Everyone needs an occasional confidence boost from time to time. Whether from a friend or a professional peer in a high-wire field, just hearing the support of others can help a player.
The banged-up Memphis Grizzlies reached Christmas Week still searching for traction, their recent stretch a study in uneven execution, fluctuating availability, and narrow margins.
Santi Aldama scored a career-high-tying 37 points, Jaren Jackson Jr. added 21 and GG Jackson scored 18 with nine boards to lead the visiting Memphis Grizzlies to a 137-128 victory Tuesday over the Utah Jazz.
How many of the active NBA players with at least 10 40-point games in their career can you name in five minutes?
The Memphis Grizzlies have become more than familiar with the injury bug over the last three seasons. Even beyond that, too. Heading into the season, veteran big Brandon Clarke was shelved with ongoing knee injuries.
Most NBA players, no matter how successful, are out of the league before the end of their 30s, or even their 20s. That leaves a lot of life left to live, and a good handful of players have made the most of their professional lives after leaving the court.
In the NBA, a 20-point halftime lead is often described as the most dangerous margin in the game. On Sunday night, the Memphis Grizzlies stared down that exact scenario, watching a dominant first half nearly evaporate before finding the accelerator again to secure a 119-96 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers.
Santi Aldama tied his career high with 29 points and Jock Landale added 21 as the Memphis Grizzlies snapped a five-game losing streak with a 137-96 victory Thursday over the visiting Sacramento Kings.
The Memphis Grizzlies expected turbulence this fall, but not a full-on identity crisis. Fourteen games into Tuomas Iisalo’s first season, with a 4-10 start and Ja Morant sidelined, the offense has sputtered into predictable, stagnant patterns.
The Memphis Grizzlies have shown flashes of their potential in the early portion of the 2025-26 season, standing at 3-2 through their opening five games after securing a dramatic 114-113 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday night.
There's something about playing the Memphis Grizzlies that brings out the worst in Draymond Green. But nothing makes Green more inclined to flagrant fouls than when he gets embarrassed on the court.
Visiting Miami set a record for most points allowed by a Memphis Grizzlies opponent in regulation.
The NBA’s push toward global expansion has slowly moved from aspiration to reality. Commissioner Adam Silver has long championed international growth, and now teams are experiencing what that vision looks like in practice.
An office phone rings, the news breaks, and a season’s trajectory shifts in an instant. For Tuomas Iisalo’s regrouping Memphis Grizzlies, the summer of 2025 was a chorus of such alerts, each one carrying a blow to the rotations.
The Grizzlies provided updates on multiple players.
Santi Aldama was considered one of the more coveted free agents on the market. He was a restricted free agent, meaning any team with cap space could have made him an offer.
The Grizzlies have issued a qualifying offer to impending free agent forward Santi Aldama, making him a restricted free agent, reports Michael Scotto for HoopsHype (via Twitter).
While the Brooklyn Nets managed to find their starting and backup centers late in Nic Claxton and Day'Ron Sharpe's respective draft classes, both fit a near-identical archetype.
Armed with a decent amount of cap space this offseason, the Detroit Pistons have some financial flexibility to be a threat in the open market. When it comes to restricted free agents, Santi Aldama of the Memphis Grizzlies is someone they should be keeping a close eye on.
NBA offseasons look a bit different for every player. Intense training workouts, hometown visits, and the occasional indulgence are expected to be seen on social media.
In 2023, we had Kyle Anderson and Rudy Gobert. Now in 2025, we have Desmond Bane and Santi Aldama.
The adamant impact of stretch forward Santi Aldama has been lost in the shuffle of the Memphis Grizzlies’ bright spots this season. The Spanish product has thrived in various positions so far.
Throughout the past few seasons 23-year-old forward Santi Aldama has become a key player for the Memphis Grizzlies. Drafted at 30th overall in the 2021 draft, Aldama now averages 27.6 minutes a game for the team this season.
Let’s take a closer look at the key performers who propelled Memphis to their first win of the year.
Last season, the NBA had Memphis Grizzlies forward-center Santi Aldama listed at 215 pounds. According to a recent advertisement video with Indiba Sports, Aldama has put on an extra 20 pounds of size and muscle.
Sure, there's lots of college hoops this week, but don't forget these NBA player props for Tuesday, March 19.
We still have to wait a few days until March Madness begins. Thankfully we have eight NBA games to keep us occupied until then. May your brackets never bust.
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