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Veteran great LaMarcus Aldridge will sign a one-year deal with the Brooklyn Nets, according to various reports last Saturday.
Aldridge became a free agent Thursday after the San Antonio Spurs bought the remainder of his $ 72 million contract.
Aldridge joins a frontcourt that includes Blake Griffin, another acquisition market addition. Griffin signed a one-year free-agent contract with Brooklyn earlier this month as the Nets, second in the Eastern Conference, prepare to attempt a deep run in the postseason.
Aldridge, 35, was in the final year of a three-year contract he signed in 2017. He was making $ 24 million this season, his 15th in the NBA, with The athletic reporting that he returned $ 7.25 million in salary to facilitate his departure from the Spurs.
Aldridge, the former Chicago Bulls’ second overall draft pick in 2006 from Texas, has averaged 19.4 points and 8.3 rebounds in 1,024 career games (980 starts). A seven-time All-Star, Aldridge has played for the Portland Trail Blazers (2006-2015) and the Spurs.
He averaged 13.7 points, 4.5 rebounds and 25.9 minutes in 21 games for San Antonio this season.
ROCKETS WIN
Meanwhile, Kelly Olynyk contributed 16 points in the first game for her new team and six teammates also scored in double figures as the Houston Rockets avenged a loss 24 hours earlier with a 129-107 thrashing of the Minnesota Timberwolves in Minneapolis. Saturday night.
Minnesota had won the first half of the consecutive sequence (107-101) scoring the last 22 points of the game. Houston had led by up to 19 points.
The Rockets built an even bigger lead at halftime in the rematch, going 74-48, and never took their foot off the gas the second time.
Olynyk, acquired at the trade deadline with Avery Bradley in exchange for Victor Oladipo, made five of his eight shots, including 4 of 6 from 3-point range, in his introduction to his new team.
Bradley was left out of Saturday’s game with a calf injury.
Karl-Anthony Towns scored 27 points and 15 rebounds for the Timberwolves, who could have trapped Houston and Detroit with the fewest wins in the league with a win. – Reuters
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