When You're The #1 Pick In The Draft But The NBA Doesn't Care

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If he gets a yao ming post fade hes gonna go crazy

Great college players don’t work all the time because the team doesn’t put them in a system they will flourish in.

Scouts say he's only good at basketball because he's tall, yet scouts have no problem saying someone will be good at basketball because they can jump high and have long arms. Make it make sense

RIP Bill Walton

to me it seems his biggest upside is his coachability. started basketball late in high school with low expectations going into college, yet he went on to become a b2b player of the year. he also was expected to be a poor shooter at the draft workouts, and yet he finished higher than most players let alone big men. i see no reason why he can't make it in the league.

Crazy cause he had one of the best agility test in the draft combine, 7”4 and has good touch around the basket and blocks shots, organization actually takes time to work with he can be a good player

It would be so funny if he came in and started dominating lol

Saying he’s “too tall” makes no sense when Wemby is the same height. He’s too slow, unathletic & can’t shoot. Height isn’t his issue lol

This man is so undervalued. I hope he gets drafted to a team that allows him to develop. I think Zach Edey might be one of the sleepers in this draft class. Though the NBA is looking away to draft slow and big centers in exchange to the likes of versatile like Wemby and Holmgren, I don't think we can write Edey off right away. The man is continuing to improve. He performed well in the draft combine and he has a potential to be a play-making big (though not closer to a Nikola Jokic). I really do hope Zach would get his opportunity and gets to showcase his overall repertoire and what he can bring to a team.

7'4", 300 lbs is crazy work. Clippers.....PLEASE

Edey is definitely worth taking a chance on. He has a ton of intangibles and his steady improvement is EXACTLY what every NBA team wants to see in their picks. With that said, Edey’s success is a long shot. Today’s NBA is a 3 pt shooting league. Many of today’s best bigs can shoot the three. Those that can’t are a huge liability for their teams, because it congests the driving lanes, making it much harder on the offensive end. Today’s bigs fall into one of three categories- athletic freaks, unicorns and specialists. Your freaks are Wemby, Giannis and Chet. Guys who possess the size, speed, athleticism, shooting abilities to make a huge impact on both ends of the court. Those three are capable of d-ing up guards coming off of a pick. Your unicorns are Embiid, Jokic. Embiid is a physical specimen and offensive juggernaut. Too big, too strong, too skilled etc on both ends to have an equal. Jokic is the unicorn of unicorns. He’s the greatest passing big ever, who possesses an offensive bag of skills so deep, that he could easily drop 40 a night if he chose too. He prefers getting his teammates involved, which ironically, makes him even more of a unicorn. What people fail to remember though, is Jokic was a HUGE liability on the defensive end up until last year. Jokic doesn’t have the speed and athleticism to defend the pick and roll heavy offensive schemes so prevalent in today’s NBA. For the Nuggets to win their championship, they had to implement a special Jokic defensive scheme. A scheme that required the Nuggets to put a roster of players around him, with the skills/agility/intelligence to switch and rotate defenders constantly, on the defensive end. If Jokic wasn’t such an offensive juggernaut, this would have never been considered. Your specialists are Gobert and Davis. Gobert is only in the league for his defensive prowess. Davis’s greatest strength is on the offensive end. When healthy, he’s one of the most offensively gifted centers to have ever played the game. He’s not bad on defense but in my opinion, Davis lacks the heart and competitiveness of a Giannis/Gobert to reach his potential on the defensive end of the floor. Edey’s biggest problem is he’s none of those. I don’t think he’s quick enough to guard the better centers, let alone the 1-4 positions. I don’t think he shoots well enough to stretch the floor. He lacks the athleticism to fulfill the role of rim protector. So unless he develops his skills, I don’t see him fitting in today’s NBA. He definitely deserves an opportunity though. If he truly has a good work ethic and is devoted to his craft, I think he could definitely end up being at least a solid backup for many NBA teams and I’m rooting for him.

Game is moving away fast from traditional centers. The reason Chet and Wemby are so good is because of how tall they are AND how insanely skilled and athletic they are. Edey is tall, heavy and slow. That doesn’t translate to the modern game at all. He would’ve been top 3 in 2004 but I doubt he’s top 20 in 2024 (Not even trying to hate on the dude just answer the question from the video as to why no one seems to care about him joining the league. Hes gonna be a role player or backup center)

I always hated when people say mid range jumpers are bad shots. Well the best scorers in history all feasted in the mid range their entire career. What a dumb take

This man Zach Edy is an absolute beast and I still can’t fully comprehend how this man isn’t going to be the number 1 pick or a lottery pick . Whatever teams end up drafting him is going to be lucky I hope he’s still in the board at 27 so my Timberwolves can snatch him

I am sorry, but Boban has the exact same skillset! He did the same thing Edey did the last 2 years... but not against college Kids, he did it in the Europe against grown ass man. Look up his stats before coming to the NBA...

In a year with no clear number 1 pick, edey seems like a fairly solid choice at #1. It's insane he's not even in the conversation.

The only college players to be 7'1" and score over 750 points in a college season are Wilt, Kareem, David Robinson, Shaq, and Zach Edey. The only players to win multiple unanimous NPOYs are Bill Walton, Ralph Sampson, and Zach Edey. Big men who came to basketball in their teens and became college stars after playing another sport in their youth include Tim Duncan, Hakeem Olajuwon, and Zach Edey. There are no serious Edey comps who've come into the league in the past 20 years. Boban only had one year in Europe in which he played more than 20 mpg, so he's never really had the stamina to play big minutes. We might not know exactly if a player like Edey will work in today's NBA, but we also don't know if it won't work either, and the scenarios in which it does work are pretty appealing.

I think their point here is.. he's playing very good but with the weakest class.

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