Purdue center Zach Edey, the two-time AP player of the year, was taken ninth by the Memphis Grizzlies on the first night of the NBA draft.
to win The Associated Press' men's college basketball player of the year award in back-to-back seasons
And so begins the process of seeing how his game translates to the next level. Edey will be one of the tallest players in the NBA this coming season; in 2023-24, only San Antonio's Rookie of the YearEdey averaged 22.3 points and 12.9 rebounds as a junior, then 25.2 points and 12.2 rebounds during a senior season in which he led Purdue to the NCAA title game against Connecticut. The steady growth in his game was part of Memphis' attraction to his potential.
Edey is one of only six players to have won the AP player of the year award, which dates to the 1960-61 season, on multiple occasions. The others: Ohio State's Jerry Lucas, UCLA's Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Bill Walton, North Carolina State's David Thompson and Virginia's Ralph Sampson. Lucas, Abdul-Jabbar, Walton, Thompson and Edey were all two-time winners; Sampson was a three-time AP award winner.
Asked if the team was initially focused on Clingan -- taken by Portland with the seventh pick, Kleiman replied:"I haven't seen that reported anywhere." Pressed further about moving up, he said:"I'm saying this is how we wanted the draft to play out."
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