The Big 3 gives way to Kawhi and LaMarcus, and thus begins the 3rd Duncan Dynasty.
Consider the torch passed. Well, did you think it would happen in the middle of a game? Maybe some tilt with the T-Wolves in the middle of January, where Timmy calls a timeout in the first half and a makeshift stage is erected at center court for the passing of a literal torch to an awkwardly gracious Kawhi Leonard? Whatever your conception of effective end of the Big 3 Era, the signing of LaMarcus Aldridge on July 4th made it official.