No sports analyst here, but I watched the Rockets-Grizzlies game tonight and have some observations to share about Edey.
If you look at the box score on ESPN you’ll see he had 2 points, 6 fouls, 7 reb a steal and a block in 24 minutes. Underwhelming, but well rounded, right? Jalen Greene got two or three blow-by scores on him, one because he was just out of position in a way that he will fix. But Jaylen Green scored 42 points - out of his mind tonight.
However:
1) It doesn’t show up in the stat lines, but every time someone tried to score around Edey there was a much lower chance they could do anything functional. Some of his defense made the Rockets look almost comically out of place.
2) Edey was in the game a few times. It seemed almost every time he was put in the game the Rockets were behind and when he got taken out, they were ahead by 7 to 9 points. A little bit less of such a difference in the second half, but that Edey effect was still there. Notably, his last minutes played were with I think around four minutes left in the game, with the Grizzlies up by two or four points, and they ended up losing without him in the lineup.
3) Edey co-led the team in plus/minus points on the floor with +11. The other +11 was Ja Morant, though Ja played 37 minutes.
If you look at the box score on ESPN you’ll see he had 2 points, 6 fouls, 7 reb a steal and a block in 24 minutes. Underwhelming, but well rounded, right? Jalen Greene got two or three blow-by scores on him, one because he was just out of position in a way that he will fix. But Jaylen Green scored 42 points - out of his mind tonight.
However:
1) It doesn’t show up in the stat lines, but every time someone tried to score around Edey there was a much lower chance they could do anything functional. Some of his defense made the Rockets look almost comically out of place.
2) Edey was in the game a few times. It seemed almost every time he was put in the game the Rockets were behind and when he got taken out, they were ahead by 7 to 9 points. A little bit less of such a difference in the second half, but that Edey effect was still there. Notably, his last minutes played were with I think around four minutes left in the game, with the Grizzlies up by two or four points, and they ended up losing without him in the lineup.
3) Edey co-led the team in plus/minus points on the floor with +11. The other +11 was Ja Morant, though Ja played 37 minutes.
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