Top 10 Two-Way Players In The NBA TODAY

#7 LaMarcus Aldridge

Aldridge has powered the Spurs to fifth place in the Western Conference standings

Following a major victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on the back of a monster game from LaMarcus Aldridge, point guard Dejounte Murray was gushing with praise for the six-time All Star, saying

He's a beast. He's not an All-Star, he's a superstar.

It's true. Without Aldridge's dominant play this season, the Spurs might very well have been racking up draft lottery balls for the first time since the 1996-97 season given the absence of their franchise player Kawhi Leonard due to injury.

Instead, they are sitting pretty at fifth place in the Western Conference standings and could garner homecourt advantage in the first round of playoffs depending on how the rest of their fixtures play out.

Aldridge has averaged 23.1 points, 8.4 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 1.2 blocks and 0.5 steals per game while playing lockdown defense for a Spurs team ranked third in the league in defensive rating.

Aldridge has a stingy defensive rating of 101.8 points per 100 possessions and ranks 11th league-wide in defensive win shares per game. He is indeed doing it all for the Spurs this season.