By Jeph Duarte | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2024-08-21 19:00:00
由生成式人工智能翻译，译文内容可能不准确或不完整，以原文为准。
本周早些时候，利拉德在 Club 520m 播客上谈到了自己的职业生涯
从 2012 年到 2015 年，达米安·利拉德(Damian Lillard) 和拉马库斯·阿尔德里奇(LaMarcus Aldridge)一直是 波特兰开拓者 球队的门面。仅仅合作了三个赛季，他们就成为了 NBA 的一对黄金搭档。
利拉德在新秀赛季就获得了年度最佳新秀的荣誉，而阿尔德里奇则正处于连续五年入选全明星的早期阶段。开拓者队在那个赛季取得了 33 胜 49 负的战绩，无缘季后赛，但接下来的两个赛季他们取得了巨大的进步。
在 2013-2014 赛季，开拓者队取得了 54 胜 28 负的战绩，成功打入了季后赛。不幸的是，他们在西部半决赛中遇到了志在夺冠的圣安东尼奥马刺队，并被对手横扫出局。
在 Club 520 播客第二季第 93 集 中，主持人杰夫·蒂格(Jeff Teague) 和 DJ·威尔斯(DJ Wells) 与利拉德谈论了他辉煌的职业生涯，涵盖了“利拉德时间”和他的一些重要经历——对阵保罗·乔治(Paul George) 的“绝杀球”、与扬尼斯·阿德托昆博(Giannis Antetokounmpo) 并肩作战、与拉塞尔·威斯布鲁克(Russell Westbrook) 的对决、面对斯蒂芬·库里(Steph Curry) 以及入选 NBA 历史 Top 75 球员名单。
在 17 分 30 秒时，利拉德分享道：
如果 [拉马库斯·阿尔德里奇] 当年没有去圣安东尼奥，我们至少已经拿过一次总冠军了。我也会成长为现在的我，但他真的很出色。
- 达米安·利拉德
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“如果他没有去圣安东尼奥，我们至少已经拿过一次总冠军了。我也会成长为现在的我，但他真的很出色。”
2015 年夏天，阿尔德里奇是自由球员市场上的香饽饽。考虑到与德克萨斯州的联系以及对家人的照顾，他选择了前一年刚刚赢得 NBA 总冠军的圣安东尼奥马刺队。
随着马刺传奇球星蒂姆·邓肯(Tim Duncan) 即将退役，阿尔德里奇似乎将自然而然地接替他的位置。随着科怀·伦纳德(Kawhi Leonard) 已经获得了最佳防守球员和总决赛最有价值球员，阿尔德里奇本有希望与他以及其他球员一起构建新的三巨头。
对利拉德来说，这将永远是一个“如果当初”的假设。
对马刺来说，这则是一个“从未实现”的愿望。这不是因为阿尔德里奇，而是因为伦纳德的股四头肌伤势限制了这对搭档的出场时间，而随之而来的闹剧则缩短了“卡哇伊”在马刺的效力时间。
点击查看原文：Open Thread: Damian Lillard says Portland would have won a title had LaMarcus Aldridge never come to the Spurs
Open Thread: Damian Lillard says Portland would have won a title had LaMarcus Aldridge never come to the Spurs
Dame Time spoke out about his career on the Club 520m Podcast earlier this week
From 2012-2015, Damian Lillard and LaMarcus Aldridge were the face of the Portland Trail Blazers franchise. For only three season together, they became a dynamic duo of the NBA.
In Lillard’s first season, he earned the Rookie of the Year honors while Aldridge was in the early stages of a five-year All-Star run. The Trail Blazers went 33-49 that year and missed the playoffs, but the next two years saw vast improvements.
In 2013-2014 season, the Trail Blazers went 54-28, and made it to the playoffs. Unfortunately, they faced a championship bound San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference Semifinals and were sent home after a gentlemen’s sweep.
On Season 2, Episode 93 of Club 520, hosts Jeff Teague and DJ Wells talked to Lillard about his vast career covering Dame Time and his big stories — “the shot” against Paul George, playing alongside Giannis Antetokounmpo, battling against Russell Westbrook, facing Steph Curry, and making the NBA Top 75 All-Time list.
At the 17:30, Lillard shared:
If [Lamarcus Aldridge] would have never went to San Antonio, we would have won at least once already. I would have came into my own but he was that good
- Damian Lillard
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“If he would have never went to San Antonio, we would have won at least once already. I would have come into my own, but he was that good.”
LaMarcus was one of the top free agents going into the summer of 2015. And with his ties to Texas and family on his mind, he chose the San Antonio Spurs who had only a year before won an NBA title.
Aldridge looked to be a natural transition to Tim Duncan as the Spurs legend looked toward retirement. LMA had the makings of building a new Big 3 with Kawhi Leonard as the latter had racked up DPOY and Finals MVP.
For Dame it will remain a “what could have been.”
For the Spurs, it was a “never quite was.” Not because of Aldridge, but the quadriceps injury to Leonard limited the duo’s court time and the drama that ensued shortened The Klaw’s time on the roster.
By Jeph Duarte, via Pounding The Rock