| Aaron Estrada | |
| Position: | Point guard / shooting guard |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 3 |
| Weight Lbs: | 190 |
| League: | NBA G League |
| Team: | Motor City Cruise |
| Number: | 7 |
| Birth Date: | 3 February 2001 |
| Birth Place: | Woodbury, New Jersey, U.S. |
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| Draft Year: | 2024 |
| Career Start: | 2024 |
| Years1: | 2024–present |
| Team1: | Motor City Cruise |
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Aaron S. Estrada (born February 3, 2001) is an American professional basketball player for the Motor City Cruise of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Saint Peter's Peacocks, Oregon Ducks, Hofstra Pride and Alabama Crimson Tide. He is a two-time Coastal Athletic Association Player of the Year (2022, 2023).
Estrada attended Woodbury Junior-Senior High School. As a junior, he averaged 21.5 points, seven rebounds, and six assists per game. Estrada scored 23 points and made the game-winning foul shots as the Thundering Herd beat Cresskill High School 60–58 to capture their first Group 1 state title. He transferred to St. Benedict's Prep for his senior year.[1] Estrada was featured in a documentary series called Benedict Men, on the streaming platform Quibi.[2] In July 2019, Estrada committed to playing college basketball for Saint Peter's, choosing the Peacocks over East Carolina, Robert Morris, and Wagner.[3]
Estrada averaged 8.1 points, 2.5 rebounds, and 1.9 assists per game as a freshman.[4] He earned MAAC Rookie of the Year honors.[5] Estrada opted to transfer to Oregon after the season, choosing the Ducks over Creighton and Syracuse.[6] As a sophomore, he averaged 3.1 points and 1.9 rebounds per game, shooting 42.3 percent from the field. Following the season, Estrada transferred to Hofstra.[7] After arriving at Hofstra, he focused on losing weight and improving his three-point shooting.[8] On February 5, 2022, Estrada scored a career-high 35 points in a 85–78 overtime win against James Madison.[9] He was named Colonial Athletic Association's Player of the Year.[10] He repeated as conference player of the year the following season after averaging 20.3 points per game (second in the CAA) while leading Hofstra to a share of the regular season championship.[11] He led the 2022–23 Pride to a share of the regular season conference championship and advancement into the second round of the 2023 NIT, where Hofstra pulled off a first-round upset over regional #1-seed Rutgers, 88–86, in overtime. Estrada transferred to Alabama for his final season of eligibility and averaged 13.4 points, 5.4 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game.[12]
After going undrafted in the 2024 NBA draft, Estrada signed with the Detroit Pistons on October 7, 2024,[13] but was waived on October 17.[14] On October 29, he joined the Motor City Cruise.[15]
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2019–20| style="text-align:left;"| Saint Peter's| 28 || 14 || 19.4 || .405 || .340 || .879 || 2.5 || 1.9 || .7 || .0 || 8.1|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2020–21| style="text-align:left;"| Oregon| 9 || 0 || 12.4 || .423 || .214 || .750 || 1.9 || .8 || .3 || .0 || 3.1|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2021–22| style="text-align:left;"| Hofstra| 32 || 32 || 35.2 || .477 || .330 || .935 || 5.7 || 5.0 || 1.5 || .2 || 18.5|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2022–23| style="text-align:left;"| Hofstra| 31 || 31 || 37.2 || .478 || .368 || .809 || 5.5 || 4.3 || 1.5 || .2 || 20.2|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2023–24| style="text-align:left;"| Alabama| 37 || 37 || 30.9 || .449 || .313 || .847 || 5.4 || 4.6 || 1.6 || .2 || 13.4|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 137 || 114 || 29.8 || .460 || .336 || .863 || 4.7 || 3.8 || 1.3 || .2 || 14.4