LaMarcus Aldridge
LaMarcus Aldridge
LaMarcus Nurae Aldridgeis an American professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association. The power forward played college basketball for two seasons at the University of Texas. Aldridge was selected second overall in the 2006 NBA draft. After spending nine seasons with the Portland Trail Blazers, he signed with the Spurs in 2015. He has been selected to four All-NBA teams and is a five-time NBA All-Star...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth19 July 1985
CityDallas, TX
check fighting game
I'll check every now and then and see how many P.J. has so I can try to get more. That's why at the end of the game we're fighting for them.
aggressive ball games inside kick
The two games in the tournament, I've been aggressive inside. If I get the ball and can't take it inside on a dribble, I can kick it back out.
fight games importance showing team toughness
This team is showing a lot more toughness down the stretch. I don't want to say those other games weren't as important. But we know the importance of everything right now. We know we have to fight for everything we get.
felt games hard seeing struggle team watching
It was very hard just watching the games and seeing the team struggle at times. I felt like I could have done anything just to help, but I couldn't even walk.
coach game says till trying winning
Coach says this is winning time. We're not just trying to get in the tournament. We're trying to win every game till the end of March.
everybody games good shots supposed
I feel like I didn't really do what I was supposed to do tonight. Those are shots I can make. I had some pretty good looks. They just didn't fall. Everybody has games like that.
body davis defense game help knew rebounds shots tonight took tried wants
Davis has that big body and is a big guy. He wants to keep his body on you all the time. So I knew I had to keep moving, which was the mind-set I went into the game with. I tried to help with rebounds and defense and do what I could. Most of those shots I took tonight were shots I make often.
follow game gets movement pick pressure stand starts tend
We have to follow the game plan. The pressure starts to pick up when it gets late, and we tend to just stand around, so we have to have more movement and a better mind-set.
basketball leave middle
It was just leave the middle to me and get to all their shooters.
finished
I'm not going to get into that. We just finished our game. That'll come later.
I'm not going to get into that right now. This is not the time.
candy kid
I'm just like a kid in a candy store.
chance excited glad help last
I'm just excited to be on the court. I wanted to play last year, I wanted to help us win. I'm glad I have the chance now.
care good learned ought season time tough wins
We've had some good wins and some tough losses. Now it's time to play. We ought to have learned enough over the season to come out and take care of business.