LaMarcus Aldridge disliked Portland lifestyle, attention Damian Lillard received

[Mikeanaro]

OP proves he doesn't read any posts other than his krew's.

How can you!?

[Mikeanaro]

Portland Trail Blazers roster 2014 - 2015:

Afflalo, Aldridge, Batum, Blake, Crabbe, Frazier, Freeland, Gee, Kaman, Leonard, Lillard, Lopez, Mathews, McCollum, Wright.

The ones that are underlined and in bold are no longer there in 2015 - 2016.

Their top 10 players in minutes played in 2014-2015 were Lillard, Aldridge, Batum, Mathews, Lopez, Blake, Kamen, McCollum, Leonard, and Afflalo, in that order,

As people have been posting, the change is obviously not just Aldridge.

Sounds like a major change to me, why there are no articles about those other guys? bitterness.

[Sean Cagney]

Who cares why he left? He's a Spur now and that's all that matters.

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[timtonymanu]

This article would carry more weight if essentially the entire team hadn't left in free agency or via trade.... Fact is three starters had an opportunity to stay and play with Lilliard, and all three decided to go elsewhere... I think this says a lot more about Lilliard than it does about Aldridge.

Yep a player who puts on a spoiled child act because he was snubbed from the all star team isn't a winning player. Won't surprise me if the rest of the guys that left were just fed up with Lillard.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

Portland is full of gy hipsters too, what a hole.

[Thomas82]

good post, I agree with this. Mr. Bones post is also telling to. The entire SL all had a choice to stay with Lillard, and all decided to leave. To much is being made about LMA being this bug Swedish diva. I mean sure, he's not the prototypical Spur, but I hung doubt PATFO would take such a big risk and shake up a championship chemistry for Aldridge if they didn't think they could really integrate him and immerse him into the Spurs way. I mean for god sake he bought tickets for over 50 under privileged kids in Portland to go to the game. That seems pretty selfless to me

Right on!!