Zach Randolph signs extended Blazers' contract
Twenty-three-year-old forward to receive a six-year,
$84-million contract extension with Portland
BY ANNE M. PETERSON
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PORTLAND — Forward Zach Ran
dolph, named the NBA’s most
improved player last season, has
agreed to a six-year, $84-million con
tract extension with the TYail Blazers.
Randolph will make an additional
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deserved it,” Randolph said Monday.
Randolph, 23, averaged 20.1
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points and 10.5 rebounds last
season and was one of just five
players in the league to average
more than 20 points and 10
rebounds a game.
The 6-foot-9 forward tallied 43
double-doubles, tying him for fifth
in the league. He had 20 or more
points in 42 games, and 30 or more
points in three games.
But despite his efforts, Portland
finished 10th in the Western Confer
ence, two spots out of the playoffs.
“We know him well as a player,
we know him as a person,” general
manager John Nash said in
announcing Randolph’s extension.
“We’re committed to him, and he’s
committed to us in terms of being a
leader, as well as a very, very
productive player.”
Nash said getting the deal done
gives the Blazers a front line that is
“intact for the immediate future.”
The Blazers open their season
Wednesday night at Golden State.
The home opener is Friday against
Los Angeles Clippers.
Randolph, the 19th overall pick in
the 2001 draft out of Michigan State,
first emerged two seasons ago when
Rasheed Wallace was serving a seven
game suspension for threatening an
official on the loading dock at the Rose
Garden after a game. Randolph
started, and the Blazers went 5-2.
Then in the Blazers’ first-round
playoff series that season against the
Dallas Mavericks, Randolph averaged
13.9 points and 8.7 rebounds.
He finished the season with an
average of 8.4 points, 4.5 rebounds
and 0.5 assists.
“I’ve seen his growth, I’ve seen
the maturity that he’s achieved so
far, and I’m excited for him,”
Blazers coach Maurice Cheeks said.
Randolph has one year left on his
current contract. The extension will
make him a TYail Blazer through the
2010-2011 season.
■ Men's golf
Revamped Ducks hope new
look scores in final challenge
After a poor showing last week, the men's golf team
adjusts its line-up for the Prestige tournament
BY SCOTT J. ADAMS
FREELANCE SPORTS REPORTER
The Oregon men’s golf team
will wrap up its fall season at The
Prestige at PGA West in La Quinta,
Calif. Since the close of the Big
Ten/Pac-10 Challenge last week, the
Ducks have given their starting
rotation a make over and will be
sending only two players who com
peted in the tournament to the par-72,
7,158 yard course at La Quinta.
Junior Kyle Johnson and sopho
more Matt Ma are making their 2004
season debuts in the varsity five this
week and are joined by Anaheim,
Calif., native Matt Amen. This is
Amen’s first start since the season
opener in September at the North
west Collegiate Classic. Junior Chris
Dukeminier is also playing in the
tournament, which marks his
second straight start. Freshman Joey
Benedetti, who led the Ducks at the
Big Ten/Pac-10 Challenge, is playing
as well, making him the only Oregon
golfer to appear in every tournament
this season.
Men’s head coach Steve Nosier
explained the changes late last week.
“We aren’t getting the consistent
performances we need out of guys
who have been our better players in
the past,” Nosier said.
Oregon finished a disappointing
12th out of 14 teams at the Big
Ten/Pac-10 Challenge. Nosier feels
that The Prestige is a prime opportu
nity for his younger players to get
playing time and perhaps improve
the team.
“This week we’re going to give
some other guys a chance to play
and show what they can do,”
Nosier said.
The Prestige has not been a friendly
course for the Ducks in the past, who
finished a humbling 14th last season
at La Quinta. To make matters worse,
the tournament features a daunting
field headed by No. 7 Texas Christian,
defending 2003 champion at The
Prestige. The remaining teams include
No. 11 UCLA, No. 13 Brigham Young,
No. 24 Texas Tech, UC Davis, UC
Irvine, Colorado, Kansas, Northern
Colorado, Notre Dame, Oklahoma,
Pacific, Pepperdine, Stanford and Yale.
Ma should have a decent couple
of outings at the tournament,
considering that he has played the
PGA West course before — the only
Duck to have done so. Last season,
Ma tied for 57th at 14-over 230.
Scott J. Adams is a freelance sports
reporter for the Daily Emerald
Smith: Superstitions can't decide election
Continued from page 9
Yankees, is that it?
Would there be any need for
goatcurse.com?
Come on, Cub fans.
The billy goat and last year’s Steve
Bartman, Game 6 conspiracy theories
are poor excuses for the fact that the
Cubs flat, out choked. Forget the
scapegoat (figurative) goat (literal) and
realize that the entire team suffered
from defensive fundamentals amnesia.
Maybe we could call it the Tom
Emanski curse.
But instead, Cub fans need
something to hold on to.
I think plans are underway
to exhume William “Billy Goat”
Sianis’ body and burn it at 1060 W
Addison St.
All right, maybe not.
It might have already happened for
all I know.
However, in the President’s defense,
and to give hope to Cubs fans, one of
the world’s most famous “curses” was
broken earlier this year when the Red
Sox, who fell victim to the famous
Curse of the Bambino for almost 90
years, finally won the World Series.
So, 86 years of Red Sox futility and
15 presidential elections have one vital
thing in common: Streaks were made
to be broken.
Sorry nation’s populous, there is no
connection between a football team
and a presidential election.
Nothing has been decided yet.
It’s just a happy coincidence.
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