LaMarcus Aldridge · TheSportsDB · Courtesy of TheSportsDB
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1985-07-19 ) July 19, 1985 (age 40) , Dallas, Texas , U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
- Listed weight
- 250 lb (113 kg)
- High school
- Seagoville (Dallas, Texas)
- College
- Texas (2004–2006)
- Nba draft
- 2006 : 1st round, 2nd overall pick
- Drafted by
- Chicago Bulls
- Playing career
- 2006–2022
- Position
- Power forward / center
- Number
- 12, 21
- 2006 2015
- Portland Trail Blazers
- 2015 2021
- San Antonio Spurs
- 2021 2022
- Brooklyn Nets
- Points
- 20,558 (19.1 ppg)
- Rebounds
- 8,736 (8.1 rpg)
- Assists
- 2,076 (1.9 apg)
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Basketball
- Position
- Center
- Nationality
- United States
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Dallas
- Occupation
- basketball player
- Native language
- English language
- Sport
- basketball
- Position played
- power forward
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 109
- Official website
- www.lamarcusaldridge.com/aldridge/index
- Image
- LaMarcus Aldridge (51830745547) (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 211
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- Commons category
- LaMarcus Aldridge
- date of birth
- 1985-07-19
- drafted by
- Chicago Bulls
- sport number
- 12
- start of work period
- 2006-00-00
- social media followers
- 735791
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Encyclopedic overview
LaMarcus Nurae Aldridge (born July 19, 1985) is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 16 seasons. He played college basketball for two seasons with the Texas Longhorns. Aldridge was selected second overall in the 2006 NBA draft. After spending nine seasons with the Portland Trail Blazers, he signed with the San Antonio Spurs in 2015. In March 2021, he signed with the Brooklyn Nets after the Spurs bought out his contract. He retired after two weeks due to an irregular heartbeat, but returned to the Nets the following season after receiving medical clearance.
Widely known for his signature fadeaway jump shot, Aldridge has been selected to five All-NBA teams and is a seven-time NBA All-Star.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “LaMarcus Aldridge” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.