LaMarcus Aldridge is proving his retro game can still beat pace-and-space

LaMarcus Aldridge did not have the best start to the 2018-19 season. After playing the role of Spurs savior in last season’s Nephew-less effort to make the playoffs, he came out of the gates slow this time around. There are multitude of reasons to point to regarding his slow start — eight new teammates, an abundance of injuries (especially at guard) forcing awkward line-ups, a taxing November schedule, etc — but regardless Aldridge started the season averaging a relatively pedestrian 18.3 points on 45.3% shooting throughout the Spurs’ 11-14 start.