Quoting the article:
Santi Aldama is incredible. Not only did he take on the assignment of being the primary defender on Giannis Antetokounmpo, while getting help from all sides as soon as the Greek Freak touched the ball, but Aldama also powered Spain's offense.
The 23-year-old forward finished with 19 points, 12 rebounds and 3 blocks on the day.
Slim Spain > Greek Freak confirmed
by Yinanization
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He also managed to force two offensive fouls from Giannis. Santi wasn’t happy about the last blow he got in the face from Giannis’ shoulder (didn’t look intentional) and went to have words with the Greeks. Nothing happened luckily, all very civil. Great game again from Santi!
love to see that he’s the clear number one on a top national team. hope he can come into this season with confidence
Is it me or is he looking more cut out there? Maybe he’s been hitting the weights more lately.
Love to see this. Especially that he was tasked with defending Giannis; that’s not a matchup we’d ever really trust him with defensively, I’d think, and I’m glad to see that he got to go head-to-head against him.
He has until the trade deadline to do it in the league.
I really think everyone has been a bit too down on Santi as a result of last season. I also think the front office might regret not locking him down this offseason because I think the price could go up!He’s a great 4th string big.
This can’t be going much better for Santi. Great news for the grizz too. Even if he can’t sort out his role here his value is skyrocketing.