LaMarcus Aldridge vs. Mel Thurston Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mel Thurston 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, 15 more than Mel Thurston, who played 1. LaMarcus Aldridge had the first of his seasons in 2006-07, while Mel Thurston had his rookie season in 1947-48. 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Mel Thurston
Season	2006-07	1947-48
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Providence Steamrollers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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	.000	1.3	1.8	.722
Mel Thurston	14	-	5.6	-	-	-	0.3	-	-	-	3.0	2.3	8.1	.283	-	-	-	1.0	2.0	.500
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mel Thurston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Mel Thurston
Season	2010-11	-
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	-

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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
Mel Thurston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Mel Thurston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Mel Thurston
Season	2011-12	-
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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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
Mel Thurston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mel Thurston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Mel Thurston
Season	2012-13	-
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	74	37.7	21.1	2.4	6.7	9.1	2.6	0.8	1.2	1.9	2.5	8.6	17.8	.484	0.0	0.2	.143	3.8	4.7	.810
Mel Thurston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mel Thurston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Mel Thurston
Season	2013-14	-
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	69	36.2	23.2	2.4	8.7	11.1	2.6	0.9	1.0	1.8	2.1	9.4	20.6	.458	0.0	0.2	.200	4.3	5.2	.822
Mel Thurston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	11	40.1	26.2	2.7	7.9	10.6	1.5	0.6	1.6	1.7	3.6	10.3	22.7	.452	0.2	0.3	.667	5.5	6.8	.800
Mel Thurston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Mel Thurston
Season	2014-15	-
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	71	35.4	23.4	2.5	7.7	10.2	1.7	0.7	1.0	1.7	1.8	9.3	19.9	.466	0.5	1.5	.352	4.3	5.1	.845
Mel Thurston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	5	41.6	21.8	4.2	7.0	11.2	1.8	0.4	2.4	1.6	3.2	7.4	22.4	.330	0.6	2.2	.273	6.4	7.2	.889
Mel Thurston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Mel Thurston
Season	2015-16	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	74	30.6	18.0	2.4	6.2	8.5	1.5	0.5	1.1	1.3	2.0	7.2	14.1	.513	0.0	0.2	.000	3.5	4.1	.858
Mel Thurston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	10	33.7	21.9	2.2	6.1	8.3	1.0	0.4	1.4	1.1	1.8	8.8	16.9	.521	0.2	0.2	1.000	4.1	4.6	.891
Mel Thurston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 12
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Mel Thurston
Season	2017-18	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	75	33.5	23.1	3.3	5.2	8.5	2.0	0.6	1.2	1.5	2.1	9.2	18.0	.510	0.4	1.2	.293	4.5	5.3	.837
Mel Thurston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	5	35.4	23.6	2.6	6.6	9.2	2.4	0.6	0.4	1.8	1.8	7.4	16.0	.463	0.6	1.0	.600	8.2	8.4	.976
Mel Thurston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 13
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Mel Thurston
Season	2018-19	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	81	33.2	21.3	3.1	6.1	9.2	2.4	0.5	1.3	1.8	2.2	8.4	16.3	.519	0.1	0.5	.238	4.3	5.1	.847
Mel Thurston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	7	34.9	20.0	2.7	6.9	9.6	2.7	0.7	1.0	1.0	3.0	7.9	17.3	.455	0.4	1.6	.273	3.9	4.7	.818
Mel Thurston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-