Professional career Al-Farouq Aminu

1 professional career

1.1 los angeles clippers (2010–2011)
1.2 new orleans hornets/pelicans (2011–2014)
1.3 dallas mavericks (2014–2015)
1.4 portland trail blazers (2015–present)

professional career
los angeles clippers (2010–2011)

aminu in 2014 pelican

on april 1, 2010 aminu hired agent , declared 2010 nba draft. selected eighth overall pick los angeles clippers. in eighth game clippers on november 9, 2010, had season-best game 20 points (a career-high until march 31, 2016) , 8 rebounds against new orleans hornets.

new orleans hornets/pelicans (2011–2014)

on december 14, 2011, clippers traded aminu, chris kaman, eric gordon , 2012 first-round pick (previously acquired minnesota timberwolves) new orleans hornets in exchange chris paul , 2 future second-round picks.

in final game of 2012–13 regular season on april 17, aminu recorded 16 points , career-high 20 rebounds in 87–99 loss dallas mavericks. next day, hornets changed name pelicans.

on december 4, 2013 against dallas mavericks once again, aminu tied career-best game 16 points , 20 rebounds in 97–100 loss.

dallas mavericks (2014–2015)

on july 29, 2014, aminu signed dallas mavericks. on february 20, 2015, had season-best game 17 points , 12 rebounds in 111–100 win on houston rockets.

portland trail blazers (2015–present)

on july 9, 2015, aminu signed four-year, $30 million contract portland trail blazers. on august 1, 2015, played team africa @ 2015 nba africa exhibition game. made debut trail blazers in team s season opener against new orleans pelicans on october 28, recording 9 points , 8 rebounds in 112–94 win. on march 26, 2016, aminu matched career high 20 points , grabbed 8 rebounds in 108–105 win on philadelphia 76ers. set new career high 5 days later, scoring 28 points while hitting career-high 6 three-pointers in 116–109 win on boston celtics. on april 6, scored 27 points in 120–115 win on oklahoma city thunder, helping trail blazers clinch postseason berth. trail blazers finished regular season fifth seed in western conference 44–38 record. in first round of playoffs, trail blazers faced fourth-seeded los angeles clippers, , in game 4 win on april 25, aminu recorded career-high 30 points , 10 rebounds, helping team tie series @ 2–2. trail blazers went on win series 4–2 , advanced second round faced golden state warriors. in game 3 of series, aminu recorded 23 points , 10 rebounds trail blazers win 120–108, cutting warriors advantage in series 2–1. trail blazers went on lose series warriors in 5 games.

after starting in trail blazers first 8 games of 2016–17 season, aminu ruled out number of weeks calf injury on november 11, 2016. returned action on december 5 after missing 13 games , had 3 points in 17 minutes against chicago bulls. later missed 4 games in mid-december sore back. on february 9, 2017, scored season-high 26 points in 120–111 loss boston celtics.

aminu missed 13 games right ankle injury during november 2017.