Zach Edey's Rise: From Skepticism to Phenomenal Success

Watch Zach Edey's Rise: From Skepticism to Phenomenal Success - SportsGrid on Dailymotion

Transcript

00:00Now, all the people that said that he was going to be terrible in the NBA, I was clearly

00:05not one of them.

00:06I hate Purdue, but I have said since day one, two years ago, I said it.

00:13This guy will be a star in the NBA simply because of his size and his ability to seal

00:19off defenders.

00:20I have never seen a guy use his ass better than him at sealing off and finishing with

00:24many hooks and inside.

00:27I have never seen a guy that big hit that many free throws.

00:30He can shoot threes.

00:31His numbers with the Grizzlies have been phenomenal.

00:34Who's laughing now?

00:36What do you think of his pro career so far?

00:37I think it's been outrageously good.

00:39Yeah, I mean, he missed a month with an ankle injury, but when he's played, he's played

00:44really well and it's getting better.

00:46And you're right.

00:47I mean, he's big, he's strong, he's violent, as violent as you can be in basketball.

00:53But also, he's got soft hands and he's got a smooth shot and he's always had that.

00:59It's just, you know, it's just gotten better.

01:01And remember, this is only his eighth year of playing basketball.

01:05So he's still picking up the nuances of the game.

01:09So this ceiling is, this ceiling is really high and it has to be because otherwise he's

01:14got to duck under it.