LaMarcus Aldridge

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Basketball player
LaMarcus Aldridge
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Player information
Full name LaMarcus Nurae Aldridge
birthday 19th July 1985 (age 35)
place of birth Dallas , Texas , United States
size 211 cm
position Power Forward / Center
college Texas at Austin
NBA draft 2006 , 2nd pick, Chicago Bulls
Club information
society San Antonio Spurs
league NBA
Jersey number 12
Clubs as active
2006–2015 Portland Trail Blazers Since 2015 San Antonio SpursUnited StatesUnited States
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LaMarcus Nurae Aldridge (born July 19, 1985 in Dallas , Texas ) is an American basketball player who is under contract with the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA . Prior to that, he worked for the Portland Trail Blazers for nine years . Aldridge has been an NBA All-Star seven times in his career and was elected to five All-NBA teams . Prior to his professional career, he played two seasons of college basketball with the Texas Longhorns . In the subsequent NBA draft in 2006 , he was selected in second place.

NBA career

Portland Trail Blazers (2006-2015)

Aldridge was selected second in the 2006 NBA draft by the Chicago Bulls and shortly thereafter transferred to the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for Tyrus Thomas . In his debut season, which earned him the election to the NBA All-Rookie First Team , Aldridge received playing time mainly after the injury to center Joel Przybilla . In 2007/08 he was able to establish himself as a regular and high performer after Greg Oden , Portlands hopefuls in the center position, failed before the start of the season.

Aldridge in the 2008-09 season

In the 2010/11 season Aldridge celebrated his breakthrough. Despite the injuries to Brandon Roy and Oden, Aldridge led the Blazers to the playoffs, where they lost six games in the first round to eventual NBA champion Dallas Mavericks . With 21.8 points and 8.8 rebounds per game Aldridge achieved career highs. He was elected to the All-NBA Third Team and finished second behind Kevin Love in the election for the NBA Most Improved Player . The following season was not so good again. Aldridge only played 55 games due to injuries, but led the Blazers as the top scorer with 21.7 points per game. However, the playoffs were missed.

2013-14 Aldridge had his best season. He achieved career highs with 23.2 points, 11.1 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game. In addition, he managed on January 23, 2014 a career high of 44 points against the Denver Nuggets . At the side of point guard Damian Lillard , he reached the second playoff round with the Blazers for the first time in his career. During the playoff series against the Houston Rockets , Aldridge achieved a career record in the first playoff game on April 20, 2014 with 46 points. This was also the highest point haul of a Blazers player in the playoffs. In the second game he got 43 points; so he is next to Michael Jordan , Allen Iverson , Jerry West and Tracy McGrady only the fifth player in NBA history to get 89 or more points in the first two playoff games. In addition to his third All-Star nomination, he was also appointed to the All-NBA Third Team.

In the 2014/15 season , Aldridge again improved his points average to 23.4 points and was appointed to the All-NBA Second Team for the first time . In the NBA All-Star Game , he replaced Anthony Davis as a starter. On March 10, 2015, Aldridge became the most successful rebounder in the history of the Trail Blazers. With the Blazers he reached the playoffs, but retired in the first round.

San Antonio Spurs (since 2015)

On July 4th, Aldridge announced that he would be returning to his Texan homeland and playing for the San Antonio Spurs . He signed a 4-year contract for $ 80 million. For him, the back number 12 of the former Spurs player Bruce Bowen , which had not been assigned until then, was released again with his blessing for Aldridge. Aldridge had a strong front court with Tim Duncan and Kawhi Leonard . For his good performance, Aldridge was invited to the All-Star Game for the fifth time in his career. The Spurs achieved a new club record with 67 wins this season, as well as second place in the Western Conference behind the Golden State Warriors .

After Duncan announced his resignation in 2016, Aldridge had much more responsibility and he led the Spurs to further playoffs and All-Star nominations in 2017 and 2018. On January 10, 2019, Aldridge set a new career record with 56 points in a win in double overtime against the Oklahoma City Thunder . Again he led the Spurs to the playoffs, where they lost to the Denver Nuggets in the first round .

Awards

NBA statistics

Legend
  GP Matches played (Games Played)   GS  Games from the beginning (Games started)  MPG  Graduated minutes per game (Minutes per game)
 FG%  Throw rate from the field (field goal percentage)  3P%  Throwing quota three-point throws (3-point field-goal percentage)  FT%  Free throw rate (free-throw percentage)
 RPG  Rebounds per game (rebounds per game)  APG  Assists per game (assists per game)  SPG  Steals per game (steals per game)
 BPG  Blocks per game (blocks per game)  PPG  Points per game (points per game)  FAT  Career record

Regular season

season team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2006-07 Portland 63 22nd 22.1 .503 .000 .722 5.0 .4 0.3 1.2 9.0
2007-08 Portland 76 76 34.9 .484 .143 .762 7.6 1.6 0.7 1.2 17.8
2008-09 Portland 81 81 37.1 .484 .250 .781 7.5 1.9 1.0 1.0 18.1
2009-10 Portland 78 78 37.5 .495 .313 .757 8.0 2.1 0.9 0.6 17.9
2010-11 Portland 81 81 39.6 .500 .174 .791 8.8 2.1 1.0 1.2 21.8
2011-12 Portland 55 55 36.3 .512 .182 .814 8.0 2.4 0.9 0.8 21.7
2012–13 Portland 74 74 37.7 .484 .143 .810 9.1 2.6 0.8 1.2 21.1
2013-14 Portland 69 69 36.2 .458 .200 .822 11.1 2.6 0.9 1.0 23.2
2014–15 Portland 71 71 35.4 .466 .352 .845 10.2 1.7 0.7 1.0 23.4
2015–16 San Antonio 74 74 30.6 .513 .000 .858 8.5 1.5 0.5 1.1 18.0
2016–17 San Antonio 72 72 32.4 .477 .411 .812 7.3 1.9 0.6 1.2 17.3
2017-18 San Antonio 75 75 33.5 .510 .293 .837 8.5 2.0 0.6 1.2 23.1
2018–19 San Antonio 81 81 33.2 .519 .238 .847 9.2 2.4 0.5 1.3 21.3
total 950 909 34.5 .491 .283 .810 8.4 2.0 0.7 1.1 19.6

Web links

Commons : LaMarcus Aldridge  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ LaMarcus Aldridge becomes Blazers all-time leading rebounder ( Memento from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Fran Blinebury: Aldridge move just another masterclass by ever-evolving Spurs. NBA.com's Hang Time Blog, July 4, 2015, accessed July 5, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Bruce Bowen allows LaMarcus Aldridge to wear retired No. 12 jersey with San Antonio Spurs. ESPN, July 9, 2015, accessed July 12, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Aldridge scores 56, Spurs outlast Thunder 154-147 in 2OT
personal data
SURNAME Aldridge, LaMarcus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Aldridge, LaMarcus Nurae (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH July 19, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Dallas , Texas