San Antonio Spurs star forward LaMarcus Aldridge will not take part in the restart of the 2019-20 season.
The team announced that Aldridge had a surgical procedure performed on his right shoulder Monday that will cause him to miss the rest of the 2019-20 season. Aldridge suffered the injury on Feb. 21 in a road game against the Utah Jazz. He then played on Feb. 23 in Oklahoma City before missing the next six games. He then played on March 10 against the Dallas Mavericks and scored 24 points.
The NBA suspended its season the next day and Aldridge has not played since. He is expected to be fully cleared for the start of the Spurs’ training camp for the 2020-21 season.
Aldridge averaged 18.9 points, 7.4 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game for the Spurs, with his scoring average the second-lowest in his time with San Antonio. The Spurs will enter the tentative restart to the season on July 31 with 21 other teams and will have a chance to make the playoffs for the 23rd straight season.
San Antonio trails the No. 8-seeded Memphis Grizzlies by four games in the chase for the Western Conference’s final playoff berth.
