The Portland Trail Blazers are looking to have a big summer, armed with picks, trade exceptions and a smidge of cap space. They’ll also likely need to fill out the roster with veteran minimum contracts as the team potentially returns close to, or over, the luxury tax.
There will always be still-capable veteran players trying to prolong their careers by settling for relatively measly couple of million dollar-a-year deals.
Enter 36-year-old LaMarcus Aldridge. You remember him? Portland’s franchise star during the first part of the last decade, who so brazenly decided to play for the San Antonio Spurs in 2015 and break our collective hearts.