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Spurs’ Aldridge out for rest of season

Seven-time All-Star LaMarcus Aldridge will miss the remainder of San Antonio’s season while he recovers from surgery on his right shoulder, a major blow to the Spurs’ postseason chances, assuming the season continues as planned.

The Spurs announced on Monday that Aldridge had the surgery to fix problems with the rotator cuff in his right shoulder on April 24, stemming from an injury he suffered in a game at the Utah Jazz on February 21.

San Antonio is one of the 22 teams that will report to the ESPN Wide World Of Sports complex at the Disney campus near Orlando, Florida, starting next month, when the National Basketball Association plans to resume its season. The Spurs have been to the playoffs in 22 consecutive seasons, matching the longest streak in NBA history.

When play resumes, the Spurs will be among four teams — the others being the Portland Trail Blazers, the New Orleans Pelicans and the Sacramento Kings — that are all separated by a half-game in the race for ninth place in the Western Conference and potentially a berth in a play-in series. The gap between those four teams is .010 percentage points.

Aldridge played in two more games after getting hurt, including one on March 10, when he scored 24 points in the Spurs’ win over the Dallas Mavericks. The NBA suspended its season the following day because of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Aldridge turns 35 next month. He finished this season averaging 18.9 points and 7.4 rebounds per game.

The Spurs say Aldridge “is expected to be fully cleared for all basketball activities” in time for training camp ahead of next season. Based on the NBA’s current schedule plans, training camps for 2020-21 are likely to begin in November.

Aldridge joined San Antonio in 2015 from Portland.




 

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