Bio

Marcos Henrique Louzada Silva (born 2 July 1999), commonly known as Didi Louzada, is a Brazilian professional basketball player for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA). At the 2019 NBA draft, he was drafted by the Atlanta Hawks, before his rights being traded to the New Orleans Pelicans. Early life Silva was born in Cachoeiro de Itapemirim in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo. The first sport he played was futsal, but he decided to focus on basketball when he was 10 years old. Silva 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 Franca in January 2015 and initially played for the under-16 team. After one season, Silva competed in the Liga de Desenvolvimento de Basquete (LDB), an under-22 league, and led his team to a championship. In August 2016, Silva was one of 40 players invited to the National Basketball Association (NBA) Americas Team Camp in Mexico City. Professional career Silva 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 Real Estelí in the FIBA Americas League. On 12 April 2019, Silva played for the World Select Team at the Nike Hoop Summit in Portland, Oregon. On 19 April, he declared for the 2019 NBA draft. At the time, Silva was ranked by ESPN as the 61st-best prospect in the draft class. Silva was selected as the 35th pick of the 2019 NBA draft by the Atlanta Hawks. His draft rights were later traded to the New Orleans Pelicans. Sydney Kings (2019–present) On July 5, Didi 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.