Thinking back on the end of last year and how horrible the trade for Affalo turned out to be, (I needn't mind you how horrible his play was for us) and the very lackluster season for Blake I got to wondering who is the worst blazer player of all time. Of course Raymond Felton immediately comes to mind.
LaMarcus Aldridge. No other player in team history has been as big a detriment as he has. He basically turned a team that had the potential and flexibility to compete for an NBA championship in about a year or two into a shitty lottery team that will probably be historically bad. He was the franchise player. He left while the Blazers were on an upward trajectory and several years of rebuilding just got flushed down the fucking toilet. Fuck LaMarcus Aldridge. Worst. Blazer. Ever.
I loved Antonio Harvey for his hustle and size but I just worried he would goaltend every shot, that's what I remembered about him whenever he was on the court.
Does NO ONE remember why that trade was made? good grief. it was made to give us insurance behind Wesley Matthews, our Iron man. The guy who never got hurt. And then he did. And then we had to throw a lineup together with a guy who just got here... in the middle of the western conference race that went down to the last couple of games... so we got every teams best. Does NO ONE remember that? That trade was AWESOME. Good grief.
Even though he is the most hated right now, LMA should never be on this list. He doesn't even compare to: Raymond Felton Shawn Kemp Damon Stoudamire or JR Rider
