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50 greatest NBA players to never win a championship

By Maxwell Ogden

PHILADELPHIA - NOVEMBER 01: Allen Iverson #3 of the Philadelphia 76ers expresses emotion after making a basket during their game against the Milwaukee Bucks on November 1, 2005 at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Bucks won 117-108 in overtime. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
PHILADELPHIA - NOVEMBER 01: Allen Iverson #3 of the Philadelphia 76ers expresses emotion after making a basket during their game against the Milwaukee Bucks on November 1, 2005 at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Bucks won 117-108 in overtime. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) /
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LaMarcus Aldridge
LaMarcus Aldridge (Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images) /

31. LaMarcus Aldridge

  • Years Active: 2006 to Present
  • Teams Played For: Portland Trail Blazers, San Antonio Spurs
  • Conference Finals: 1

LaMarcus Aldridge is one of the modern NBA’s stoic warriors. There’s nothing flashy about his fundamentally sound game, but he’s been a postseason, All-Star Game, and All-NBA mainstay throughout his quietly productive career.

Aldridge even played the No. 2 role on a San Antonio Spurs team that reached the Conference FInals and was a Kawhi Leonard injury away from a Game 1 upset of the world-beating Warriors.

Aldridge has been named All-NBA in five different seasons, including Second Team appearances in 2014-15 and 2017-18. He’s also a seven-time All-Star who earned every one of those honors in a deep, if not outright stacked, Western Conference—without the fan vote on his side.

Aldridge has also produced an average of 20.8 points per contest through 72 postseason games played, thus proving just how consistent this metronome of a player has been.

It’s worth noting that Aldridge isn’t just a player who has been to the playoffs and done nothing of significance. He posted 34 points and 12 rebounds to close out the Houston Rockets and punch the Spurs’ ticket to the 2017 Western Conference Finals.

Aldridge also has three separate 40-point eruptions in the postseason, as well as a 30-point and 13-rebound closeout game performance to lead the Portland Trail Blazers to the second round in 2014.

Aldridge should also reach 20,000 career points in 2020-21 if health permits, thus making his Hall of Fame candidacy even stronger.