April 3, 2003

Portland Trail Blazers President and General Manager Bob Whitsitt announced today that Zach Randolph has been suspended for two games without pay and fined an additional $100,000 for his conduct at practice yesterday.

Randolph will miss tonight’s game against the Utah Jazz and Friday’s contest at Golden State. He will be eligible to return to the team for its game against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday, April 6.

“While these types of disagreements happen in practice during the course of a season due to the physical and competitive nature of basketball, this instance crossed the line and this type of behavior will not be tolerated by our organization without the individuals being held accountable for their actions,” Whitsitt said.