Cavs News: LaMarcus Aldridge Interested In Joining Cleveland

The Cleveland Cavaliers plan to pursue Portland Trail Blazers forward LaMarcus Aldridge in free agency, and Aldridge has expressed interest in joining the Cavs, according to ESPN's Marc Stein:

But the consistent word on the personnel grapevine at the minute informs us that San Antonio and Dallas not only both believe they have a real shot at signing him but are also legitimately in Aldridge’s thoughts.

Answer: We’re hearing Aldridge connected to both of those teams so frequently that you can only conclude that neither idea scares him.

Yet sources insist — at, yes, this early juncture — that San Antonio sits near or at the top of Aldridge’s list … unless the Cleveland Cavaliers were to lose Kevin Love and then somehow manufacture a way to sign-and-trade for him.

The Knicks and Lakers, of course, also intend to enter the bidding. And there will surely be others.

Cleveland would only have the cap space to sign Aldridge if Kevin Love opts out of his contract, something he has been rumored to be thinking about doing this offseason.

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