Memphis, Tenn. – The Memphis Grizzlies today announced that the team signed 2021 first round draft picks Ziaire Williams and Santi Aldama to multi-year contracts. Per team policy, terms of the deals were not disclosed.
Williams (6-8 ¼, 185) was acquired by the Grizzlies using the 10th overall pick pursuant to a three-team trade with the New Orleans Pelicans and Charlotte Hornets completed on Aug. 7. The 19-year-old California native was named a top-10 finalist for the Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year Award last season as a freshman at Stanford, where he averaged 10.