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blazerkor said:


All class. That's what we've got with Dame. Do I agree that we should retire LaMarcus's number? I don't think I do but that's Dame. Undying loyalty and while some of you can look at it as a flaw, if he is surrounded by the right people (Coaching, GM and players) it's an unbelievable strength.
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Dame's hand wringing was really distracting :lol:
 
EL PRESIDENTE said:
Absolutely not.

I wouldn't retire Roy or Aldridge.

Roy was just here too short of a time, Aldridge left us high and dry to greener pastures when we could have been competing in Dame's prime.

I'd retire Jerome Kersey before either of them.
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I'm not disagreeing with you. I was just giving a reason pretty much as to why we shouldn't be retiring his number.
 
blazerkor said:
LaMarcus Aldridge put up some of the best numbers in our franchise's history and I hope he has a great retirement but the idea that he would be the best Blazers player of all time was laughable when he said it. I credit him with contributing to winning and putting up some great numbers while doing it. I'm glad he got to have a career as long as he did. When he was diagnosed with his heart issues during his rookie year I worried that it would cut his career short but obviously he had longevity. Fourteen plus NBA seasons is a great run.

With his retirement maybe some of us that still do can stop thinking about what might have been if Oden, Roy and Aldridge would have been able to play together, healthy, for an extended period of time. He outlasted them both. He played the fifth most games of all time for our team. He is the franchise's all time leading rebounder and likely will be for quite some time. We all wished that he was a guy with a different attitude to go with all of his gifts and skills but he was our guy for a good period of time.

I wished he'd left us under different circumstances... this isn't just an opportunity to get in a dig on Neil but it's still inexcusable to lose a player after nine seasons and third in a row as an all star for nothing. Letting LaMarcus walk at the height of his career, averaging 23 and 10 while showing off his three point range for the first time, without a mid-season trade for some value is terrible. I don't blame LaMarcus, that was his decision... just like it was his decision to not give the team any guarantees that he was staying. I never disliked Aldridge for any of his perceived shortcomings for our team and again I'm both appreciative for his contributions to the organization and hope he has a great post playing life.
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Bro he told Olshey in his face don’t trade me I’m resigning. Then he told the media it’s a foregone conclusion I’m resigning and want to be a Blazer for life.

So Olshey should have said “fuck that”?
 
AldoTrapani said:
Bro he told Olshey in his face don’t trade me I’m resigning.
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When did he say that? I don't remember him making assurances to the team that he would re-sign. I remember him telling the media that he wanted to retire as the greatest blazer ever, but I also remember the year or two prior that he had essentially asked for a trade.
 
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

April 15, 2021


Statement from Neil Olshey on the retirement of LaMarcus Aldridge


“LaMarcus had a storied NBA career and his time as a Trail Blazer will always be remembered fondly. Any success we experienced during his tenure in Portland would not have been possible without his work ethic, dedication and talent.

During his nine seasons in Portland, LaMarcus battled through multiple injuries and health concerns but never once allowed them to affect his commitment to his teammates and coaches on the court or the people that benefited from his outreach in the community off the court.

He will go down as one of the best players in the history of the franchise and while it is sad to see his career cut short, he will always be a member of the Trail Blazer family and we wish him the best in all future endeavors.”
 
I don't really understand why people are acting like LMA is 25 or something. He's 35 and he's clearly on the tail end of his career. How long did people think he was going to play? 40? If his knees had been the reason he retired, would people be saying his career was cut short?

Roy's career was cut short. Aldridge had a long career.
 
AldoTrapani said:
Bro he told Olshey in his face don’t trade me I’m resigning. Then he told the media it’s a foregone conclusion I’m resigning and want to be a Blazer for life.

So Olshey should have said “fuck that”?
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The Blazer for life shit was when he was saying he was going to sign an extension. After he decided not to, it was all about his options and other than that... crickets. You should look this shit up before you make an argument man. This is how people in here kill their credibility.
 
AldoTrapani said:
Bro he told Olshey in his face don’t trade me I’m resigning. Then he told the media it’s a foregone conclusion I’m resigning and want to be a Blazer for life.

So Olshey should have said “fuck that”?
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False. Kim Hughes got fired for leaking that LaMarcus wasn't re-signing with us. Olshey obviously fucked up at the time.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

April 15, 2021


Statement from Neil Olshey on the retirement of LaMarcus Aldridge


“LaMarcus had a storied NBA career and his time as a Trail Blazer will always be remembered fondly. Any success we experienced during his tenure in Portland would not have been possible without his work ethic, dedication and talent.

During his nine seasons in Portland, LaMarcus battled through multiple injuries and health concerns but never once allowed them to affect his commitment to his teammates and coaches on the court or the people that benefited from his outreach in the community off the court.

He will go down as one of the best players in the history of the franchise and while it is sad to see his career cut short, he will always be a member of the Trail Blazer family and we wish him the best in all future endeavors.”
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Future Endeavor'd! :Sly:
 
Whelp no Aldridge next season
 
Should we retire Roy and Aldridge Jersey? Yes? No?
 
kjironman1 said:
I would much rather the Blazers start a ring of fame type thing. If they had that i would have no problem with adding him at all.
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I wouldn't even go that far for Aldridge.

I'd start with:

Roy
Sabonis
Kersey
Buck Williams
Sheed
Duckworth
I guess maybe Aldridge may squeak in there.
 
Every year Dame stays loyal to Portland is another year Aldridge looks worse in comparison.

We're pretty merciless to Drexler, who was a better player who brought us more success before he ditched us for Texas. There are good basketball players who happened to spend time in Portland, and then there are Blazer legends. They both made their choice.

Portlandia remembers.
 
Just remembered that Aldridge gave up over SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS to get his buyout from the Spurs...

Ouch.
 
https://sports.yahoo.com/nba-fact-o...o-ball-and-luke-waltons-future-180909488.html

LaMarcus Aldridge is not a Hall of Famer
LaMarcus Aldridge abruptly retired from the NBA on Thursday, citing an irregular heartbeat in what became his final appearance for the Brooklyn Nets that he called "one of the scariest things I've ever experienced."

His is one of the more unheralded great careers of a generation, largely spent toiling in small markets for the pre-Damian Lillard Portland Trail Blazers and post-Tim Duncan San Antonio Spurs. The 35-year-old's résumé is marked by achievements matched almost entirely by Hall of Famers, and yet his case will be met with the same apathy and lack of proper respect that followed him and his teams throughout his career.

Aldridge was not just on the edge of all-time greatness. He might be the edge.\

He fell 49 points shy of 20,000 career points, a milestone he would have hit with the Nets if not for his abnormal heart rhythm on Saturday. He scored 64 points in five games for Brooklyn since San Antonio bought out the remainder of his contract late last month. Every 20,000-point scorer in NBA history is in the Hall of Fame but the three just ahead of Aldridge: Joe Johnson, Tom Chambers and Antawn Jamison.

Aldridge made seven All-Star teams in his 15 seasons. Everyone with seven or more selections who is eligible for the Hall of Fame is enshrined in Springfield but Larry Foust, whose eight appearances in the 1950s came when the league's eight teams comprised a 20-man roster. Johnson is a seven-time All-Star currently seeking a spot on the Milwaukee Bucks, but he may join Foust when he becomes Hall-eligible.

Aldridge's five All-NBA selections also place him at the border of Springfield. Every player with six or more All-NBA nods is in. The five-timers club includes a who's who of Hall of Fame finalists still awaiting the call, namely Chris Webber, Tim Hardaway and Ben Wallace. Mitch Richmond, the first Hall of Famer mentioned in the "everybody makes it" discussion, made five All-NBA rosters. Blake Griffin will join that list one day.

Aldridge concludes his career with 19,951 points, 8,478 rebounds, 2,034 assists and 1,140 blocks. Only 25 players in NBA history have eclipsed 19,000 points and 8,000 rebounds. All but a pair — two-time All-Stars Jamison and Terry Cummings — are in the Hall of Fame. Add the 2,000 assists and 1,000 blocks, and that list is trimmed to 14 players. Each of them is a Hall of Famer, even if Aldridge's advanced career statistics consistently put him at or near the bottom of that list, along with the likes of Robert Parish and Elvin Hayes.

Parish and Hayes have what Aldridge was still chasing with Brooklyn this season: championship rings. They are not a prerequisite for Springfield, but you can bet if Aldridge had one, his case would be cemented. His teams made the playoffs in nine of his 14 full seasons, winning 50 or more games on six occasions and 60-plus games twice. His 2015-16 Spurs were one of 13 teams in NBA history to win 67 or more games.

Aldridge's playoff résumé is checkered. He averaged 26 points and 11 rebounds in the 2014 playoffs, but his Blazers lost in five games to the eventual champion Spurs in the second round. The following season, Portland owned the second-best record in the Western Conference when Aldridge tore a ligament in his thumb. Six weeks later, Wes Matthews tore his Achilles. Aldridge played through his injury for the remainder of the season, but the Blazers lost in the opening round — one of his six first-round exits in nine chances.

In San Antonio, Aldridge averaged 27 points in the 2016 West semifinals, but the 67-win Spurs blew a 2-1 series lead to Kevin Durant's Oklahoma City Thunder. The next year, they reached the conference finals, but Kawhi Leonard suffered a series-ending injury in an opener San Antonio was set to win. Instead, the Golden State Warriors rolled to a sweep, and Aldridge ended up never winning a game beyond the second round.

There is a real chance Aldridge would have played a vital role in the Nets winning a title this year. Instead, his Hall of Fame case is what it is, each line item teetering on the edge. If he falls short, his career — seven All-Star selections, five All-NBA bids, nearly 20,000 points and a playoff career marked by losses to a pair of the greatest teams ever in his two best shots to make a Finals — is the new threshold for Not Quite Great Enough for enshrinement. That does not sit right, knowing the threshold was lowered for Richmond.

Determination: Fiction
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