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NBA ALL-STAR WEEKEND

February 12, 2016

LaMarcus Aldridge

Toronto, Ontario

Q. What's it like being at your first All-Star Weekend as a member of the San Antonio Spurs?
LAMARCUS ALDRIDGE: It's the same so far, just have to do media and take pictures. No, it's been fun. Having Kawhi [Leonard] here and the whole coaching staff here, it's been a good experience and it's been fun so far.

Q. This is Kobe Bryant's last All-Star Weekend, his last season. What is your favorite memory of either watching him or playing against him?
LAMARCUS ALDRIDGE: That's tough. He's had so many moments that guys would never really have in the NBA. I think probably one of the moments that would stick out to me, we're playing in L.A. and we're in a stretch where he went 86 or whatever that stretch was, and I think we got 62, I don't know what it was in Portland. And we were just trapping him and he was taking shots over two or three guys and knocking them down. I think that's when I got to see firsthand how good he was.

Q. LaMarcus, every time you visit Toronto, do you have a favorite Canadian food?
LAMARCUS ALDRIDGE: I do not.

Q. How about Timbits or a Double Double from Tim Horton's?
LAMARCUS ALDRIDGE: Excuse me?

Q. Tim Horton's a favorite restaurant in Toronto.
LAMARCUS ALDRIDGE: Tim Horton's? I've never heard of it. I never leave my hotel when I come here. I always order room service. My favorite dish is room service.

Q. If you need me to bring you forty Timbits and ten Double Doubles for you, I could do that.
LAMARCUS ALDRIDGE: What's a Double Double?

Q. It's a coffee with two milks and two sugars.
LAMARCUS ALDRIDGE: I don't drink coffee, though.

Q. Well, they have smoothies, too.
LAMARCUS ALDRIDGE: I'll do smoothies. Is it a Double Double smoothie?

Q. Yeah, and Timbits and Boston cream, anything you want?
LAMARCUS ALDRIDGE: Okay, I'm in. I'll try it.

Q. What is the difference working with Coach Pop?
LAMARCUS ALDRIDGE: A lot of things are different. He's just a different guy. He looks at the game differently. He approaches it differently. I think the way he coaches is just different.

Q. And even though you don't score more than 25 points a game, it makes you feel better in the team system?
LAMARCUS ALDRIDGE: Yeah, it's about winning. We've been winning, and we're putting ourselves in a position to be special. So that's what it's about.

Q. Can I get your thoughts on possibly the NBA going with ads on the jerseys in a couple years? What are your thoughts on that and how that will look?
LAMARCUS ALDRIDGE: It will be very different. I kind of like my jersey clean and how it is. So I'm thinking it will be a different look. But I think if they did do it, it would be tasteful.

Q. You've gone against Karl-Anthony Towns a few times this season. What are your thoughts on him as a rookie?
LAMARCUS ALDRIDGE: Very skilled, big man, a competitor.

Q. Can you name five Canadian celebrities since we're in Toronto?
LAMARCUS ALDRIDGE: Steve Nash count?

Q. Absolutely.
LAMARCUS ALDRIDGE: The one very famous hockey player?

Q. I don't know if I can give you that one?
LAMARCUS ALDRIDGE: It counts. He's retired now.

Q. I know who you're thinking of.
LAMARCUS ALDRIDGE: Say his first name.

Q. Rhymes with Dwayne?
LAMARCUS ALDRIDGE: Yeah, Wayne Gretzky.

Q. That's two.
LAMARCUS ALDRIDGE: Okay. Is Big Cat from here? Jamaal Magloire? You didn't even know that one.

Q. I didn't. You stumped me.
LAMARCUS ALDRIDGE: Cory Joseph. The young fellow in Minnesota, is he from Canada too? Wiggins. I knew those guys.

Q. LaMarcus, what do you think European players bring?
LAMARCUS ALDRIDGE: A different style, more movement, they're very skilled players.

Q. Last year I asked you if you feel underestimated. You said yes. Now do you feel more appreciated?
LAMARCUS ALDRIDGE: I think that the position is different, but the goal is the same and that's to win a championship and that's to have a great season, and we're doing that.

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