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Cole Aldrich • #45 • C
Ht/Wt:6'11", 253 lbs.
Born:Oct 31, 1988 (36 yrs) in Burnsville, MN
From:Kansas
Experience:8 years
Drafted:Drafted by New Orleans in 2010 (1/11).
Movements & Injuries
2018
10/02/2018 Waived by the Atlanta Hawks.
9/18/2018 Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Atlanta Hawks.
6/30/2018 Waived by the Minnesota Timberwolves.
4/01/2018 Missed 3 games (illness).
3/26/2018 Illness, day-to-day.
2017
11/15/2017 Missed 2 games (sprained left ankle).
11/11/2017 Sprained left ankle, day-to-day.
2016
7/13/2016 Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Minnesota Timberwolves to a three-year contract.
6/30/2016 Declined to exercise his contract option with the Los Angeles Clippers for the 2016-17 season.
2015
7/13/2015 Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Los Angeles Clippers to a two-year contract.
2/06/2015 Missed 3 games (shin injury).
1/29/2015 Shin injury, day-to-day.
2014
7/11/2014 Re-signed as an unrestricted free agent by the New York Knicks.
1/30/2014 Recalled from the Erie BayHawks (NBADL).
1/29/2014 Assigned to the Erie BayHawks (NBADL).
2013
9/24/2013 Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the New York Knicks.
2/20/2013 Acquired from the Houston Rockets.
1/04/2013 Missed 1 game (flu).
1/02/2013 Flu, day-to-day.
2012
12/01/2012 Missed 4 games (sprained right ankle).
11/21/2012 Sprained right ankle, day-to-day.
10/31/2012 Houston Rockets declined their contract option for the 2013-14 season.
10/27/2012 Acquired from the Oklahoma City Thunder.
1/14/2012 Missed 2 games (personal reasons).
1/10/2012 Personal reasons, day-to-day.
2011
6/28/2011 Oklahoma City Thunder exercised their contract option for the 2012-13 season.
4/13/2011 Recalled from Tulsa (NBADL).
3/30/2011 Assigned to Tulsa (NBADL).
2/02/2011 Recalled from Tulsa (NBADL).
2010
12/30/2010 Assigned to Tulsa (NBADL).
12/06/2010 Recalled from Tulsa (NBADL).
11/24/2010 Assigned to Tulsa (NBADL).
8/06/2010 Signed by the Oklahoma City Thunder.
6/25/2010 Drafted by the New Orleans Pelicans in the 1st round (11th overall) in 2010.
6/24/2010 Acquired from the New Orleans Hornets.
Career Transactions
2018
9/18/2018 Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Atlanta Hawks.
2016
7/13/2016 Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Minnesota Timberwolves.
2015
7/13/2015 Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Los Angeles Clippers.
2013
9/24/2013 Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the New York Knicks.
2/20/2013 Houston Rockets traded Patrick Patterson, Cole Aldrich, Toney Douglas and cash to the Sacramento Kings for Francisco Garcia, Thomas Robinson and Tyler Honeycutt.
2012
10/27/2012 Houston Rockets traded Kevin Martin, Jeremy Lamb, two first-round draft picks and a second-round draft pick to the Oklahoma City Thunder for James Harden, Cole Aldrich, Lazar Hayward and Daequan Cook.
2010
6/24/2010 Drafted by the New Orleans Hornets in the 1st round (11th overall) in 2010.
6/24/2010 Then traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder with Morris Peterson for the rights to Craig Brackins and Quincy Pondexter.
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