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How Acquired/Draft Background:
Acquired by Portland from the Chicago Bulls with a future second-round draft pick for Viktor Khryapa and the draft rights to Tyrus Thomas (fourth pick overall) on June 28, 2006. Originally selected by the Bulls in the first round (second pick overall) of the 2006 NBA Draft.
2008-09:
Averaged a career-high 18.1 points (48.4% FG, 78.1% FT) to go with 7.5 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 0.95 steals, 0.95 blocked shots and 37.1 minutes in 81 games (all starts)
Ranked first on the team and tied for eighth among league qualifiers with 2.9 offensive rebounds per game and second on the team at 7.5 total rebounds ... Led the team with 19 double-doubles ... Scored 20-plus points in 37 games ... Second on the team with 77 steals and 77 blocks ... Led the team in scoring 25 times and rebounding 17 times (including ties) ... Grabbed 10-plus rebounds in 19 games
Led Portland in steals 21 times (including ties) and minutes a team-high 37 times
Averaged 19.1 points and 8.6 rebounds in 29 games after the All-Star break
Among NBA leaders, ranked 31st in points per game, 28th in rebounds per game, 38th in field goal percentage, 31st in blocked shots per game and 23rd in minutes per game
Counted a season-high 35 points (14-24 FG), one short of a career best, and a career-high 18 rebounds (seven off.) April 3 at Oklahoma City ... Tallied 29 points (11-16 FG) to go with 12 rebounds and a season-high tying three blocks March 26 vs. Phoenix ... Pulled in a career-high tying 10 offensive rebounds to go with a season-high tying five assists and a team-best 24 points March 23 vs. Philadelphia ... Netted 28 points (13-20 FG) to go with 10 rebounds on Feb. 22 vs. L.A. Clippers.
NBA Career:
Holds career averages of 15.4 points (48.7% FG), 6.8 rebounds (2.7 off.), 1.11 blocks and 32.0 minutes in 220 games (179 starts)
Has increased his scoring average in each season
In 220 career games, has led team in scoring 55 times and rebounding 56 times
Posted 75 career games of 20- plus points and 46 contests with 10 or more rebounds
Notched 44 career double-doubles.
2007-08:
Posted averages of 17.8 points, 7.6 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 34.9 minutes in 76 games (all starts)
Led team, all sophomores and ranked 39th in NBA with 19 double-doubles ... Ranked 26th in NBA in blocked shots
with a team-best 1.24 per game
Finished 29th in NBA in rebounds and No. 1 among sophomores at 7.6 per game
Ranked 40th in NBA with a 48.4% field goal mark
Recorded 11 games of 20-plus points and 10-plus rebounds
Strung together nine consecutive games of 20-plus points (March 7 through March 22)
Scored 30-plus points a team-best three times
Started for the sophomore team in the T-Mobile Rookie Challenge at All-Star Weekend in New Orleans, where he led the Sophomores with 18 points (9-17 FG) and a team-high nine rebounds (six offensive), and chipped in four assists, three steals and two blocked shots while playing in a game-high tying 34 minutes.
2006-2007:
Averaged 9.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 0.4 assists and 1.16 blocks in 22.1 minutes
Shot 50.3% (241-for-479) from the floor
Appeared in 63 games (22 starts)
Named to T-Mobile NBA All-Rookie First Team
Tied for second on the team and placed third among NBA rookies with six double-doubles
Ranked first among NBA rookies in blocks per game, fourth in rebounds, seventh in scoring, fourth in field goal percentage and eighth in minutes
Led team in scoring five times and rebounding eight times (including ties)
Finished with double figures in scoring 27 times and 20-plus points on five occasions
Grabbed 10-plus rebounds seven times
Logged three consecutive double- doubles from March 13-16, marking the first time that has been accomplished by a Trail Blazers rookie since Arvydas Sabonis tallied six straight in 1995-96
Sat out the first five games of the season recovering from surgery on his right shoulder, performed on Aug. 23, 2006
Missed the last nine games of the season with what was diagnosed as Wolf-Parkinson-White Syndrome
Underwent a successful procedure to correct the
problem on April 9, 2007.
Playoffs 2009:
Started all six games for Portland, averaging 19.5 points (49.0% FG), a team-best 7.5 rebounds, 1.67 blocks and 39.5 minutes
Netted 20-plus points in three games
Led the team in rebounding on three occasions.
College 2005-06:
Averaged 15.0 points, 9.2 rebounds and 2.0 blocks in 37 games with the Longhorns
Finished the season ranked second on the team in scoring and first in blocks
Shot 56.9% from the field
Named Big 12 Defensive Player of The Year
Earned Third Team NABC All-America honors and Associated Press Honorable Mention All-America honors
Named First Team All Big-12
College 2004-2005:
Averaged 9.9 points, 5.9 rebounds and 1.5 blocks in 16 games
Finished the season ranked fifth on team in scoring, third in rebounds and second in blocks
Led the team in field goal percentage (66.3%).
Personal:
Son of Georgia Aldridge
Nicknames include L-A and L-Train
Majored in Corporate Communications at Texas ... Was a member of the 2008 USA Basketball Mens Select Team, along with teammate Jerryd Bayless
Participated in the Seeds of Peace International Camp in July and August 2006
Plays the piano, and counts his favorite pianist as Ray Charles
Was a member of the National Honor
Society ... Served as a mentor for Dallas-area children during his final two years in high school
Is a fan of classic cars
Was a member of the 2004 McDonalds All-American Team his senior year of high school
Favorite food is a big Texas steak
Participated in the Eighth Annual Wells Fargo Celebrity Spelling Bee for charity
Participated in the Big Brother Big Sister Christmas Program
Favorite movie of all time is He Got Game
Favorite singers include Jay-Z and Kanye West
Favorite T.V. show is The Office
Favorite sports team besides the Trail Blazers is the Dallas Cowboys.
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