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San Antonio Spurs: Aldridge’s injury carves out an expanded role for Chimezie Metu

Throughout his two seasons in the NBA, hybrid power forward/center Chimezie Metu hasn’t been let off the leash very much. Playing under San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich requires quite a bit of patience and the Los Angeles native’s efforts have yet to pay off. After an unexpected change of events, it seems like that’s about to shift.

It was announced that star big man LaMarcus Aldridge is going to miss the remainder of the 2019-20 NBA season after undergoing a procedure on his right shoulder in April. With 33.