Will be similar to Jermaine’s.. hopefully without the injuries.
However he will have the benefit of playing with Oden who will allow him to drift outside a bit more. which reflects the similarity to Wallace

his off-handed 3-point shooting.

Future hall of famer should be a separate choice in the poll, represented by Tim Duncan.

Bosh does fall in the perennial all star category though.

I think LA is headed for ‘Sheed like territory, maybe a little better due to lack of craziness and better work ethic.

As much as the homer in me wants to say HoF, at this point I can’t. Ask this question again in two seasons and see where Aldridge is at and that may change. He still has to reach all-star level. Once he does that if he’s still improving then we can start the HoF talk.

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If you’re only going to compare LMA’s stats to future all stars, you’ll only get a future all star. His stats also eerily resemble Lamar Odom, Antonio McDyess, and Juwon Howard at the same age. Zach Randolph busted out and averaged 20/10 at age 22.

LMA may or may not become an all star. Using his current stats to project his trajectory is wishful thinking.

will earn that nick name and be a perenial Allstar. I also see him winning soo many games for us in our championship runs that he is considered for hof

ptwnblzr = homer

it had better be higher than 8’, but he probably prefers them higher.

(Sorry, but I couldn’t resist. I was shopping for a light fixture today and was asked the height of MY ceiling.)

Playing with the Blazers and along side Oden, LMA will be able to develop a more outside oriented game. I believe that if he was the sole star on a team he could easily match the numbers of players like Bosh and Garnett. He isn’t the sole star on the Blazers though, so he is going to probably develop a different niche than if he was the sole star of a team. He will be a excellent scorer and solid defender on a championship level team. Because he will be playing with Oden and Roy he probably will play in fewer All-Star games and will certainly not be recognized as a HOF power forward. In exchange for not necessarily being a perennial all-star he will win championships.

or two. There are a lot of good players who get left off the all-star team because that position is stacked. Deron Williams and Baron Davis, from last year, come to mind. It’s possible the Aldridge never gets selected because there are enough good forwards in the West.

16 pts, 8 reb, 1.5 blks while playing alongside Oden and Roy would be very solid, and I think that’s totally reasonable, but not necessarily all-star caliber.

And asked me what his ceiling is and I told them he is never going put up ZBO scoring numbers because the offence isnt centered around him but is in every other way a better player,A couple of AS games and a fist full of rings

“How good CAN LaMarcus Aldridge be?” not “How good WILL he be?”

So I regard this as his ceiling – which, given his youth, is high.
All young lottery picks CAN be perennial all-star great, and some turn out to be, and some don’t.
His ceiling is high, and his floor is low (Manute with an allergy to the paint).
As he keeps playing, the floor-to-ceiling gap will narrow. On WHAT, I’m not sure.
But the ceiling is, for now, very high.

So what.

Of course with a much better attitude. The guy was beasting Tim Duncan and other good power forwards last year. He owned Pau Gasol so I think the Blazers will have the edge there when we play the Lakers.

Being more optimistic, I compared him to Tim Duncan.Aldridge is a little bit underrated because he is not strong enough, you can’t score in the post and rebound well without a big body and some muscle.However I remember seeing some articles saying that LMA’s college coaches didn’t want his players to do weight training too early and too often, maybe that’s the reason Larmarcus is so skinny but skilled and smooth.In my opinion, he has a bright future with his work ethic and willing to add muscle to play post games.

He has all the tools to be a dominant post player. He’s still very young and developing quickly. He definitely needs to add more bulk, improve defense and rebound harder. I think he’ll be far more skilled than Bosh. His footwork is already very good and he has great hands, plus the guy runs the floor like a gazelle. Not a lot of guys in the league with those tools. Since Roy will be more of a distributor and Oden will be more of a dunk machine for awhile, I think Lamarcus has the chance to lead this squad in scoring and become a perennial all star. He’s was called a major project and I believe that he’s far ahead of his development timetable according to early predictions.

The thing I might love most about these Trail Blazers is their interest in adding new skills. They have such a positive mentality about the game of basketball. Every year, you can count on most of the players adding new and important skills to their game. LMA, he developed a post game and got stronger. Pryz found out how to make some free throws. Frye has extended the range on his jump shot another 8 feet and is stdying boxing (I assume to dominate the paint). Martell is still working the kinks out of his game attacking the hoop. Roy and Blake are inveterate gym rats and conditioning monsters. Even Trout has started his conditioning early, which has been a factor, and now is down with the sickness doing two hand drills, etc. Part of it is drive to succeed as a team, and part is that there is such competition for PT.

Back to LMA, he is a different cat. He came in humble and all the talent that he sees around him I think is helping him maintain the right attitude. I think that he has a fantastic base of talent. His steadyness can look like plodding at times. But it is this steadiness and his great work ethic that can push him to actualize more of his potential than the vast majority of players. I really respect LaMarcus. And I think that Portland and Nate’s philosophy of continually developing players is the perfect spot for him. Luke I think is perfect for him. Not many remember that Luke led the Blazers in scoring at least one season. Its not all defense, setting screens and blocking out.

How far could he go? If the Blazers get half the rings over the next decade and he leads the team in scoring two or three of those years, that’s pretty far. I see several all star appearances and depending on whether we are a dynasty, HOF is not out of the question.

Big men take longer to develop than guards. I don’t expect to see another big man have the touch and subtlety to their game of a Duncan or Hakeem. But there is alot of room between those two and the start of the cream of the crop.

LA is/will be a 9. Proly not one of the best ever at his position, but certainly All-Star level.

Its going to fun to watch him school Duncan in the coming years, as he gets better and Duncan gets old.

Unmatched intangibles for a rookie: Making a puzzled commissioner David Stern wear the cap of your university as a punishment for having to wear the wrong hat for fifteen minutes (that travesty needs to go) has probably never been done before, and I think now there must be some official rule against that. Also check out LMA’s hand sign ;-)