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The Brooklyn Nets have added another piece to their frontcourt with the signing of LaMarcus Aldridge.
The 6-foot-11 tall man is in his 15th NBA season, having spent nine seasons with Portland before signing with San Antonio as a free agent in 2015. Like new teammate Kevin Durant, he played his ball college in Texas, then moving to the NBA after his sophomore year, just before Durant’s arrival for his only season in Austin.
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– Brooklyn Nets (@BrooklynNets) March 29, 2021
Aldridge has averaged 19.4 points, 8.3 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game for his career with five All-NBA caps, most recent in 2017-18. He has also appeared in seven All-Star Games, most recently in 2019.
Still a good midrange shooter – he shot 41.8% from 10 to 16 feet and 42.5% in 2 points beyond 16 feet for his career – Aldridge pushed his game over the line 3 points more often in the past two seasons. In 13 seasons, he had never attempted more than 1.5 3 points per game in a single season. In 2019-2020 he shot 38.9% on 3.0 attempts per game and this season he is shooting 36.0% on 3.6 attempts per game.
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– Brooklyn Nets (@BrooklynNets) March 29, 2021
Aldridge’s arrival adds to the options in a frontcourt that was slim earlier this season after Jarrett Allen and Taurean Prince were included in the trade for James Harden. Nic Claxton returned in late February after missing the first 32 games with right knee tendinopathy and was a hard-hitting rotation player. Blake Griffin was signed in early March and has played three games so far after a brief period of build-up and Kevin Durant will return from the hamstring injury that sidelined him for the last 18 games of Brooklyn.
“It’s something we’ll find out as we go along,” said Nets head coach Steve Nash. “First of all, something is happening every week this season. Your options always seem exceptional and very quickly they are limited. We will adjust and adapt as we go and do our best to put the team in the best position to win and grow. What does that mean? I do not know. But it will declare itself as we go along and deal with all the different things that are thrown at us the rest of the way.
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