The elephant in the room had another superb season worthy of his large mammalian status.
Coming into this season, LaMarcus Aldridge had been an All-Star in his previous three campaigns. Since those accolades started coming in, the evaluation, expectation and perception of his game has remained largely the same. The man is steady, almost to the point that he can be overlooked. Many consider him underappreciated and it's really only obvious how important he is when he's not there. In that way, this season has been more of the same.
Any conversation about Aldridge has to begin and end in the post.