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re: Updated: Zach Randolph leaves bench to give his warmup to a special needs child

Posted on 12/12/13 at 8:41 am to
Posted by jojothetireguy
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Posted on 12/12/13 at 8:41 am to
quote:

"I just don't want the day to come where I pick up that paper and it says [Zach] shot someone, or that he was shot. Every day that goes by that I don't see that, I feel good."

-Moe Smedley (Randolph's HS coach)


so far, so good.
Posted by twhorn
Athens
Member since Jun 2013
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Posted on 12/12/13 at 8:54 am to
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so far, so good.


Might want to google search that one. His friends back in Portland were some bad news bears.

That said, this is an awesome gesture.
Posted by AdamDeMamp
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Posted on 12/12/13 at 8:58 am to
Posted by Kracka
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Posted on 12/12/13 at 9:09 am to
that was awesome.
Posted by tigergym
South Central LA
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Posted on 12/12/13 at 9:14 am to

Very Cool

Posted by rondo
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Posted on 12/12/13 at 9:22 am to
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Shirt off his back..that he gets for free damn



JJ...thats a good dude.
Posted by Silverstein
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Posted on 12/12/13 at 9:25 am to
Posted by RummelTiger
Texas
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Posted on 12/12/13 at 9:25 am to
Awesome!

Literally gave the little guy the shirt off his back.

Posted by JohnnyKilroy
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Posted on 12/12/13 at 9:28 am to
Damn I love Z-Bo
Posted by SwaggerCopter
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Posted on 12/12/13 at 9:28 am to
Props to Z-Bo, and props to that mom. Most kids with down syndrome aren't born in this age of abortion because of the myth they can't live a happy life.

That kid looked pretty happy to me. And I think this video has spread plenty of joy today. Sorry to hijack.
Posted by tigerbaittrick
Member since Jan 2010
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Posted on 12/12/13 at 9:38 am to
That's awesome. Good to see athletes who aren't all about themselves. Especially in the middle of a game.
Posted by HotWheelz77
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Posted on 12/12/13 at 10:13 am to
Boss move
Posted by SaintLSUnAtl
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Posted on 12/12/13 at 10:16 am to
How did this get a downvote?

Nice move on Zach's part
Posted by RTR America
Memphis, TN
Member since Aug 2012
39600 posts
Posted on 12/12/13 at 10:19 am to
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That's awesome. Good to see athletes who aren't all about themselves. Especially in the middle of a game.



He did a cool thing earlier this year. He saw some kid who still had a Rudy Gay jersey on. He told one of the trainers to run to the one of the stores in the stadium and buy the kid a couple of his jerseys and to put it on his account.

He has been an extremely charitable guy while in Memphis. The beginning of the clip in the OP the announcers are talking about how he has been working with MLG&W (Memphis Utilities company) to pay for a bunch of people's utilities for the rest of this year.

He won November's Community assist award

quote:

Randolph distributed 900 Thanksgiving food baskets at Booker T. Washington High School and Hamilton High School in Memphis. At both events, select families received tickets from Randolph to attend an upcoming Grizzlies game. Randolph also donated 500 turkeys and 500 spiral hams to be given away to 1,000 people at the Clarence Faulkner Community Center in Marion, Ind. In addition to Thanksgiving meals, he contributed 300 winter coats to students at Memphis’ A.B. Hill Elementary.

“I love to give back to kids in need and from single-parent homes because I was one of those kids growing up, so I feel as though I can relate,” said Randolph. “It’s a blessing for me to be able to help someone else."




Posted by 7thWardTiger
Richmond, Texas
Member since Nov 2009
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Posted on 12/12/13 at 10:20 am to
Damn, who started chopping onions this morning!!
Posted by dawg4lyfe
Member since May 2012
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Posted on 12/12/13 at 10:46 am to
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“I love to give back to kids in need and from single-parent homes because I was one of those kids growing up, so I feel as though I can relate,” said Randolph. “It’s a blessing for me to be able to help someone else."
Posted by DeathValley85
Member since May 2011
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Posted on 12/12/13 at 11:16 am to
I liked how there was no hesitation. Just oh you want this shirt? Here ya go!
Posted by Rebel
Graceland
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Posted on 12/12/13 at 11:23 am to
there was a dark cloud hanging over Z-Bo when he first arrived in Memphis from Los Angeles. but since the first day he was a grizzly, he has been a class act.

trading Q. Richardson had to be the best personnel move in 2009.
Posted by DMagic
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Member since Aug 2010
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Posted on 12/12/13 at 11:28 am to
Awesome dude. Glad he got out of that hellhole that was Portland at the time.
Posted by Thurber
NWLA
Member since Aug 2013
15402 posts
Posted on 12/12/13 at 12:00 pm to
That's a very cool gesture.
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