Not that it is any surprise to Purdue fans, but Edey appears to be on a mission. He was always in great shape for his size, but it appears that he is doing even better than that.
Edey appears to be on a ROY mission
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Hopefully he can stay healthy. That season is a long, physical grind.
Amen. I may be naive to think that he'll get beaten on less in the NBA than the shit that he put up with in college but an 82-game season is no joke.
Never know…they may implement the “hack an edey” and “they can’t quite possibly call every foul” like Northwestern and Tennessee tried 😂 😂
I know very little about refereeing but the idea of hiring full-time BT-only refs (maybe even just the lead official for each game), paying them well, and holding them accountable seems like such an easy decision. Put a stop to the 'they can't call them all' nonsense consistently and it goes away.
If his level of D can keep him on the floor, then yes, we know his O can be more than dominant. Curious about the former though....
Good point. The schemes will be important on both sides. We saw that he can be an elite rim protector, Memphis will try to scheme to maximize that, and opponents will try to get him in isolation and take advantage of mismatches.
Man, I hate to be a cynic but this just feels like the type of shit where the media loves to hype players up and then tear them down. If anyone can break that cycle Zach can, but expectations seem ridiculously high for the #9 overall pick.
They are somewhat high…Memphis fans seem to be super excited about him and understand that his role will be rebounding and setting massive screens for their best player.
We know he’s really good. But other ppl still think “he’s just tall”. Excited to see what he can do.
I mean, he's the betting favorite to win Rookie of the Year and Ja said last week that Zach will 'easily' win it. That's ridiculously high to me.
Haters are already coming out (maybe they never went away?), mostly people who have never seen him play and who definitely didn't see his combine agility stat the last two years, where he got up and down the court as well as pretty much any big.Link: Idiots who haven't actually watched him play
If they starting calling them all the fouling would stop pretty quickly. Northwestern and Tennessee would have been out of players by half-time.
