Aldridge tells Blazers he won't be back

LaMarcus Aldridge has already informed the Blazers that he will not return to the Northwest, according to a Western Conference executive with knowledge of the situation.

Free-agency is set to begin on July 1 but the Blazers have wasted no time in re-tooling their roster for life after Aldridge.

Another league executive told that the trade of Nico Batum looked like "a rebuilding move," and league sources say that the Blazers are "not done" dealing.