The NBA season is over, but the NBA's free-agent season is about to heat up. Few names are hotter than Trail Blazers forward LaMarcus Aldridge.
The four-time NBA All-Star reportedly plans on meeting with the Raptors this week.
LaMarcus Aldridge plans to give the Raptors a meeting this week, sources tell RealGM. Aldridge has interest in TOR, which has max space.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) June 29, 2015 Several teams are thought to be contenders for Aldridge, most notably the Lakers, Mavericks and Spurs. The Raptors don't have the tradition of the other teams, but they do have a lot of cap space.
The Raptors won the Atlantic Division last season with a 49-33 record but were swept by the fifth-seeded Wizards in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs.
Aldridge, 29, averaged a career-high 24.3 points last season with the Trail Blazers. Portland general manager Neil Olshey, despite reports to the contrary, says Aldridge hasn't told the team he won't be back.