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Tony Allen: That man gave me $1,000 a dunk when he first met me. Zach Randolph: Well, you were trying to dunk, you were athletic? Paul Pierce: He had like five dunks that day. Randolph: He wanted to give you money. Oh, it was the Summer League. Allen: He had just won at the tables. He just won at the tables. He walked in. Pierce: I said ‘I won about 50,000. Allen: He just walked in with the bankroll like, ‘Yeah, I just won at the tables. I need some excitement. I got $1,000. I heard dunk? I said, ‘What? A thousand?’ And you know, November ain't hit yet. It's Summer League. I don't have an NBA dollar. That man said a thousand? I had five dunks in a row. No cap.
[Highlight] Klay Thompson: “I actually do have a lot of respect for the grind house, Mike Conley, Zach Randolph, and Marc Gasol…This new team though, I don’t know man. They just talk a lot. They’ve always talked a lot, and never really backed it up either. So, I don’t really respect that..."
Former Memphis Grizzlies star Zach Randolph has finally offloaded his sprawling Los Angeles home for $7.4 million—11 months after listing the property for the much higher price of $8.5 million. The 44-year-old—who played 17 seasons in the NBA before deciding to end his time on the court—first decided to part ways with the 8,500-square-foot dwelling in September 2024. Since then, the property has come on and off the market multiple times, with the asking price steadily decreasing, first to $8.2 million in January of this year, then to $7.9 million just two months later.
By the end of 2019, Tidal League launched its first show: Court-Side Moms, hosted by Wendy Sparks, mother of former NBA center Khem Birch, who interviews moms of other NBA players, including Luka Dončić, Damian Lillard, and Chris Paul. Still, it wasn’t until 2022 that Tidal League got its first real break, when Theo Pinson joined with his Run Your Race podcast. The company’s most popular podcast is Out The Mud, a show hosted by Grizzlies greats Zach Randolph and Tony Allen, which Kent Benson says reached more than 50 million views in its first six months. “We went from a business that was doing no revenue to—in 2022—we did over $1 million in revenue,” Benson tells Front Office Sports. “So we went from $0 to $1 million in a year.”
Last week, the company announced new investments from Charlie Villanueva, Eric Ebron, Justin Jackson, and another NBA veteran, Devonte’ Graham. Financial terms were not disclosed, but Benson tells FOS that the minimum investment is $100,000. “As an entrepreneur, it was a no-brainer to invest in a media company,” Villanueva says. “It gives you the opportunity to have ownership in something that comes easy. It’s easy to talk about basketball because we’ve done it.” The company isn’t done raising money. It’s now in the process of seeking out its first institutional investor, with the aim of amassing $5 million.
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Greg Oden: But honestly, it was a good time. I really do appreciate the way Portland welcomed me. And my first real welcome? That came from Z-Bo. When I got there, my guy threw me an 'Indiana Welcome Party'—that’s what we called it. You gotta take care of your Indiana people, right? I swear, I was meeting people in Portland ten years later who were like, ‘Yo, I met you at that party.’ That party was amazing. Thank you, sir—I appreciate you, my brother.
Jorge Sierra: Paul George passed Zach Randolph to become the 72nd-best scorer in NBA history. Also: Jeff Green moved ahead of Alonzo Mourning for No. 182.
In the latter stage of your career, have you ever thought about getting your jersey retired with the other members of the Memphis Grizzlies Grit and Grind era, like Marc Gasol, Zach Randolph, and Tony Allen? Conley: If I’m able to get my jersey retired like those guys, that would be awesome. I hadn’t been able to think about it too much because I’m trying to celebrate the guys that do get it, and I’m still in the middle of my career. It would probably be one of my highest achievements other than winning a championship to have something like that happen in Memphis.
Did you hold a grudge against the Grizzlies for a minute after you got traded, or were you just like, “It is what it is”? Zach Randolph: You know, I did because I wanted to be there. Like I said, [expletive], I would have taken a minimum. I would have taken a player’s minimum because that’s how much I [expletive] with the organization and the city, you know, the people in it. But you know, it all worked out. That’s my city. I’m doing a lot of stuff with the team now, and it was a great time there. That’s the city, man.
Jorge Sierra: Trae Young (26) passed Kyrie Irving (32) in assists last night and is now No. 103 all-time in the NBA. Also: Anthony Davis moved ahead of Zach Randolph in scoring for No. 71 in league history.
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Tony Allen: "Then he looks dead at Z-Bo. He’s like, 'Z-Bo, get a [explicit] rebound that matters! Quit telling Mike to move out to get rebounds!' I’m like, 'Damn!' Then he looks dead at Marc (Gasol). He’s like, 'Marc, who the [explicit] told you you were our Sabonis? Get your ass in the paint and make some points!' I’m sitting there like, 'Damn, coach is on one.' Then he looks at Mike Conley and says, 'Mike Conley, you know what happened?' Man, I swear, coach was just on everybody that day, but I respected it because it was tough love. That’s the type of energy I’ve been looking for, and it made me want to run through a wall for him."
Zach Randolph: But I'm at the Four Seasons on Wilshire, and I'm downstairs. I see the general manager, Kevin Pritchard, right? At the time. So I walk up to KP, I'm like, 'What's up, KP?' He's like, 'What's up, Z-Bo?' I was like, 'Man, why am I getting traded?' And he's like, 'Man, no, man, you're not going. We want you here, you're not getting traded.' So I'm like, 'Okay, cool.' So I go upstairs, I tell a couple of my homies up there, I tell them, 'Man, I just seen Pritchard, man, I'm cool. I ain't going nowhere, I'm good. You know, I'm straight, I ain't going nowhere.' He just told me I ain't going nowhere, right? Man, so we sitting back in the room, blowing, whatever, watching the draft come on. 'Trade: Zach Randolph to the New York Knicks.' Look, man, I'm—man, stomach dropped. Right back downstairs, man, sick. Stomach dropped. I go in the restroom, I'm sick as hell, right? So I'm like, 'Man, I just seen this dude. He told me I ain't—' I said, 'Man, it's messed up, man, come on, man.'"
Randolph recalled the moment vividly, saying, “He come in the locker room, ‘can’t nobody slam me.’ After working out, we in the locker room…So I’m sitting around, I’m like, I’m from the hood. So I grew up locking up in the yard.” Despite his youthful confidence, Randolph quickly learned the difference between teenage and grown man strength. “I stood up, try to grab him, we lock up, he slammed– he throwing me all in the lockers. Boom! Boom!” Randolph said.
The tussle escalated as Patterson continued to overpower Randolph. “He slammed me in the locker, boom, all over the locker room. Boom, boom, boom. So we get back to the middle,” Randolph recounted. The locker room floor, covered in carpet but with concrete underneath, added to the intensity of the fight. Patterson ultimately overpowered Randolph, demonstrating the stark difference in physical maturity. “He dropped on me, grabbed my legs. Man, pick me up bro. Like this and thump me on my back like a WWE fool,” Randolph concluded.