LaMarcus Aldridge vs. Aaron Nesmith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Aaron Nesmith and LaMarcus Aldridge, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

LaMarcus Aldridge played 16 years in the NBA, 10 more than Aaron Nesmith, who played 6. LaMarcus Aldridge had the first of his seasons in 2006-07, while Aaron Nesmith had his rookie season in 2020-21. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Aaron Nesmith
Season	2006-07	2020-21
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	63	22.1	9.0	2.3	2.7	5.0	0.4	0.3	1.2	0.7	3.0	3.8	7.6	.503	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.8	.722
difference:	+17	+7.6	+4.3	+1.7	+0.5	+2.2	+0.1		+1.0	-0.2	-1.1	+2.1	+3.7	+.065	+0.9	+2.3		+0.8	+1.2	+.064
Aaron Nesmith	46	14.5	4.7	0.6	2.2	2.8	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.5	1.9	1.7	3.9	.438	0.9	2.3	.370	0.5	0.6	.786
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aaron Nesmith	5	15.0	3.2	0.4	2.2	2.6	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.4	1.4	1.0	3.6	.278	0.8	2.8	.286	0.4	0.4	1.000

Season 5
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Aaron Nesmith
Season	2010-11	2024-25
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pacers Lost NBA Finals

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	81	39.6	21.8	3.4	5.3	8.8	2.1	1.0	1.2	1.9	2.7	8.7	17.5	.500	0.0	0.3	.174	4.3	5.5	.791
difference:	+36	+14.6	+9.8	+2.6	+2.2	+4.8	+0.9	+0.2	+0.8	-1.1	-0.2	+4.4	+9.1	+.007	+1.9	+4.0	+.257	+2.7	+3.7	+.122
Aaron Nesmith	45	25.0	12.0	0.8	3.1	4.0	1.2	0.8	0.4	0.8	2.5	4.3	8.4	.507	1.9	4.3	.431	1.6	1.8	.913
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	6	43.0	20.8	2.7	4.8	7.5	1.3	1.3	1.7	1.5	3.2	8.8	19.2	.461	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	4.0	.792
difference:	+17	+14.7	+8.1	+1.5	+0.3	+1.8	+0.2	+0.4	+0.9	-0.5	-0.9	+4.5	+10.0	+.011	+2.6	+5.3		+1.9	+2.4	+.069
Aaron Nesmith	23	28.3	12.7	1.2	4.5	5.7	1.1	0.9	0.8	1.0	4.1	4.3	9.2	.472	2.6	5.3	.492	1.3	1.6	.861

Season 6
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Aaron Nesmith
Season	2011-12	2025-26
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	55	36.3	21.7	2.7	5.3	8.0	2.4	0.9	0.8	2.0	2.8	8.8	17.1	.512	0.0	0.2	.182	4.1	5.0	.814
difference:	+53	+7.3	+11.7	+2.7	+1.3	+4.0	+1.9	+0.9	+0.3	-1.5	-1.2	+5.3	+8.1	+.123	+2.5	+4.3	+.374	+3.6	+4.0	+.314
Aaron Nesmith	2	29.0	10.0	0.0	4.0	4.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	4.0	3.5	9.0	.389	2.5	4.5	.556	0.5	1.0	.500
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher LaMarcus Aldridge nor Aaron Nesmith played in the postseason in their season 6

Additional Years
* LaMarcus Aldridge played 10 seasons more than Aaron Nesmith in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 16, from 2013 to 2022—LaMarcus Aldridge played in 6 Playoffs. In those 10 extra years over Aaron Nesmith, LaMarcus Aldridge got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 6 All-Star Game