Eggers: Blazers F LaMarcus Aldridge Says "I Would Like To Re-Sign" In Portland

Kerry Eggers的波特兰论坛报reports波特兰开拓者队全明星前锋拉马库斯·奥尔德里奇（Lamarcus Aldridge）表示希望在波特兰重新签约。

For the first time, Aldridge is thinking he'd like to sit down with [Blazers GM Neil] Olshey and negotiate a contract extension.

“I would like to re-sign here," he says. "If they want to talk about it, I would talk about it. They haven't yet, but I'm looking forward to the chance to do that."

If Olshey is prepared to make that happen, he's not revealing it to the media.

奥尔希说：“当合适的时间到来时，这不是现在，这是（所有者）保罗·艾伦（Paul Allen），我本人，拉马库斯（Lamarcus）和他的经纪人（Arn Tellem）之间的对话。”“这不是一月份在媒体上发挥作用的对话。”

The full story -- which touches on Aldridge's development as a player, his thoughts on center Robin Lopez, his place among the franchise's all-time leaders, his unhappiness last year, and other topics -- is就在这儿。

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更新（星期一）: Aldridge was asked about his comments byBrian Wheeler和Antonio Harvey上Blazers Courtside。视频应在线上升这里eventually.

Comments about re-signing

“I told the truth. I love my teammates. This team is a really good team. I feel like we can go far this year and even further next year. I'm going to come back."

This year's team

“这很特别。我从来没有参加过球员比赛如此无私的团队。我们的球队很好，但是这支球队每个人都取得了额外的传球。每个人都想赢得胜利，我觉得我从未有过以前。我觉得我们只是点击。这是一群想赢得比赛的人。”

A few more quotesfromChris Haynes的CSNNW.com。。。

“I just decided to say it," Aldridge told CSNNW.com. "I couldn't tell you when I wanted to commit here. All I know is that I want to be here. I didn't have that moment or anything like that, and I don't know when I started to feel like this. But I want to be here."

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“ [开拓者总经理]尼尔（Olshey）在引进我们需要的东西方面做得很好。他在整个过程中与我合作。我很高兴。我们赢了，看起来很好。看，我只想赢得胜利。“

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These comments continue a string of increasingly optimistic and happy statements from Aldridge this season. As recently as a few weeks ago, Aldridge was still non-committal about the possibility of an extension.

从面试中和Chris Broussard的ESPN。。。

“I'm here. I love it here. This team is good and we're winning. I've been here my whole career. I'm in the history books here. I don't want to leave. I feel this team is good enough to win it all one day and be there."

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I'm happy. I'm going to cross that bridge after the season. I'm happy that the team is winning. I feel like we have a great group of guys that plays very unselfish. That whole thing last summer was just about losing so many games in a row and not winning. Now we're winning, and guys are getting better every year and that's great.

Here are some ballpark parameters on an Aldridge extension viaStoryTeller。

An extension can only be for up to four years, including the existing years on the current contract. If they push off signing an extension until the 2014-15 season (starting July 1), he could sign for an additional three years.

A three-year extension (signed after July 1) with 7.5% raises would be for approximately $55.5 million.

2013-14：1,490万美元（可能有激励措施）
2014-15：1,600万美元（可能有激励措施）

2015-16 extension amount: $17.2 million
2016-17扩展金额：1,850万美元
2017-18 extension amount: $19.8 million

Such a deal would carry Aldridge through his age-32 season.

Earlier in December, Aldridge told吉姆·罗马thathe was "happy"他被“overly emotional" when he was upset with the state of the Blazers at the end of the 2012-13 season.

Aldridge predicted back in October that the Blazers would make the playoffs as the西部会议的第七种子。

回到媒体日，奥尔德里奇说，他很“快乐”，而chat不休则“被炸毁了”。

阿尔德里奇（Aldridge）去年夏天的评论的踪迹可以追溯到4月的2013年出口采访，can be found here。

Aldridge, 28, is averaging 23.6 points, 11 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game (all career-highs) this season. He is on the books this season for $14.9 million and he will make $16 million in 2014-15.

如果他无法与开拓者签订合同，他将在2015年7月成为一名不受限制的自由球员。

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-- Ben Golliver | benjamin.golliver@gmail.com |推特