Former Portland Trail Blazers star LaMarcus Aldridge’s retirement has captured a plethora of headlines across the NBA this week. As the dust settles, a handful of pundits have explored Aldridge’s place in the pantheon of the greatest power forwards in league history.
On Friday, Yahoo Sports NBA contributor Ben Rohrbach examined Aldridge’s Hall of Fame case. Rohrbach highlighted that Aldridge’s sudden retirement left him just shy of the 20,000-point threshold, putting him right on the border of nearly-guaranteed HOF entry.
He fell 49 points shy of 20,000 career points, a milestone he would have hit with the Nets if not for his abnormal heart rhythm on Saturday.