{"id":609726,"date":"2026-02-18T13:09:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T13:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/609726\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T13:09:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T13:09:52","slug":"memphis-grizzlies-forward-santi-aldama-named-nbpa-vice-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/609726\/","title":{"rendered":"Memphis Grizzlies forward Santi Aldama named NBPA vice president"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialappeal.com\/sports\/grizzlies\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Memphis Grizzlies;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Memphis Grizzlies <\/a>forward Santi Aldama has been elected as a vice president of the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA).<\/p>\n<p>A Board of Player Representatives selected Aldama and <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/new-orleans-pelicans\/3\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:New Orleans Pelicans;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">New Orleans Pelicans<\/a> wing Trey Murphy III as the two newest vice presidents. Aldama and Murphy join a total of seven vice presidents on the NBPA board.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Aldama will serve a three-year term in his new role. He&#8217;ll help with collective bargaining, player interests and global outreach.<\/p>\n<p>In July 2025, the NBPA announced that Aldama joined the NBPA Foundation&#8217;s Board of Directors. In that role, Aldama served as an advisor to the NBPA Foundation&#8217;s global programs, approved grant funding and identified new opportunities to support players&#8217; social impact around the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am excited to join the Executive Committee and get to work on the issues that impact NBA players daily,\u201d Aldama said in a statement on Feb. 13. \u201cMy goal is to ensure every player feels supported and that we keep building on the strength and unity of this brotherhood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jaren Jackson Jr. recently was a NBPA VP while a member of the Grizzlies. He served a three-year term, lasting from 2023-2026.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Every NBA team also has a player rep. Aldama is currently serving that role for Memphis, with Grizzlies rookie Cedric Coward as the alternate.<\/p>\n<p>Damichael Cole is the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/memphis-grizzlies\/29\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Memphis Grizzlies;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Memphis Grizzlies<\/a> beat writer for The Commercial Appeal. Contact Damichael at damichael.cole@commercialappeal.com. Follow Damichael on X, formerly known as Twitter, @DamichaelC.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Memphis Commercial Appeal: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialappeal.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/grizzlies\/2026\/02\/13\/memphis-grizzlies-santi-aldama-nbpa-vice-president\/88670457007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Memphis Grizzlies&#039; Santi Aldama named NBPA vice president;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Memphis Grizzlies&#8217; Santi Aldama named NBPA vice president<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Memphis Grizzlies forward Santi Aldama has been elected as a vice president of the National Basketball Players Association&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":609727,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3795],"tags":[7,3522,294,496,293,177,4070,11104,6,18878,470,31118,1185,6514,81048],"class_list":{"0":"post-609726","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-memphis-grizzlies","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-cedric-coward","10":"tag-grizzlies","11":"tag-jaren-jackson-jr","12":"tag-memphis","13":"tag-memphis-grizzlies","14":"tag-memphisgrizzlies","15":"tag-national-basketball-players-association","16":"tag-nba","17":"tag-nbpa","18":"tag-new-orleans-pelicans","19":"tag-player-representatives","20":"tag-santi-aldama","21":"tag-trey-murphy-iii","22":"tag-vice-presidents"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116091802357487361","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=609726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609726\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/609727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=609726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=609726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=609726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}