West Lafayette, ind. (Want) – The previous Purdue star, Zach Edey, was appointed to the primary NBA All -Rokie group.
He acquired the fourth largest vote and was listed on the 100 ballots, receiving 73 first group votes and 27 seconds of group votes.
He collected a mean of 9.2 factors, 8.3 rebounds and 1.3 photographs blocked per sport in his recruit yr with the Memphis grizzlies. Edey ranked first among the many recruits in rebounds and third as a block. He pulled 58% within the area and 34.6% out of three.
Edey performed in 66 video games, beginning 55 for the Grizzlies. He additionally began the 4 qualifying video games for the grizzly ones, with a mean of 6.3 factors, 7.8 rebounds and a couple of.5 blocks per sport.
Edey is joined within the first All-Rookie group by Stephon Fort (Spurs), Zaccharie Risacher (Hawks), Jaylen Wells (Grizzlies) and Alex Sarr (Wizards).
Edey was the nationwide participant of the yr throughout the consecutive seasons of Purdue. He helped Boilermakers at 63 victories in his final two years in West Lafayette, together with a visit to the nationwide championship match in 2024. He’s the most effective marker of all Purdue time (2,516 factors) and the primary rebounder of all time (1,321 rebounds).
