Considering 45 of the top 46 players drafted this year have played in the NBA this year (the 1 that hasn't was drafted 31st and didn't sign and is currently playing in Europe) I feel pretty confident that he'll be on an active roster for at least part of next year.
You went from seeing the floor next year, presumably this means at a minimum of backend rotation minutes, to being on the active roster for at least part of next year.
Because I was responding to someone questioning if he'd be on an active roster. Fucking Jordan Walsh has seen the floor this year, of course Edey will see it at some point.
Yeah, I questioned if he’d be on an active roster “all year”, not if he’d be on a roster at all. That argument is between you and Reggie.
Yeah probably but the “seeing the floor” definition wasn’t meant to be so literal. Better question….what do you see his career arc looking like?
isn't Zach Edey similar to Luka?
Right. So to think these mocks know anything or that any lottery team would even consider him is pretty much saying that a guy who spent years working his way up to GM should essentially be working for Barstool.
Kanter was much more mobile. A poor man’s current version of Boogie? Tacko? I mean where is his offense even going to come from at the next level? Each time he puts it on the floor that is an auto-steal in the NBA.
Understatement here. Edey's ppg over his career has been 8.7, 14.4, 22.3, 25.0. Tacko's was 7.4, 10.9, 11.3, 11.1. Even if Edey won't be a bigtime scorer at the next level, it's really helpful to be able to put the ball in the basket.
I don’t think Kanter was more mobile than Edey. I think they were roughly the same. I think Kanter had a much wider base and was more tough/tougher to move than Edey.
Givony, who is the best in the game right now, has him at 12. Apparently the NBA thinks higher of him than we do
In college yes but how does he score easily in the NBA? He can’t put the ball on the floor at all, you don’t want him taking middies, and every big he’ll face is going to be quicker and more athletic.
Hey I respect him but that is nuts. I don’t think people recognize how slow he’ll be on the floor against NBA athletes….he’s slow for the Big Ten!
Tacko had no real basketball skills but Boban was a real good scorer and I’ll go far as to say borderline elite. Smooth moves, soft touch and a scorers mentality…..he just couldn’t play for more than 4-5 min at a time.
Edey strikes me as a healthy, in-shape, “good” version of Boban. I mean that as a compliment.
Edey is 10 times better than Tacko Fall. Edey plays in a power conference against excellent teams and has dominated offensively. Yes, he's bigger than almost every center he played against by by 3-5", but to compare him to Tacko, IMO, is seriously flawed. That said, I agree that his NBA success will be limited and that he should not be picked in the top 20
I think I mentioned him as someone he’d look like at this level which wasn’t meant to say that Edey wasn’t 10x the college player Tacko was….of course he was. My point was they are both unplayable for many of the same reasons….inability to defend, inability to retreat defensively, and slow within an offensive set making scoring difficult while stagnating the offense.
Gotcha, maybe he meant to quote you and not me then.
Right, and I don't take exception to HRB's analysis, I just don't think Fall is a good comp.
I think it’s just a regular reaction. Immobile, can’t space the floor, has no offense other than a hook in the lane or a lob.
Here's my question, and let's ignore the mobility thing.., will Edey even be able to post up in the lane in the NBA? He doesn't seem to have strong legs or the ability to move big defenders.
Definitely not the extent he could in college, he will be a turnover machine if he tries to take a few dribbles on a post up.
Kornet is definitely quick compared to Edey. It's not just Edey's foot speed- his processing on the defensive end is slow. He's consistently a step behind the play at the college level; NBA ball movement is going to give him whiplash. I see very little path for him becoming a rotation player for a good team, but Brook Lopez was once a poor defender who didn't shoot threes, so it's possible. Barring that type of growth, he'll be unplayable in the playoffs. I'm trying to thing of 7 footers who are significant liabilities on defense and don't stretch the floor, but Kanter's the only one coming to mind from recent years... are there any in the league right now? There's a reason Clingan is widely projected as a lottery pick and Edey's back end of the first round in a terrible draft. Bigs gotta play D in the association.
