Zach Randolph hopes to sign a four year contract extension with the Memphis Grizzlies and avoid free agency this summer.

"That’s something I have said all along that I wanted," Randolph said, "and I feel better about it now than I did at the beginning of the year. But I am concentrating on coming out and winning games, and focusing on controlling what I can control.”

If the Grizzlies and Randolph can’t get a deal done, the team will be facing some difficult choices this summer, with both Randolph and center Marc Gasol hitting free agency.

Randolph is averaging 20.1 points and 12.6 rebounds, which would make him the only player to post averages of 20-and-10 for the last three years.