Report: Dallas Mavericks to work out LaMarcus Aldridge on Tuesday

The Dallas mavericks are expected to work out LaMarcus Aldridge on Tuesday, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reports. The former seven-time All-Star hasn’t played an NBA game once this season.

Aldridge has averaged 19 points per game since being selected by the Portland Trail Blazers with the No. 2 overall pick in 2006. 17 seasons later, and Alridge still wants to prove his worth on the court and win an NBA Championship with Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving at the helm.

His health will be a concern, as Aldridge retired before the end of the 2021 season after complications regarding his Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, which is an abnormality that can cause a rapid heartbeat. He ended up returning for the next season and played the entire year.

Now, the former Texas Longhorns star ready to prove why he was considered the NBA’s best power forward at one point in his career.

Patrick Mahomes wins Super Bowl LVII MVP

Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs won Super Bowl LVII 38-35 on Sunday night against the Philadelphia Eagles. The Chiefs were carried by an incredibly gutsy performance from their quarterback, Patrick Mahomes II, who finished with over 200 all-purpose yards and three passing touchdowns, while also throwing no interceptions. He did so while re-aggravating his right ankle injury that he suffered in the AFC Divisional Game. Following the game, Mahomes was announced as the MVP of Super Bowl LVII, the second time that he’s won the award.

He re-injured the right ankle late in the first half, and was clearly in visible pain on the Chiefs’ sideline. But when he came out in the second half, Mahomes didn’t show any sort of problems with it and seemed to be fine walking out of the locker room.

Whatever sort of medicine or painkillers the Chiefs’ training staff injected into his ankle during halftime, certainly worked. Mahomes took off for an impressive 26-yard run late in the fourth quarter that proved critical in the outcome of the game. The run was crucial in setting up the game-winning 27-yard kick by Harrison Butker, who drilled the game-winner with eight seconds left in the fourth quarter to lift the Chiefs to the 38-35 win.

With 2:55 remaining, Mahomes dropped back to the 47-yard line, eluded a few Eagles’ defenders, then took off running down the middle of the field, where he was finally brought down by a Philadelphia defender at the 17-yard line. The 26-yard run was his longest run of the season, and what a clutch moment he picked to pull it off.

The Super Bowl MVP is just yet another impressive piece of an already incredible resume for Mahomes. He became the first player since 1999 to win the MVP and Super Bowl MVP in the same season (Kurt Warner).