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LaMarcus Nurae Aldridge (born July 19, 1985) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for two seasons with the Texas Longhorns. Aldridge was selected second overall in the 2006 NBA draft. After spending nine seasons with the Portland Trail Blazers, he signed with the San Antonio Spurs in 2015.
Damian Lillard played for the Blazers from 2012 – 2023 and is the franchise's all-time leading scorer with 19,376 points. The Portland Trail Blazers are an American professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon. They play in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The franchise was awarded to Portland on February 6, 1970, with ...
Hall of Fame (as both player and coach), Top 50. Spent two years as head coach of the Blazers in the 1970s, including one year as player-coach. Also named one of the Top 10 coaches—the only person to make both lists. [46] Scottie Pippen. Hall of Fame, Top 50. [47] Coach Dr. Jack Ramsay — Hall of Fame, coached the team to their only NBA ...
The post NBA World Reacts To Major LaMarcus Aldridge News appeared first on The Spun. It was a heartbreaking way for the former No. 2 overall pick’s career to end.
The Portland Trail Blazers are suddenly in need of two more members of their once promising Big 3. Damian Lillard is all that remains of a Big 3 that looked to restore dominance and pride to Trail ...
NEW YORK — LaMarcus Aldridge announced his stunning retirement from basketball on Thursday. The ex-Spurs big man, who played five games with the Nets after leaving San Antonio, said in a ...
Six Hall of Fame players have played for the Trail Blazers (Lenny Wilkens, Bill Walton, Clyde Drexler, Dražen Petrović, Arvydas Sabonis, and Scottie Pippen). [17] Bill Walton is the franchise's most decorated player; he was the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player in 1977 , and the regular season MVP the following year .
The NBA world was left stunned earlier today by the sudden retirement announcement of LaMarcus Aldridge due to a heart condition. Aldridge had been productive (12.8 points, 4.8 rebounds per ...