He's fine as a #1 option. But he can't be expected to win games all the time like Roy did. We need a Ginobili or Tony Parker type. He doesn't have to be as good as Brandon Roy, but he has to be a lot better creator from the perimeter than Crawford or Batum.
Taking into account his impact, stats, and overall value to the team, LaMarcus is a top 10 player in the league right now. The others: 1. LBJ 2. CP 3. Kobe 4. Dwight 5. Rose 6. KD 7. DWade 8. Aldridge 9. Westbrook 10/11. Love/Griffin
Roy, Clyde and Walton cast huge shadows, but I'm starting to wonder if Aldridge might just be on course to being the best Blazer of all time. If he can reproduce this season for the next 6-7 years, he'll have had a higher, longer PER prime years than Clyde (who had a PER over 23 only three times), and much longer shelf life than Walton or Roy.
For anyone interested here are some of the Blazers scoring leaders through their 6th year. http://bkref.com/tiny/uhmw0
That's an interesting thought ... Here's the players that have posted a PER over 20 for the team in a given year. Aldridge WS/48 is third highest behind only behind Sabonis and Porter and bests Roy and Clyde's best years. http://www.basketball-reference.com...comp=gt&c6mult=1.0&c6stat=&order_by=ws_per_48 EDIT: It also makes you wonder just how awesome Sabonis would have been in his prime if he hadn't been held up by the Rooskies from coming over.
Clyde Drexler (18,040) Terry Porter (11,330) Clifford Robinson (10,405) Jerome Kersey (10,067) Jim Paxson (10,003) Bill Walton only played for the Blazers for four seasons (1974-78) and scored 3578 total points for them.
Wrong Cliff Robinson; ours goes by Clifford: http://bkref.com/tiny/EoSHZ Also, you only went through Porter's 5th season. I fixed that too.
One of the greatest NBA players ever. Plus, imagine Drexler, Porter, Sabonis and really, whoever. Rings baby!