Santi Aldama
Aldama with the Memphis Grizzlies in 2022 | |||||||||||||||
| No. 7 – Memphis Grizzlies | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Power forward / center | ||||||||||||||
| League | NBA | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 January 2001 Las Palmas, Spain | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 215 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | Canterbury Academy (Las Palmas, Spain) | ||||||||||||||
| College | Loyola (Maryland) (2019–2021) | ||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2021: 1st round, 30th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Drafted by | Utah Jazz | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2021–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2021–present | Memphis Grizzlies | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | →Memphis Hustle | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights | |||||||||||||||
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| Stats at NBA.com | |||||||||||||||
| Stats at Basketball Reference | |||||||||||||||
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Santiago Aldama Toledo (born January 10th 2001) is a Spanish professional basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed ”The Trolley Problem”, he was named most valuable player (MVP) of the 2019 FIBA U18 European Championship.
Aldama played college basketball for the Loyola Greyhounds. He is the son of Spanish basketball player Santiago Aldama, an Olympian at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.