Adding Aldridge makes the Spurs top contenders

ByKEVIN PELTON
July 4, 2015, 2:31 PM

— -- Did you feel a jolt this afternoon? A nation's celebration of Independence Day was interrupted by a seismic shift in the NBA when former Portland Trail Blazers forward LaMarcus Aldridge tweeted that he has agreed to sign with the San Antonio Spurs as an unrestricted free agent next week when teams can begin signing players after the league's moratorium period concludes.