Edey making himself some real money tonight.
I was thinking the same thing in the first 10 minutes of that game. Then I felt like he proceeded to lose that, and some, over the next 30 minutes. I just don’t see how he is successful beyond a 10 minute per game reserve role in the League. His game just simply can’t translate.
Didn't they say during one of the games that Edey never played basketball until his sophomore year of high school? I would expect more growth/evolution in his game as a pro.
I’m sure that will be true, as these guys in the NBA have the best resources available to them and nothing but time to work on their games. He should improve.
That said, he will enter the League at the very lowest level of the athleticism spectrum, and that’s not likely to change. I don’t see how he’s going to be able to guard anyone, and he will be constantly exploited on the perimeter on the defensive end. On offense, his post game feels unrefined and he won’t have the day-in and day-out size advantage he had in college. I think he can hang around, but I would be pretty surprised if he ended up as anything more than a 9th-12th guy on a roster.