Speaking of Zach Randolph, I think everyone remembers this fat player with a solid appearance. Dark skin, chubby face, with a tall and burly figure, live off a big black bear.
Don't be deceived by his thick appearance, don't think he's just a "stupid big guy" on the court. As long as the fans who have watched Randolph play know that Randolph is a typical technical flow player, the low-level technology is quite delicate and solid, the footsteps and hands live in the NBA's inner line, absolutely first-class, dare to fight, have strength, with his height of 2 meters 06 and 260 pounds of weight, the absolute low-level big killer. And Randolph is good at playing hard battles, is a big game player, especially in the playoffs such a key game, performance does not pull the crotch, is the team's absolutely reliable internal pillar.
Randolph was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers with the 19th pick in the first round in 2001, and although the pick was not bad, but looking back, Randolph may have been one of the best players in this year (this draft is a bit of a pick, and Randolph and Paul Gasol should be the most successful players in this year).
Randolph's career didn't start particularly smoothly, and the Trail Blazers who selected him didn't take him particularly seriously, spending most of his first two seasons on the bench, playing as a substitute for "Roaring Heavenly Lord" Rashid Wallace. However, when Wallace was injured, Randolph's performance was still very good, after all, there was a tonnage of the body, plus a little technology, scoring and grabbing the board was still in the line.
Randolph first became famous in the NBA not because of playing, but because of fighting. In the 02/03 season, Randolph clashed with teammate Ruben Patterson in training, Patterson is a famous villain in the NBA, in the Lakers period and Kobe Bryant was traded away because of frequent runs, verbal altercations, but Randolph is not a good stubble, the two fight a game, Patterson was KO by Randolph, Randolph won the victory, was banned by the team reward.
Although he was banned for one game, this fight seemed to open up Randolph's second vein, and in the following playoffs, Randolph played steadily and became the team's miracle soldier, performing quite well. When the team was about to be swept out of the game after 0-3, Randolph was entrusted by the coach with a heavy responsibility and became a starter, Randolph also lived up to expectations, becoming the starter of the next 4 games as the absolute main force of the team, averaging 20 +10 per game, and was forced to carry the Blazers and the Mavericks to play the seventh game, almost leading the team to a big reversal.
Randolph, who played at a high level in the playoffs, won the trust of the team and the coach, and the following season, Randolph sat firmly on the team's main force, turning the river and turning the sea every night in the penalty area, averaging 20.1 points and 10.5 boards per game, stepping into the threshold of the star's interior line, this season, Randolph won the first season award of his career - the fastest improving player of the season.
For the next few seasons, Randolph was the inner pillar of the team, playing 20+10 as a common thing. But Randolph has suffered from injuries in consecutive seasons and has seen severely limited numbers of appearances.
In the 07/08 season, Randolph came to the Knicks, and after coming to the big city of New York, Randolph still performed well on the court, and it was easy to cut two doubles, which was a famous low-level killer in the league. But it may be that there are too many temptations in the big city, and Randolph is constantly in disputes off the pitch, and the contradictions with the team are increasing. After only playing more than a season, he was swept out by the Knicks and traded to the Clippers.
After coming to the Clippers, Randolph is still a reliable interior player on the team, and the statistics are also beautiful, but the defensive end is lazy and not liked by the coach. After a season, he was traded away.
For Randolph, the deal was the most significant of all the deals he had ever experienced. He was traded by the Clippers to the Grizzlies. "Trees move to death, people move to live", Randolph who joined the Grizzlies is like a new student, here, Randolph played the peak of his career, winning honor and recognition.
In the 09/10 season, his first season with the Grizzlies, Randolph played well, and he won on the inside, which gave the opposing coach a headache. Averaging 20.8 points and 11.7 rebounds per game, Randolph put himself on the All-Star stage and achieved his All-Star journey.
In the 10/11 season, Randolph continued to play steadily, playing an increasingly important role on the field, being the most indispensable absolute core player of the team, cutting 20+10 was too easy for him, this season, Randolph won the only best team of his career.
Over the next few seasons, Randolph and Marc Gasol's inside twin towers gave the league's teams a headache, one capable of attacking, one good at defending, one low-post killer, and one defensive gate, a perfect combination that led the Grizzlies to a place in the powerful West. In the 12/13 season, he led the Grizzlies to eliminate the Thunder, who had Dewey's second fewest, and reached the Western Conference Finals.
The Western Conference playoffs in those years were really good, the Thunder, Clippers, and Grizzlies, the three teams of grievances, every time they met together, it was a vicious battle, and both sides were inseparable, and no one obeyed anyone. Remember the most exciting is the first round of the 14-year playoffs Grizzlies vs. Thunder, the two sides are really on a par, the big battle of three hundred rounds, both sides you win one I win one, do not slacken, 7 games played three overtime, the scene is quite hot.
In the Grizzlies 8 seasons, 7 times to help the team into the playoffs, and with the West strong back and forth, so that the once weak Grizzlies have become the upstart of the West, it can be said that Randolph is indispensable, which is inseparable from his desperate fight on the inside every night and every game. In the Grizzlies, Randolph went from stunned to mature, where he realized his dreams and played his own value.
The Grizzlies will also be grateful to remember the "Big Black Bear," who made the most playoff appearances in Grizzlies history and the player in Grizzlies history who has cut two double-doubles in the playoffs. After the 16/17 season, after learning that Randolph was leaving, the Grizzlies immediately said that they would retire Randolph's No. 50 jersey.
After leaving the Grizzlies, Randolph also played a season with the Kings, where Randolph continued to work the inside and was the team's main scoring force inside, dedicating himself to every game for the team. At the Kings, Randolph also played his final season in the NBA, and in December 2019, Randolph announced his retirement. Since then, there has been no longer a legend of blue fat people in the jianghu.