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The team was bad at giving Rudy something to do. He was initially played up as a Spanish sex symbol, but blogged on holidays how lonely he was in his apartment. No girlfriend. So in his second year, Pritchard finally told Roy to include Rudy when the players went out, and to stop ostracizing him in the locker room. Too late. Rudy wanted out by then.
 
The_Realist said:
Yet Kevin Durant, from Washington, DC, has no issues living in Oklahoma City.

Yes, it's all Portland's fault. It's not at all the fault of St. Greggers wanting to party like a rock star. He should be fun to watch in Miami as the season progresses.
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OKC isn't nearly as lilly white as Portland either.
 
jlprk said:
Oden didn't embrace Portland? Neither does Aldridge. He's not here all summer. He has no camps for kids. He doesn't donate big bucks like Damon Stoudamire.
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Damon Stoudamire grew up here. He went to Woodrow Wilson HS.
 
Sometimes, more goes into being a franchise player than putting up impressive statistics on the court.
So even though LaMarcus Aldridge was a catalyst in the Trail Blazers' season-opening victory against the Lakers on Wednesday, hitting his first five shots and finishing with 19 points, he made perhaps an even bigger impact earlier in the week, when he put up a different set of impressive numbers.

Aldridge, the 27-year-old who has become the franchise centerpiece in his seventh season in Portland, bought and personally delivered 100 turkey dinners to Northeast Portland families in need.

"They needed to see that someone cares about them," Aldridge said.

Aldridge is an intensely personal and guarded man. He is more wary than willing while interacting. But behind those barriers lies a huge heart, and a couple of weeks ago, the words of a young Portland woman seeped past his hardened veneer and latched on to that heart, inspiring him to spend the $5,000 to buy the food.
 
Many black basketball players have come to Ptd and managed to excel and not become alcoholics. The Ptd white thing is an excuse.

I love the way De'Anthony Thomas embraced Eugene and said it is the perfect environment to get away from all the pressures he felt in CA and just concentrate on football.

Not completely faulting Oden as it made sense for him to get the hell out of dodge. But while he was here, the vibe I got was more isolation from his teammates and fans than anything else. I think there was one year I felt he was part of the team, but mostly you never saw him on the bench and he was more of an enigma than anything else. I'm sure it was tough on Oden, but not everyone would have handled it the way he did.
 
Treaty_of_Batum said:
Sometimes, more goes into being a franchise player than putting up impressive statistics on the court.
So even though LaMarcus Aldridge was a catalyst in the Trail Blazers' season-opening victory against the Lakers on Wednesday, hitting his first five shots and finishing with 19 points, he made perhaps an even bigger impact earlier in the week, when he put up a different set of impressive numbers.

Aldridge, the 27-year-old who has become the franchise centerpiece in his seventh season in Portland, bought and personally delivered 100 turkey dinners to Northeast Portland families in need.

"They needed to see that someone cares about them," Aldridge said.

Aldridge is an intensely personal and guarded man. He is more wary than willing while interacting. But behind those barriers lies a huge heart, and a couple of weeks ago, the words of a young Portland woman seeped past his hardened veneer and latched on to that heart, inspiring him to spend the $5,000 to buy the food.
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Doh for jlpk
 
As I said, why does a player have to "embrace" (donate to?) his city. So I was defending Oden, not criticizing Aldridge, but since you guys want me to play that part...

So you looked back and the only thing you could find was that a year ago, Aldridge spent $5000 on 100 turkey dinners. These weren't $50 turkeys. These were $50 meals, apparently on a solid gold platter. He fed 100 people at the Salvation Army one rich man's meal each. A contracted stomach can only hold so much before it vomits and craps the rest. There must be some more efficient use of that 50 bucks. Was it all for show?

You won't get far in painting Aldridge as a local philanthropist. This summer, living in Los Angeles, he made some crack about preferring that city. It was on this board but I've forgotten what it was.
 
jlprk said:
As I said, why does a player have to "embrace" (donate to?) his city. So I was defending Oden, not criticizing Aldridge, but since you guys want me to play that part...

So you looked back and the only thing you could find was that a year ago, Aldridge spent $5000 on 100 turkey dinners. These weren't $50 turkeys. These were $50 meals, apparently on a solid gold platter. He fed 100 people at the Salvation Army one rich man's meal each. A contracted stomach can only hold so much before it vomits and craps the rest. There must be some more efficient use of that 50 bucks. Was it all for show?

You won't get far in painting Aldridge as a local philanthropist. This summer, living in Los Angeles, he made some crack about preferring that city. It was on this board but I've forgotten what it was.
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He also hosted a charity basketball game, the proceeds of which went to breast cancer awareness, Providence/St. Vincent's Cardio Vascular Institue and New Avenues for Youth. I remember a few years ago after the nuclear disaster in Japan he also donated $1,000 per point in a game to a relief fund. He was given the inagural Maurice Lucas award a couple years back which is given to the player who 'best represents the true spirit of Maurice Lucas through contributions on the court and in the community'. Since then I think it's gone to Wes and Lillard. I think Aldridge is a private person and doesn't seek attention especially off the court, which is why you may have this opinion of him.
 
noknobs said:
He also hosted a charity basketball game, the proceeds of which went to breast cancer awareness, Providence/St. Vincent's Cardio Vascular Institue and New Avenues for Youth. I remember a few years ago after the nuclear disaster in Japan he also donated $1,000 per point in a game to a relief fund. He was given the inagural Maurice Lucas award a couple years back which is given to the player who 'best represents the true spirit of Maurice Lucas through contributions on the court and in the community'. Since then I think it's gone to Wes and Lillard. I think Aldridge is a private person and doesn't seek attention especially off the court, which is why you may have this opinion of him.
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It's funny how similar to Rasheed he is in so many respects.
 
noknobs said:
He also hosted a charity basketball game, the proceeds of which went to breast cancer awareness, Providence/St. Vincent's Cardio Vascular Institue and New Avenues for Youth. I remember a few years ago after the nuclear disaster in Japan he also donated $1,000 per point in a game to a relief fund. He was given the inagural Maurice Lucas award a couple years back which is given to the player who 'best represents the true spirit of Maurice Lucas through contributions on the court and in the community'. Since then I think it's gone to Wes and Lillard. I think Aldridge is a private person and doesn't seek attention especially off the court, which is why you may have this opinion of him.
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Those first 2 sentences are a nice little $25,000 gift each year With all his money, it's not big time, but as I said, my point was, why does a player have to embrace his city.
 
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