In the age of hyper-athletic, game-breaking forwards, LaMarcus Aldridge is a walking time capsule. He’s not going to grab a rebound, take it from coast to coast, and give you a free-throw line jam but he will gradually back wear you down trough his deep bag of post and mid-range moves. As this season showed, his style of play can still be effective, but should it remain a tentpole of the San Antonio Spurs’ future?
Similar to DeMar DeRozan, evaluating Aldridge’s performance this year is a little tricky. Positional overlaps with young up and comers aren’t as much of a concern but the rest of the evaluation is relatively similar.