High school career

Randolph grew up in Marion, Indiana and attended Marion High School, where his coach was Moe Smedley. As a sophomore, he helped lead the Marion Giants to the 1998 Indiana Class 4A Championship Game. As a senior, he again led his team to the state championship game in which Marion High School won its seventh state basketball championship. He finished second in Indiana's "Mr. Basketball" voting that year behind Jared Jeffries, who played for the team the Giants beat in the state championship game and would later become Randolph's teammate with the Knicks.

College career

After high school, Randolph attended and played basketball for Michigan State University coached by Tom Izzo. His teammates at MSU included Jason Richardson and Charlie Bell. In his single season at Michigan State, he averaged 10.8 points and 6.7 rebounds per game over 33 games, with a team that finished with a 28-5 record and advanced to its third straight NCAA Final Four. After his freshman season, he entered the 2001 NBA Draft.

NBA career

Portland Trail Blazers (2001-2007)

He was drafted by the Blazers in the first round (19th overall) in 2001. At the time, the Trail Blazers had acquired the nickname "Jail-Blazers" due to the bad reputation of individuals on the roster. Continuing on from his college career, he remained in the power forward position. In 2004 he won the NBA's Most Improved Player award, after which he signed a 6-year, $84-million extension with the Blazers. Randolph averaged 23.6 points and 10.1 rebounds per game in the 2006-07 season, which was cut short in March 2007 due to a hand injury. In what would turn out to be his final game as a Trail Blazer, he accumulated a career high 43 points and 17 rebounds. In his six seasons with Portland, he averaged 16.0 points and 7.7 rebounds per game

New York Knicks (2007-2008)

On June 28, 2007, Randolph, along with Dan Dickau, Fred Jones and the draft rights to Demetris Nichols, was traded to the New York Knicks in a draft day deal for Steve Francis, Channing Frye, and a 2008 2nd round draft pick. On July 2, 2007, Randolph was introduced at a press conference in New York, where he revealed he would wear the jersey #50. He played 11 games with the Knicks before being traded in 2008. In his time in New York, Randolph averaged 18.0 points and 10.6 rebounds per game.

Los Angeles Clippers (2008-2009)

On November 21, 2008, after playing 11 games with the Knicks in the 2008-09 season, Randolph was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers along with Mardy Collins in exchange for Cuttino Mobley and Tim Thomas. During a game against the Phoenix Suns on February 17, 2009, Randolph was ejected, and subsequently suspended, for punching Louis Amundson in the jaw. Randolph finished the 2008-09 season with the Clippers before being traded again. In his 39 games with the Clippers, he averaged 20.9 points and 9.4 rebounds per game.

Memphis Grizzlies (2009-present)

On July 17, 2009, he was traded to the Memphis Grizzlies in exchange for Quentin Richardson. Randolph was selected for his first NBA All Star Game in 2010 and helped the Grizzlies improve despite failing to make it to the 2010 playoffs.

The Grizzlies made the playoffs in 2011 as the eighth seed and eliminated the top-seeded San Antonio Spurs in the first round, just the second time the eighth seed defeated the first seed since the league expanded to a seven-game first-round series. The series marked the first four wins in franchise playoff history for the Grizzlies and the first time the franchise won a playoff series. In the decisive sixth game, Randolph scored a then playoff career-high 31 points, including 17 in the fourth quarter.

On April 18, 2011, Randolph agreed to a four-year extension with the Grizzlies worth $71 million, with $66 million guaranteed. Later, Randolph was named to the All-NBA Third Team for the first time in his career.

Randolph then led the Grizzlies to an opening game win in their second-round playoff series, posting a playoff-career-high 34 points as the Grizzlies defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder 114-101. However, the Grizzlies fell in the second round after losing game 7 to the Thunder, 105-90.

In 2012, Randolph and the Grizzlies faced the Los Angeles Clippers in the first round of the playoffs. The Grizzlies lost the series in seven games.

Randolph was named to his second All-Star game during the 2012-13 season. On May 15, 2013, Randolph helped lead the Grizzlies to victory over Oklahoma City to advance for the first time in franchise history to the Western Conference Finals. In the close out game against the Thunder, Randolph scored a team-high 28 points and grabbed 14 rebounds.

In the Western Conference Finals, the Grizzlies were swept in four games by the San Antonio Spurs.

In 2013-14, the Grizzlies finished as the 7th seed in the West. Their first round playoff match-up was once again Kevin Durant and the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Grizzlies went on to lose the series in seven games. Randolph was suspended for game 7 after punching Steven Adams in the jaw midway through the 4th quarter of game 6.

On June 30, 2014, Randolph exercised his player option for the 2014-15 season and signed a two-year, $20 million contract extension with the Grizzlies. The Grizzlies advanced past Portland in the first round of the playoffs, but fell to eventual NBA Champion, Golden State, in the Conference Semifinals.

On March 19, 2016, Randolph recorded his first career triple-double with 28 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists in a 113-102 win over the Los Angeles Clippers. The Grizzlies again qualified for the NBA Playoffs, but were swept out of the first round by the San Antonio Spurs.

In Randolph's seven seasons with Memphis, he has averaged 17.2 points and 10.5 rebounds per game.

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
2001-02	Portland	41	0	5.8	.449	.000	.667	1.7	.3	.2	.1	2.8
2002-03	Portland	77	11	16.9	.513	.000	.758	4.5	.5	.5	.2	8.4
2003-04	Portland	81	80	37.9	.485	.200	.761	10.5	2.0	.8	.5	20.1
2004-05	Portland	46	37	34.8	.448	.000	.815	9.6	1.9	.7	.4	18.9
2005-06	Portland	74	71	34.4	.436	.291	.714	8.0	1.9	.8	.2	18.0
2006-07	Portland	68	67	35.7	.467	.292	.819	10.1	2.2	.8	.2	23.6
2007-08	New York	69	68	32.5	.459	.275	.772	10.3	2.0	.9	.2	17.6
2008-09	New York	11	11	35.3	.434	.292	.821	12.5	1.4	1.2	.3	20.5
2008-09	L.A. Clippers	39	34	35.1	.487	.342	.701	9.4	2.3	.8	.3	20.9
2009-10	Memphis	81	81	37.7	.488	.288	.778	11.7	1.8	1.0	.4	20.8
2010-11	Memphis	75	74	36.3	.503	.186	.758	12.2	2.2	.8	.3	20.1
2011-12	Memphis	28	8	26.3	.463	.250	.659	8.0	1.7	.8	.1	11.6
2012-13	Memphis	76	75	34.3	.460	.087	.750	11.2	1.4	.8	.4	15.4
2013-14	Memphis	79	79	34.2	.467	.100	.742	10.1	2.5	.7	.3	17.4
2014-15	Memphis	71	71	32.5	.487	.350	.765	10.5	2.2	1.0	.2	16.1
2015-16	Memphis	68	53	29.6	.475	.231	.796	7.8	2.1	.6	.2	15.3
Career		984	820	31.8	.473	.260	.765	9.5	1.8	.8	.3	17.0
All-Star		2	0	16.0	.438	.000	.000	5.5	1.0	1.0	.0	7.0

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2002	Portland	1	0	1.0	.000	.000	.000	.0	.0	.0	.0	.0
2003	Portland	7	4	29.3	.525	.000	.892	8.7	1.6	.4	.3	13.9
2011	Memphis	13	13	39.6	.446	.250	.821	10.8	2.4	1.1	.8	22.2
2012	Memphis	7	7	35.4	.420	.000	.629	9.9	.9	1.0	.6	13.7
2013	Memphis	15	15	36.9	.460	.000	.670	10.0	1.6	.7	.5	17.4
2014	Memphis	6	6	39.0	.404	.000	.610	8.7	2.3	.8	.2	18.2
2015	Memphis	11	11	34.7	.423	.200	.879	8.5	2.1	.5	.0	15.6
2016	Memphis	4	4	30.0	.371	.000	.857	8.8	1.8	.3	.0	13.0
Career		64	60	35.3	.438	.158	.751	9.4	1.8	.7	.4	16.8

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