>To fill that void, Canada turned to 20-year-old Zach Edey, a 7-foot-4 center playing college basketball at Purdue.
"He was a pretty big priority," Nurse said. "We just thought that every time we see Zach he’s a problem for, well, when we're scrimmaging against him it's a problem for us, right, on the floor and practices and things. And he's a problem for other teams.
"And I've already been to watch him workout and stuff for this summer, and he looks great, man, physically looks amazing. Whatever they’re doing at Purdue to get his body right. His body is right. His legs are strong and lean, and his upper body is lean and he looks really good."
"He was a pretty big priority," Nurse said. "We just thought that every time we see Zach he’s a problem for, well, when we're scrimmaging against him it's a problem for us, right, on the floor and practices and things. And he's a problem for other teams.
"And I've already been to watch him workout and stuff for this summer, and he looks great, man, physically looks amazing. Whatever they’re doing at Purdue to get his body right. His body is right. His legs are strong and lean, and his upper body is lean and he looks really good."