Herrington: More on Zach Edey’s fit, draft day maneuverings and the second round
Purdue center Zach Edey practices ahead of a Final Four college basketball game in the NCAA Tournament, Friday, April 5, 2024, in Glendale, Ariz. The Memphis Grizzlies used their No. 9 NBA Draft pick on Edey Wednesday, June 26. (Brynn Anderson/AP Photo file)
Chris Herrington
Chris Herrington has covered the Memphis Grizzlies, in one way or another, since the franchise’s second season in Memphis, while also writing about music, movies, food and civic life. As far as he knows, he’s the only member of the Professional Basketball Writers Association who is also a member of a film critics group and has also voted in national music critic polls for Rolling Stone and the Village Voice (RIP). He and his wife have two kids and, for reasons that sometimes elude him, three dogs.
Some next-day notes on the Memphis Grizzlies’ first-round draft night and what’s ahead:
Did the Grizzlies try to move up?
There was a lot of noise prior to Wednesday night’s draft about the Grizzlies trying to move up to select Connecticut center Donovan Clingan, and then there was reporting during the draft that a deal with Charlotte might be happening.
Afterward, Grizzlies executive Zach Kleiman mostly sidestepped questions about this alleged pursuit, only saying that the team achieved his desired outcome in getting Zach Edey at No. 9.
File this under informed theory, rather than confirmed fact, but here’s what I think likely happened:
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