LaMarcus Aldridge arrived to the San Antonio Spurs in the 2015 offseason. He signed a four-year deal to join the second team of his career. The previous nine seasons were spent with the Portland Trail Blazers, who selected Aldridge in the 2006 NBA Draft.
Damian Lillard played his first three seasons with Aldridge in Portland. These two developed into a dynamic one-two punch for the team, as Lillard rose to become a top point guard with each passing year.
Recently, Lillard spoke out about Aldridge’s departure on Everyday Struggle of Complex News (h/t Pounding the Rock and Blazers’ Edge).