When LaMarcus Aldridge first stated that tensions between him and Portland Trail Blazers co-star Damian Lillard were overblown by the media, it was only a matter of time before the fanbase’s minds became enraptured with potential trade ideas.
The seven-time All-Star spent nine years of his career in Portland after being drafted by the Chicago Bulls at No. 2 overall and subsequently being traded to the Blazers for Tyrus Thomas. That would go down as one of the bigger draft day blunders in recent memory, but Aldridge’s time in Portland wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows either.