High school career

Ridnour's father, Rob, was his basketball coach during high school. He was given the keys to the gym by his father during his sophomore year, and he was able to practice during the day; and additionally, late into the night. Subsequently, he was on two state title-winning teams at Blaine High School, and was named a high school All-American by both McDonald's and Parade in 2000, his graduating year.

College career

Ridnour went on to star at the University of Oregon, where he teamed with Luke Jackson and Fred Jones to take the Ducks to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament twice including the Elite 8 in 2002. He set the school season record for assists (218) and made a conference-record 62 consecutive free throws. Luke averaged 19.7 points per game and 6.6 assist per game. Ridnour left Oregon after his junior year, when he was Pac-10 Player of the Year.

NBA career

Seattle SuperSonics

Luke was picked 14th in the 2003 NBA draft by the Seattle SuperSonics. Luke played sparingly his rookie season, but became the starting point guard for the Sonics in the 2004-05 season. He participated in the 2005 All-Star weekend, playing in the Rookie Challenge and in the Skills Challenge.

Milwaukee Bucks

On August 13, 2008, Ridnour was involved in a three-team, six-player deal involving the Sonics (which had become the Oklahoma City Thunder), the Milwaukee Bucks, and the Cleveland Cavaliers that sent Milwaukee's Mo Williams to Cleveland, Cleveland's Joe Smith and Milwaukee's Desmond Mason to Oklahoma City, Cleveland's Damon Jones and Ridnour and Adrian Griffin to Milwaukee, which ended Ridnour's five-year run with the Sonics/Thunder.

Minnesota Timberwolves

On July 21, 2010, Ridnour signed a four-year, $16 million contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Return to Milwaukee Bucks

On July 11, 2013, Ridnour was reacquired by the Bucks in a three-team transaction that brought Oklahoma City Thunder shooting guard Kevin Martin to the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Charlotte Bobcats

On February 20, 2014, Ridnour was traded to Charlotte along with Gary Neal in exchange for Ramon Sessions and Jeff Adrien.

Orlando Magic

On July 25, 2014, Ridnour signed with the Orlando Magic.

2015 off-season

In June 2015, Ridnour was traded four times within the span of six days. On June 24, he was traded to the Memphis Grizzlies in exchange for the draft rights to Jānis Timma. The next day, the Grizzlies sent him to the Charlotte Hornets in exchange for Matt Barnes and then, that same day, was traded along with a 2016 second-round draft pick to the Oklahoma City Thunder in exchange for Jeremy Lamb. Lastly on June 30, Ridnour was traded to the Toronto Raptors along with cash considerations in exchange for the draft rights to Tomislav Zubčić. Ridnour later stated in an interview with USA Today that he found the whole situation rather "funny", as he and his family were present at their home in Seattle while the moves were unfolding. On July 9, 2015, he was waived by the Raptors, adding to the list of teams he never visited during the two-week period.

On September 21, 2015, Ridnour announced his decision to sit out the 2015-16 season.

NBA career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2003-04	Seattle	69	6	16.1	.414	.338	.823	1.6	2.4	.8	.1	5.5
2004-05	Seattle	82	82	31.4	.405	.376	.883	2.5	5.9	1.1	.3	10.0
2005-06	Seattle	79	77	33.2	.418	.289	.877	3.0	7.0	1.6	.3	11.5
2006-07	Seattle	71	58	29.5	.433	.353	.805	2.3	5.2	1.2	.3	11.0
2007-08	Seattle	61	5	20.0	.399	.296	.857	1.5	4.0	.6	.2	6.4
2008-09	Milwaukee	72	50	28.2	.403	.350	.869	3.0	5.1	1.3	.2	9.6
2009-10	Milwaukee	82	0	21.5	.478	.381	.907	1.7	4.0	.7	.1	10.4
2010-11	Minnesota	71	66	30.4	.468	.440	.883	2.8	5.4	1.3	.1	11.8
2011-12	Minnesota	53	53	33.0	.440	.322	.891	2.7	4.8	1.1	.3	12.1
2012-13	Minnesota	82	82	30.2	.453	.311	.848	2.5	3.8	1.0	.2	11.5
2013-14	Milwaukee	36	12	21.2	.384	.368	.684	1.7	3.4	.6	.1	5.7
2013-14	Charlotte	25	2	15.1	.389	.300	.571	1.4	2.2	.4	.2	4.0
2014-15	Orlando	47	0	14.5	.426	.317	.857	1.4	2.0	.4	.1	4.0
Career		830	493	26.1	.431	.349	.857	2.3	4.5	1.0	.2	9.3

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2005	Seattle	11	11	34.4	.393	.235	.950	3.3	4.3	1.2	.7	9.7
2010	Milwaukee	7	0	17.3	.467	.357	.833	1.9	1.9	.6	.1	8.1
2014	Charlotte	4	0	9.0	.308	.333	.000	1.0	3.0	.0	.3	2.5
Career		22	11	24.3	.406	.297	.906	2.4	3.3	.8	.5	7.9

Personal life

Ridnour is a Christian. Ridnour has spoken about his faith saying, "Even though I now have more success, fame, and money than I ever dreamed, my relationship with God is the only thing that brings me true peace and satisfaction. ... Don’t settle for temporary satisfaction when you can have it for eternity ."

[ Source: Wikipedia ]