The Portland Trail Blazers are among oddsmakers’ favorites as the next destination for San Antonio Spurs center LaMarcus Aldridge. Earlier this week, Spurs coach Gregg Popovic announced that Aldridge would no longer be with the team, and the two sides were negotiating ways to move him to a favorable destination. This engendered plenty of speculation, both locally and nationally, about a reunion with the Blazers, Aldridge’s first team.
Aldridge left Portland for San Antonio via free agency in 2015, causing much weeping and gnashing of teeth in the Rose City. A return would provide a storybook closing to that circle.