LaMarcus Aldridge faced the immense pressure the moment he announced that he was signing with the San Antonio Spurs in the summer of 2015. The Dallas area native had made his name at the University of Texas and with the Portland Trailblazers but was now coming home. He was instantly the Spurs most high-profile free-agent acquisition in a decade and was looked to as the next great San Antonio big man.
Living up to those expectations and filling the shoes of greats like Tim Duncan and David Robinson is no small task.