For Purdue’s massive center Zach Edey, performance vs. potential is a constant debate.
Either you watched Purdue center Zach Edey devour defenders in his opening NCAA tournament matchup and left in awe of the numbers he put up, or you reduced his stats to the hereditary byproduct of being super, ridiculously tall. Maybe you felt for Grambling State, and how the Tigers had no solution to slowing him down, or perhaps you envisioned how one day a professional team might try to defend Edey — in the G League.
Edey was dominant and the Boilermakers won breezily. After which, I asked Purdue Coach Matt Painter about the team’s juggling act: keeping Edey as a beast in the college ranks, while also preparing him for his potential next launch into a very different game. Painter spent more than three minutes giving an answer that also doubled as Edey’s career chronology. But Painter started by repeating the question that he hears often.
Joel Embiid, the best pure center, gives throwback vibes with his impeccable footwork — when he’s healthy, of course — but he also has attemptedthis season. That’s more than his dunks, hook shots and tip-ins combined. So if Edey doesn’t shoot threes, where will he fit in the NBA?
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