2011 Blazers Offseason Player Thoughts #1 - L-Train (2015 - The Greatest Blazer)

 LaMarcus Aldridge

Question: Could LaMarcus Aldridge, at the end of his current 4 year contract, already be regarded as the greatest Blazer of all-time?

Facts:

• 2010-2011 All-NBA Third Team
• Career LaMarcus Aldridge stats: 6547 points, 2831 rebounds, 1068 off rebounds, 386 blocks, 303 steals, 633 assists.
• 2010-2011 LaMarcus Aldridge stats: 1769 points, 709 rebounds, 278 off rebounds, 94 blocks, 82 steals, 170 assists.
• LaMarcus Aldridge is signed as a Blazer for the next 4 years for a total of $56.256 million. That's an average of $14.064 million /year.

Blazers Career Point Scorers

#13 LaMarcus Aldridge 6547(0 points behind)

#12 Kiki Vanderweghe 6698(151)

 

#11 Damon Stoudamire 6745 (198)

 

#10 Kevin Duckworth 7188 (641) 

 

#9 Sidney Wicks 8882 (2335)

 

#8 Rasheed Wallace 9119 (2572)

 

#7 Mychal Thompson 9215(2668)

 

#6 Geoff Petrie 9732(3185)

 

#5 Jim Paxson 10003(3456)

 

#4 Jerome Kersy 10067(3520)

 

#3 Cliff Robinson 10405(3858)

 

#2 Terry Porter 11330(4783)

 

#1 Clyde Drexler 18040(11493)

 

LaMarcus scored 1769 points this past year. He should become the #10 Blazers scorer somewhere before Christmas this year, needing only 641 points. 

In 2 years time, I expect LaMarcus Aldridge should be challenging for #4 all-time on the list. He needs 3521 points in the next 2 seasons to overtake Jersome Kersy at #4, or roughly 1760/1761 points each of the two seasons. That is an achievable goal that LA should be seeking to achieve.

For him to claim the number #2 all-time Blazers scorer, he needs 4783 points. If he plays the next 4 seasons with the Blazers, he needs to avg. just 1196 points/ season. For Aldridge to claim the #2 spots in the next 3 seasons, he will need to avg. 1595 points /year.

Being 11,493 points behind Clyde, I don't think he will become the Blazers all-time leading scorer this contract.

Blazers Career Total Rebounds

#14 LaMarcus Aldridge 2831(0 behind)

 

#13 Joel Pryzbilla 2872 (41)

 

#12 Maurice Lucas 2876 (45)

 

#11 Zach Randolph 2985 (54)

 

#10 Kevin Duckworth 3327 (496)

 

#9 Cliff Robinson 3352 (521)

 

#8 Lloyd Neal 3370 (539)

 

#7 Arvydas Sabonis 3436 (605)

 

#6 Rasheed Wallace 3797 (966)

 

#5 Sidney Wicks 4086 (1255)

 

#4 Buck Williams 4861 (2030)

 

#3 Mychal Thompson 2878 (2047)

 

#2 Jerome Kersey 5078 (2247)

 

#1 Clyde Drexler 5339 (2508)

 

LaMarcus tallied 709 total rebounds. At the end of next season, I expect LaMarcus to be #7 on the all time Blazers career rebounding list, needing only 606 rebounds to pass Arvydas Sabonis on the list. 

After the following season(2012-2013), I expect that LaMarcus Aldridge should be #5 on the list.

For him to become the All-time career Blazers rebounder, he needs 2509 rebounds. For him to do that during this 4 year contract, he will need to avg. 628 rebounds/year the next 4 years.

His past 3 years rebounding totals:

'10-11: 709 rebounds

'09-10: 627 rebounds

'08-09: 605 rebounds 

628 rebounds/year for 4 years to become the Blazers leading rebounder.

Blazers Career Offensive Rebounds

#6 LaMarcus Aldridge 1068(0 points behind)

#5 Kevin Duckworth 1163 (95)

#4 Mychal Thompson 1489 (421)

#3 Buck Williams 1694 (626)

#2 Jerome Kersey 1900 (832)

#1 Clyde Drexler 2227 (1159)

LaMarcus Aldridge Off Rebounds by Year:

Rookie '06-07: 144 off rebounds

'07-08: 220 off rebounds

'08-09: 234 off rebounds

'09-10: 192 off rebounds

'10-11: 279 off rebounds

To become #2 on the Blazers Off Rebounding all-time career leaders, he would need 833 off rebounds. That breaks down to 209 off rebounds each of the next 4 years. Looking at what he's done the past 4 years, if he stays healthy, that doesn't look like an issue.

To become the Blazers all-time career Off Rebounding leader, he would need 1160 off rebounds. For LaMarcus to achieve that during his current contract, he would need to avg. 285 off rebounds a season. This is just 6 more than he had last season. If he improved in this area just slightly, I think that this is in sight for this contract. Goal.

These aren't video game numbers, these our records.

Blazers Career Blocks

#11 LaMarcus Aldridge 386(0 behind)

#10 Theo Ratliff 387 (1)

#9 Wayne Cooper 425 (39)

#8 Arvydas Sabonis 494 (108)

#7 Bill Walton 533 (147)

#6 Clyde Drexler 594 (208)

#5 Joel Pryzbilla 607 (221)

#4 Jerome Kersey 622 (236)

#3 Rasheed Wallace 693 (307)

#2 Cliff Robinson 726 (340)

#1 Mychal Thompson 768 (382)

LaMarcus Aldridge Career Blocks:

'10-11: 94 blocks

'09-10: 48 blocks

'08-09: 77 blocks

'07-08: 94 blocks

'06-07: 73 blocks

If you use his average of 77.2 blocks/year, for the next 4 years, you get 309 blocks. That puts him ahead of Jerome Kersey and Sheed, at #3 all-time in blocks as a Blazer.

For LaMarcus Aldridge to become the Blazers all-time leader in blocks he needs 382 blocks. At his current pace this will take 5 seasons to become the leader. For LaMarcus Aldridge to become the all-time leader during this contract, he will need to avg. 96 blocks/season for the next 4 years. While this is possible, as he's had 2 seasons with 94 blocks, he'd need to bring it for the next 4 years to avg. these 96 blocks/season and become the all-time Blazers block leader.

Blazers Career Steals

#21 LaMarcus Aldridge 303 (0 behind)

#20 Brandon Roy 332 (29 *still an active Blazer)

#19 Arvydas Sabonas 370 (67)

#18 Ruben Patterson 384 (81)

#17 Dave Twardzik 396 (93)

#16 Scottie Pippen 417 (114)

#15 Bonzi Wells 420 (117) *of course Bonzi would stop at that number

#14 Buck Williams 424 (121)

#13 Darnell Valentine 494 (191)

#12 Mychal Thompson 504 (201)

#11 Rod Strickland 508 (207)

#10 Rasheed Wallace 555 (252)

#9 Damon Stoudamire 556 (253)

#8 Bob Gross 593 (290)

#7 Lionel Hollins 598 (295)

#6 Cliff Robinson 696 (393)

I think a reasonable target is 75 steals/season, after he's had 82/67/77 the past 3 seasons.

4 seasons @ 75 steals/season = 300 more steals.

That puts LaMarcus Aldridge at 603 steals, or #7 all-time in Blazers steals.

Summary:

If LaMarcus Aldridge can avg better than these over the course of his 4 year deal:

1200 points/season -> #2 all-time leading Blazer scorer

628 rebounds/season -> All-time leading Blazer rebounder

285 off rebounds/season -> All-time leading Blazer off-rebounder (209 off rebounds/season -> #2 All-time leading Blazer in off rebounder)

96 blocks/season -> All-time leading Blazer in blocks (77 blocks/season -> #3 All-time leading Blazer in blocks)

75 steals/season -> #7 All-time leading Blazer in steals

If he stay's healthy and he isn't traded, then he goes down as one of the All-Time Blazer greats.

So, where do you think LaMarcus finishes in our all-time greats?