LaMarcus Aldridge to Spurs: Latest Contract Details, Comments and Reaction

July 4th, 2015 by Tim Daniels Leave a reply »

LaMarcus Aldridge, one of the NBA offseason's most coveted free-agent targets, reportedly reached an agreement with the San Antonio Spurs on Saturday.

 Aldridge took to Twitter to announce his decision:

Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports reported the forward agreed to a four-year, $80 million deal. Wojnarowski also noted the deal includes a player option for the fourth year. 

Tony Parker took to Twitter to welcome his newest teammate:

The Portland Trail Blazers acquired Aldridge as part of a draft night trade in 2006. Over the next nine years, he steadily developed into one of the NBA's top forwards.

The Texas product, who's heading into his age-30 season, holds career averages of 19.4 points and 8.4 rebounds per game. This past season, he contributed 23.4 points and 10.2 rebounds per game while shooting nearly 47 percent from the field.

His 2014-15 numbers allowed him to rank among the best in the NBA in some key advanced stat ...

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