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I liked him when I knew him. He was always nice to me :dunno:
 
I'm still waiting for that impending federal criminal investigation which was supposed to put him in jail and was a justification for firesalling him.
 
By "rescuing pit bulls," they probably mean "cutting the ropes."

Seriously, though, I'm glad he's growing up. As big a knucklehead as he was for as long as he was, I never doubted that he'd "get it" eventually. Too bad so many dogs had to be maimed and killed in the process.
 
I once made Zbo his chicken strips (all 30 of them) at the Beaverton Burgerville. He took out a roll of hundreds the size of a baseball and paid from that. Seriously.
 
Wow, J.R Rider spoke of this.....just 40 miles south of Portland:

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EL PRESIDENTE said:
I'm still waiting for that impending federal criminal investigation which was supposed to put him in jail and was a justification for firesalling him.
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Since you haven't noticed that the local media led you on about Zach, you might also be still waiting for Paul Allen, the worst owner in sports according to Canzano, to sell the team.
 
The picture above occurred in Marion, Zach's hometown. It was engraved in every black kid's mind. From the article:

The lynching is the first topic Randolph discusses when asked about Marion — not that it's where he honed his skills, not that it's where he helped Mae build her dream home. "My town," Randolph said. "That goes to tell you a little bit about my town." He thinks about those lynchings from time to time. He remembers standing outside an apartment building as a teenager when a cop cruised past him in a car. The cop reversed course, Randolph says, and without provocation expressed his disdain for Randolph, telling him he'd never amount to anything before driving off.
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I've said on here before that ZBO is one of the coolest NBA players I have ever interacted with. To this day either here or in Memphis he asks how my son Miles is. Always cool when he was with us....... paid for dinner a couple times when he saw us at a restaurant on the road. Just immature and listened to his posse members.
 
I have to fins a pic of me wearing his half Jesus half "ZBO" bling!
 
I met Zach Randolph once. The minute I introduced myself, he gave me his full attention with a smile on his face. He struck me as a very very nice guy.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
Ken Berger ‏@KBergCBS The NBA has fined Zach Randolph $25K for confronting Kendrick Perkins after their ejections Nov. 14.
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This season and last, the only 2 times I remember Aldridge getting mad were against Kendrick Perkins. How many players have gotten fined arguing with Perkins over his dirty play? I keep reading about near-fights with Perkins.

I wish Zach had taken care of the problem.
 
I am not for sure why the lynching was brought up. Was the town of Marion to blame for his mother having four kids with no male role model? Marion is not perfect, but it is hardly the deep south, "drive a tank thru a living room" LA or major inner city.
 
http://www.theindychannel.com/news/nba-player-implicated-in-indy-drug-investigation

According to a probable cause affidavit, a trusted police informant identified Memphis Grizzlies player Zach Randolph as a major marijuana supplier in Indianapolis, 6News' Jack Rinehart reported.

Narcotics officers were staking out a suspected drug house on Indianapolis' north side two weeks ago when they pulled over Arthur Boyd, 32, soon after he left the residence, near 75th Street and Binford Avenue, police said.

According to the affidavit, the Cadillac Escalade that Boyd was driving was registered to Randolph, and police found marijuana and ammunition stowed inside.

"One of his vehicles had what we call hidden compartments that contained suspected narcotics, that being marijuana," said Lt. Jeff Duhamell.

Based on information found in the Escalade, police later raided a northeast side storage facility, where they said Randolph rents four lockers.

According to the affidavit, a police K-9 alerted to controlled substances in two of the four units, and police found more cars with secret compartments inside.

Duhamell said he had been unaware Randolph was implicated in the investigation.

"Whether he is a specific target, that I don't know," he said. "But looking at his ownership of the vehicles, he should be aware of whose driving and operating them and possessing illegal narcotics in his vehicles. That in and of itself brings up questions."

The police informant is also quoted in the affidavit as having told investigators that Randolph was known to provide individuals with expensive cars and access to his Geist Reservoir waterfront home.

Randolph's attorney, John Tompkins, told 6News Wednesday evening that Boyd worked for his client, and that Randolph is not connected to any drug activity.

"He is not in any way whatsoever involved in any kind of drug ring," Tompkins said. "He's beside himself, because he has made a concerted effort to get a better image."

Tompkins said Randolph's vehicle has secret compartments as a safety precaution for concealing valuables, that police have told him the vehicles are in the process of being released and that the Grizzlies will release a statement on Thursday in support of Randolph.
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This is from summer 2010. Obviously it didn't go anywhere (publicly), but I can't find even a trace that he was cleared, did probation, whatever.
 
HAAK72 said:
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Love the announcers talking about what perkins did being a flagrant but not ejection worthy. Im pretty sure he got suspended for a game after that.

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As it turns out, something did happen in that hallway outside the Thunder’s locker room last Wednesday near the conclusion of the Thunder-Grizzlies game. After investigating the incident between Thunder center Kendrick Perkins and Memphis forward Zach Randolph, the NBA on Monday fined Randolph $25,000 for “confronting” Perkins near the locker room area following their ejections with 2:05 remaining in the fourth quarter.

We still aren’t entirely sure what happened in the hallway that night, but Randolph went on ESPN radio in Memphis today and told his side of the story. It’s about 11 minutes into the interview, but Randolph appears to be pretty candid about what took place (beware of some light obscenities). Randolph didn’t go into details about how much the confrontation escalated, but he did confess to seeking out Perkins on the Thunder’s side of the hallway.

Randolph makes repeated references to a set of double doors, which are the only thing separating the Thunder’s locker room inside Chesapeake Energy Arena from the visitor’s locker room. To give you a visual of the setup, the double doors are about 10 feet to the right of the Thunder’s locker room, and the visitor’s locker room is then roughly 20 feet from those double doors.

Here’s a transcript of the Randolph discussing what went down.

Q: Did you whoop his ass?
A: Man, nah, I didn’t whoop his ass. That’s the thing about it…I was surprised. I was surprised.

Q: What happened in the back that the NBA is fining you for, because nobody knows the story?
A: I mean, it really wasn’t, I just, they said because I went through the double doors. I guess I went on their side. So I don’t know.

Q: So you were going to go whoop his ass?
A: (Laughs).

Q: Are you guys lunatics? Like, you both went to the back. You were really going to fight.
A: You know what, I’ll tell you, them basketball games they get real emotional and, man, two guys, it’s physical, emotional. I mean, it gets rough down there and emotions flare. And one thing can lead to another on that court.

Q: Listen, we can joke about it now but at the time everybody loved it, right? Because you clearly say to the guy I’ll beat your ass. Right? The microphone just happened to pick you up saying that.
A: Man, I know, man. They played it on ESPN 100 times. Like, man stop playing it.

Q: But it appeared to me Perkins wasn’t talking to you. He was talking to Marc (Gasol), right?
A: Well, you know, when you’re talking to Marc you’re talking to me. So that’s how that roll. I’m talking about on the court or off the court. You know, and that’s the same way with him. I think he got made because Marc had just came — remember that move where Marc had crossed him over at the elbow and then had pumped faked? And I said, ‘Oh my gosh. Bust his butt, Marc’ running down the court.

Q: Oh, you said that to Perkins?
A: (Laughs). Yeah.

Q: It was pretty rough, man. He turned him inside out.
A: He did.

Q: So then Perkins gets mad, he starts barking and that’s when you get into it?
A: Yup.

Q: And then in the back, did you try to go in their locker room?
A: Nah, I didn’t go in their locker room. It was some doors; I had went on their side. Their locker room was like right there to the left. But I had went through some doors in the hallway. And I went through the doors. But it was a lesson learned. It won’t happen again. I ain’t gonna lose no $25,000 again. I’m done with all that bluffing on the court, because them guys do a lot of bluffing. I’m from the bluff city. We don’t do no bluffing, man. (Laughs).

Q: Do you think Perkins got the point? Do you think he probably thought ‘This guy’s a maniac?’
A: (Laughs). I don’t know. Perkins know me, so he know what’s up.

Q: Could you whoop his ass?
A: (Laughs). I’m good with these hands, man. I’m a jackin’ dude. I’m pretty good with these hands so…Hey, every day I came out the house I had to fight, you know. Me and my brother.

Q: You guys, you fought growing up?
A: Yeah.

Q: How many fights would you say you’ve been in?
A: (Exhales). Man, I’d say, man it’s too many to count.

Q: Hundreds?
A: Probably about 30, 40.

Q: Thirty or 40?
A: Yeah, I’m talking about from like middle school and, you know, my freshman year. But mainly when I was young.

Q: How many have you lost? If I’m going to give you a record, right? Like a boxer, I’m going to give you a record.
A: You know what, I’m going to say about 30, 28-2 or 28-4. I’m going to tell you this, because I used to fight the older guys. You know, I used to fight older guys. You know, the older guys got to chastise you and make sure you ain’t backing down. So me or my brother, we never backed down so we used to have to fight older guys.

http://blog.newsok.com/thunderrumblings/2012/11/20/zach-randolph-tells-his-side-of-the-story/
 
SlyPokerDog said:
Q: Could you whoop his ass?
A: (Laughs). I’m good with these hands, man. I’m a jackin’ dude. I’m pretty good with these hands so…Hey, every day I came out the house I had to fight, you know. Me and my brother.

Q: You guys, you fought growing up?
A: Yeah.

Q: How many fights would you say you’ve been in?
A: (Exhales). Man, I’d say, man it’s too many to count.

Q: Hundreds?
A: Probably about 30, 40.

Q: Thirty or 40?
A: Yeah, I’m talking about from like middle school and, you know, my freshman year. But mainly when I was young.
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KingSpeed said:
http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id...l-life-career-memphis-grizzlies-zach-randolph
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That Okie reporter acted so shocked that Zach had 40 fights in his family, mostly in middle school. He eagerly got Zach to "incriminate" himself. Zach didn't give a shit about the wannabe police investigator.

When I was a kid, the average family had 4 children. Many on the block had 5 or 6. I was in a small family, 3 kids.

It seems that nowadays, many couples have just one child. So there are many more only children now, who have no one with whom to fight. Especially if they're religious, they grow up to be pussies who are polarized from normal human behavior. Some become police statists and some become Oregonian reporters.
 
In the article I thought Zach was saying he and his brother had to fight the older kids who tried to push them around. I don't think he was saying he fought his brother 40 times, LOL.
 
Ah, Sly;

Gee, Officer Krupke, we're misunderstood.
Deep down inside us there is good!

His neighbors in the West Linn area think very highly of him.

I hear he never makes trouble; Well, except for that Portland bouncer.
 
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