Marcos Henrique Louzada Silva (born 2 July 1999), commonly known as Didi Louzada, is a Brazilian professional

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player for the Cleveland Charge of the

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. At the

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, he was drafted by the

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, before being traded to the New Orleans Pelicans.

Early life

Louzada was born in

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in the Brazilian state of

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. The first sport he played was

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, but he decided to focus on basketball when he was 10 years old. Louzada saw immediate success playing basketball for his school and joined the Liga Urbana Social de Basquete (LUSB) at age seven. He moved to NBB club

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in January 2015 and initially played for the under-16 team. After one season, he competed in the

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(LDB), an under-22 league, and led his team to a championship. In August 2016, Louzada was one of 40 players invited to the

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(NBA) Americas Team Camp in

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Professional career

Franca (2017–2019)

Louzada made his NBB debut for Franca on 16 February 2017, playing under two minutes in a 99–78 win over Pinheiros. On 26 January 2019, he recorded a career-high 27 points and six rebounds in a 100–70 victory over Nicaraguan club

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in the

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. On 12 April 2019, Louzada played for the World Select Team at the

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. On 19 April, he declared for the

. At the time, Silva was ranked by

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as the 61st-best prospect in the draft class. Silva was selected as the 35th pick of the 2019 NBA draft by the

. His draft rights were later traded to the New Orleans Pelicans.

Sydney Kings (2019–2021)

On 5 July 2019, Louzada signed with the Sydney Kings in the National Basketball League (NBL), a league based in Australia. Silva joined the team through the NBL Next Stars program, which was created in the previous year to attract NBA draft prospects to the NBL. He averaged 10.6 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.6 assist per game. On 30 September 2020, Louzada re-signed with the team.

New Orleans Pelicans (2021–2022)

On 27 April 2021, Louzada signed with the New Orleans Pelicans. On 19 November, he was suspended for 25 games for violating the terms of the NBA's anti-drug program. On 21 January 2022, while playing in the

for the

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, Louzada suffered a left knee injury. Two days later, the Pelicans announced that he was diagnosed with a torn

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in his left knee and would be ruled out indefinitely. On 4 February, he underwent surgery on his left knee.

Portland Trail Blazers (2022)

On 8 February 2022, the

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acquired Louzada,

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, a protected 2022 first-round draft pick, the better of New Orleans’ and Portland’s 2026 second-round draft picks and New Orleans’ 2027 second-round draft pick from the New Orleans Pelicans in exchange for

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and Tony Snell. On August 29, 2022, Louzada was waived by the Blazers.

Cleveland Charge (2022–present)

On October 24, 2022, Louzada joined the

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training camp roster.

National team career

Junior national team

In 2014, Louzada joined the Brazilian national under-15 team at the

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, Venezuela. In five games, he averaged 4.2 points, 3.8 rebounds, and 1.4 assists per game, while winning the gold medal over

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. Louzada played for the Brazilian national under-16 team at the 2015 FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship in Bahía Blanca, Argentina. In five games, he averaged 6.6 points, 2.4 rebounds, and 0.6 assists per game, as Brazil finished in sixth place.

Senior national team

On 10 September 2018, Louzada was called up to play for the senior Brazilian national team in the second phase of 2019 FIBA World Cup qualification. He made his debut three days later, playing less than a minute in an 85–77 loss to

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. On 21 February 2019, he scored 15 points in a 104–80 win over the

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, helping Brazil qualify for the

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Career statistics

NBA

Regular season

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NBB

Regular season

Playoffs

References

External links

NBB profile
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