Meditations on Lamarcus Aldridge A Blazer best. Rewind to June 28, 2006, the day of the 2006 NBA Draft. The first overall pick was Andrea Barnagni of Italy to the Toronto Raptors. His career ended with the Brooklyn Nets in 2017. The second pick that year was Lamarcus Aldridge, Longhorn from the West. Originally picked to take his bullish playing style to "The City That Never Sleeps", his contract was later traded to the Portland Trailblazers for Tyrus Thomas and Viktor something... This would later prove to be one of the greatest trade decisions in franchise history. Fast Forward to January 14, 2021. On this day every NBA fan fought to keep every bit of faith in their team. Prior to this day, James Harden's last words to the Houston Rockets org: "The situation's crazy and uh-I don't think it can be fixed sooo. Yeah." This January 14, oh and it was a cold one no matter where you were, James Harden officialy signed to the Brooklyn Nets. This created a PG, SG, PF trifecta we haven't seen since the Warriors.