Luke Ridnour

Team Number:	13
Birth Date:	02/13/1981
Height:	6'2
Weight:	175lbs.
Position:	Guard

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Lucas Robin "Luke" Ridnour was born on February 13, 1981 in Idaho. He was on two state title-winning teams at Blaine High School in Washington, and was named a high school All-American by both McDonald's and Parade in 2000 his graduating year.

Ridnour went on to star at the University of Oregon, where he teamed with Luke Jackson to take the Ducks to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament twice including the Elite 8 in 2002. He set the school season record for assists (218) and made a conference-record 62 consecutive free throws. Luke averaged 19.7 points per game and 6.6 assist per game. Ridnour left Oregon after his junior year, when he was Pac-10 Player of the Year.

Luke Ridnour was picked 14th in the 2003 NBA Draft by the Seattle SuperSonics. Luke Ridnour played sparingly his rookie season, but became the starting point guard for the Sonics in the 2004–05 season. He participated in the 2005 All-Star weekend, playing in the Rookie Challenge and in the Skills Challenge. On August 13, 2008, Ridnour was involved in a three-team, six-player deal involving the Sonics (which had become the Oklahoma City Thunder), the Milwaukee Bucks, and the Cleveland Cavaliers that sent Milwaukee's Mo Williams to Cleveland, Cleveland's Joe Smith and Milwaukee's Desmond Mason to Oklahoma City, Cleveland's Damon Jones and Ridnour and Adrian Griffin to Milwaukee, which ended Ridnour's five-year run with the Sonics/Thunder.

On July 21, 2010, Luke Ridnour signed a 4-year $16 million contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves.