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  • Luke Ridnour
  • #8
  • Guard
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2007-08 Statistics

PPG
6.4
RPG
1.50
APG
4.0
EFF
+ 7.62
Born: Feb 13, 1981
Height: 6-2 /  1,88
Weight: 175  lbs. / 79,4  kg.
College: Oregon
Years Pro: 5

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Background

2003-04:
Scored a career-high 17 points at Denver on 12/20…Grabbed a career-high six rebounds at Houston on 2/29 and vs. Toronto on 2/12…Handed out a career-high 13 assists vs. Dallas on 4/10, adding 16 points…Scored in double-figures in 19 games…Led the team in assists six times…Did not play - coach’s decision in 13 games…Started six games, averaging 10.0 points and 5.0 assists and shooting 55.6%...Sonics went 4-2 in those games.

COLLEGE:
Named Honorable Mention All-America by The Associated Press as a sophomore and junior…In his junior year, was named Pac-10 Conference Player of the Year and also earned the Pac-10 Tournament MVP Award, joining Sean Elliott (Arizona) as the only other player to win both awards in the same year…Became the first Duck to win Pac-10 Freshman of the Year honors…Ranks third all-time at Oregon in assists, second in steals, third in three-pointers, ninth in scoring, tenth in free throws made, second in free-throw percentage and eighth in three-point field-goal percentage…2002-03 (Junior): Voted team MVP and the team’s best defender…Set the single-season Oregon assist mark with 218, eclipsing Ron Lee’s 184 (1975-76)…His 63 steals tied the school mark co-held by Terrell Brandon and Freddie Jones…Set a school and Pac-10 record with 62 consecutive free throws made…Led the Pac-10 in assists (6.6 per game, tenth in the nation) and free-throw percentage (88.0%, 21st in the nation)…Ranked second in scoring in the Pac-10 (19.7 ppg), steals (1.9 spg), third in three-pointers (2.5 per game) and sixth in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.69)…Matched his career high with 28 points twice vs. Oregon State and Washington State…Dished out a career-high 11 assists twice vs. Oregon State and Washington…2001-02 (Sophomore): Earned All-Pac-10 honors…Ranked 13th in the Pac-10 in scoring (15.5 ppg) and third in assists (5.0 apg)…His 93 three-pointers were just one behind the single-season leader at Oregon, Orlando Williams (94 in 1995)…Named to the NCAA All-Midwest Region Team…Scored 20 points vs. Texas’ T.J. Ford in the Ducks’ NCAA Sweet 16 win over the Longhorns…Matched a career high with 28 points in Oregon’s NCAA second-round win over Wake Forest…2000-01 (Freshman): Only Oregon player to start every game…Led his team and ranked sixth in the Pac-10 in assists (3.8 apg) and was fifth on team in scoring (7.4 ppg).


Personal

  • Full name is Lukas Robin Ridnour
  • Parents are Rob and Muriel Ridnour
  • Coached at Blaine High School by his father; the team won consecutive Washington State AA titles
  • Sister Heather played basketball at Eastern Washington University
  • Grew up a fan of the Sonics
  • Majored in sociology at Oregon
  • Nicknames include "The Kid", "The Mop" and "Cool Hand Luke"
  • SUPERSONICS.COM: Sonics Fill Needs with Collison and Ridnour
  • Collison's and Ridnour's Parallel Tracks Intersect
  • Ridnour Plays the Waiting Game
  • Ridnour Opens Eyes
  • Ridnour Finds His Groove
  • Ridnour Concludes Successful Rookie Season
  • Growing Pains for Ridnour
  • Ridnour Looking to Do More
  • Ridnour's Time is Now