months earlier hinting that Randolph was unhappy with the marriage.</blockquote><p>It remains unclear if Randolph’s account was really hacked, or if he sent out the now-deleted tweet himself. Whatever the case may be, it seems clear that the couple have been having marital problems, which has now resulted in his wife filing for divorce.</p><p>We don’t have the details of the filing, so there’s no point in speculating how this legal battle will unfold. However, historically speaking, divorces can get messy and extremely costly.</p><p>The last we saw the former Most Improved Player of the Year winner in the NBA was during the 2017-18 season with the Sacramento Kings. He <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-news-zach-randolph-makes-his-retirement-official-on-twitter/">officially announced his retirement</a> on December of 2019. Throughout his 17-year career, Zach Randolph is estimated to have earned a total of <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/randoza01.html#all_all_salaries">$199 million</a> in salaries. 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Zach Randolph’s wife files for divorce after star’s ‘hacked’ NSFW tweet

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Zach-Randolph-explains-why-Ja-Morant-is-perfect-to-carry-the-torch-in-Memphis.jpg"></figure><h1>Zach Randolph explains why Ja Morant is perfect to carry the torch in Memphis</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-07-15T11:02:18-07:00">July 15th, 11:02am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-07-15T11:02:36-07:00">July 15th, 11:02am</time><address><a>Bea Bacason</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Zach Randolph was once the hero of a team whose reputation as an underdog has long been known in the league. The Memphis Grizzlies had his jersey number (No.50) retired and he was the franchise’s all-time leader in field goals and rebounds.</p><p>It’s no surprise that Z-Bo would set eyes on the new rookie on the block — one that made sports headlines all over the world abuzz in particular. After all, Ja Morant’s insane dunking and explosive playmaking on the court propelled his reputation as one of the most promising young players in the league and got the Grizzlies the spotlight again. </p><p>In a <a href="https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2899609-ja-morant-changes-everything?amp=1">Bleacher Report feature</a>, the Grizzly icon shared his fondness for the young  6-foot-3 guard</p><blockquote>“He’s just like me. Blue-collar player. Honest. Humble. Heart like a giant. He gives back. The people of Memphis see that Ja is just like them, too: a hard worker, where nothing’s been given to him.”</blockquote><p>Randolph recognized that Morant is all about breaking expectations. Coming from the small town of Dalzell in South Carolina, it was an unlikely formula to become an NBA superstar. According to Murray State assistant coach Casey Long, the rookie thrives when expectations are set against him.</p><p>Many have crossed out the Grizzlies’ chances for this season’s title even as the season resumes, but perhaps that’s why Randolph believes that the Memphis-Morant connection was a match-made-in-heaven. </p><blockquote>“This city is the best place for him. For his personality,” Randolph says. </blockquote><p>Randolph led the Grizzlies’ in a bid to overthrow the top-seeded San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference play-offs. So it takes one underdog legend to know one and Randolph sees only greatness in Morant’s future. </p><blockquote>“The sky is the limit for Ja. I just love his leadership. The thing he’s accomplished already, being a franchise player, leading this team as a rookie.” </blockquote><p>The former franchise player who once <a href="https://www.nba.com/article/2019/12/28/zach-randolph-officially-announces-retirement">filled up the empty seats at the FedEx Forum</a> also lauded Morant’s magnetism with his fans, “Half the gym be Murray State fans.”</p><p>In his 17-year tenure in the NBA since being drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers, Randolph played with many teams namely the Knicks, Clippers, Kings, with his most memorable eight seasons with the Grizzlies.</p><p>With his Grit and Grind years long behind him, Randolph stays positive with the ball club’s future in the league, especially with Morant’s leadership. “The future is bright for these young Grizzlies,” he says. “I think as an organization, we’re headed in the right direction.</p><figure class="op-tracker"><iframe><script>  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)  })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');  ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', 'auto');  ga('set', 'campaignSource', 'Facebook');  ga('set', 'campaignMedium', 'Instant Article');  ga('set', 'title', ia_document.title);  ga('send', 'pageview');</script><script type="text/javascript">      window._taboola = window._taboola || [];      _taboola.push({          article: 'auto',          ref_url: 'http://instantarticles.fb.com'      });      !function (e, f, u, i) {          if (!document.getElementById(i)) {              e.async = 1;              e.src = u;              e.id = i;              f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);          }      }(document.createElement('script'),          document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0],          'https://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/clutchpoints-clutchpoints/trk.js',          'tb_loader_script');      if (window.performance) {          if (typeof window.performance.mark == 'function') {            window.performance.mark('tbl_ic');          }        }</script></iframe></figure></article>    </body></html>

Zach Randolph explains why Ja Morant is perfect to carry the torch in Memphis

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2017-18 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
14.5	6.7	2.2	0.2	0.7

2017-18 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
14.5	6.7	2.2	0.2	0.7

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Zach Randolph explains why Ja Morant is perfect to carry the torch in Memphis