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Aldama, the hope of Spanish basketball that drives the Grizzlies 6 Description

01/26/2023 at 18:29

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Emerging from Loyola-Maryland, chosen thirty of the 2021 Draft, he had a rookie year full of problems, lack of minutes and plagued by injuries, but it is already past

“I feel very good, very comfortable, every game that passes I feel better with the team and with the game in general,” Aldama confesses.

franchise season Memphis it is being very noticeable. After passing halfway through the regular season, the Grizzlies They are the sixth team of the NBA in points scored per game, first in rebounds and the tenth best defense of the entire championship. They also have I Morant heading to his second AllStar, even without ruling out a second Grizzly franchise player in Salt Lake City. There are chances that Years Jackson Jr., and above all, Desmond Bane they can come

Right now they occupy second place in the West and could be facing the best season in their history. The Grizzlies have only reached the conference finals once in their history (2013). They did it with a great Marc Gasol in their ranks. Precisely, another Spaniard is key for the destiny of this entity to be once again successful: Santi Aldama.

In his second year in the league, he has improved to be an indispensable element of the team, the technical staff and the franchise itself. The weight of him in the starting five or coming off the bench after Jackson’s return is evident. Sprung from Loyola-Maryland, elected thirty of the Draft of 2021, had a rookie year full of problems, lack of minutes and plagued by injuries that reduced the options of minutes. But that is already past and drives the team in the bets. According to forecasts, Memphis is the third best positioned franchise to be champion of the Western Conference, only behind the Nuggets and the Warriors.

Precaution to reach success

aldama did not have a good landing in the NBA. He even did not participate in the rookie game on Friday of the Cleveland All-Star in 2022. Now he has stepped up and is placed in the top ten of the NBA sophomore promotion along with Turkish Sengun (Rockets), Giddey (OCK), Barnes (Raptors), Mobley (Cavs), Franz Wagner (Magic), Jalen Green (Rockets) and Jose Alvarado (Pelicans).

aldama an important role has been created and worked on in these Grizzlies real contenders to everything. He plays with more confidence than he did the year before. In fact, he excelled in the Utah and Las Vegas Summer League. He ruled out participating in the Eurobasket, but that did not prevent him from growing as a player in all facets of the game and on both sides of the track. The development of it is noticeable every month and Jenkins takes it into high regard.

Physical improvement: “I feel more comfortable”

“I feel very good, very comfortable, with each game that passes I feel more comfortable with the team and with the game in general, but it is also true that our start to the season has been quite good as a team. In the end, the season is long and we are trying to handle those potholes and so on.”, Aldama confessed in a recent interview.

For many analysts, his physical improvement has been key to his best performance. “I have gained about eight kilos since I arrived in the NBA, four of them this last summer, in which I gained a lot of weight. It is a lot of sacrifice, many changes, in the food and in the eating times, you have to be aware all the time and it is not something that you cannot forget, you have to do it every day. But it’s also a habit, so at the beginning it’s hard, but once you get into the routine it’s easier”, highlights this boy, worthy heir to leave the Spanish basketball pavilion in the NBA once again very high after several years of participation discreet.

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