※ 引述《UrThereNow (nomoredogma)》之銘言：
: 儘管波特蘭拓荒者總管Neil Olshey否認Aldridge告訴拓荒者他要離去的傳聞,
: 但Aldridge的離去似乎已成定局.
: 拓荒者助理教練Kim Hughes親口說了:
: "Well, people don’t realize we just went young. We didn’t publicize it, but
: we lost LaMarcus Aldridge. It hasn’t been declared yet, but I’m sure he
: won’t come back. We will go young."
:
: "這項消息還沒公開, 我們失去了Aldridge. 我們還沒正式宣布, 但我相信他不會回來了.
: 我們將會有個年輕的陣容."
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新消息，該助教被拓荒者開除了，原因是違反了"避免討論個人事務"的規定。
節錄:
The Portland Trail Blazers have fired assistant coach Kim Hughes, general
manager Neil Olshey told the Oregonian's Jason Quick on Saturday.
"We can confirm Mr. Hughes is no longer with the team," Olshey said. "It is
our policy to otherwise refrain from commenting on personnel matters."
拓荒者總管表示已經開除了助理教練Kim Hughes:
"我們承認Hughes先生已經不在隊上了。這是我們避免討論個人事務的規定。"