Santi Aldama is expected to be one of the more sought after free agents this offseason with mid-level contract offers awaiting him from rival teams. Aladama is a restricted free agent after he was the 30th overall pick in the 2021 draft by the Memphis Grizzlies.<\/p>\n
“Because Santi Aldama has full mid-level deals, I think, waiting for him,” said Zach Lowe on Saturday. “At least that’s the scuttlebutt I’ve heard: that he is sought after enough by a team like Detroit, for instance, with the full mid-level. There’s a lot of teams with the full mid-level. He’s an interesting kind of combination of skills, and I think they’re going to have to pay to retain him. And when you have full mid-level deals, if you do in the open market, your incumbent team might have to pay a little bit more than that using your bird rights to do it, and then they’d have the salary cap room exception on top of that.”<\/p>\n
Aldama, who is represented by Max Saidman, Steven Heumann, Aaron Mintz and Austin Brown, averaged 12.5 points, 6.4 rebounds and 2.9 assists to go with a PER of 16.6 last season.<\/p>\n