The Toronto Raptors hosted Purdue center Zach Edey for a workout Tuesday afternoon as the Canadian big man prepares for the NBA draft
At the time, nobody saw the Canadian center as some future NBA first-round pick. He was just a child — a remarkably tall one — celebrating a Toronto Raptors berth in the NBA Finals and about to head to Purdue as some relatively unknown high school prospect.
“I don’t even think I’m close to my ceiling,” he said. “Still doing things in practice I’ve never done. Still trying to add things to my game that I’ve never done before. I don’t think I’m a finished player by any means.” Edey showed off some of that at the combine where he looked impressive shooting from the outside and when the doors swung open to the Raptors’ practice facility on Tuesday, Edey looked comfortable from the free-throw line where he drained four straight shots.
“There’s guys in the league that play like how I want,” Edey said. “Like Valanciunas, like Zubac. How Jokic plays in the post, how like Embiid plays in the post. Vucevic. There’s some guys in the league that do some things that I want to do. Then also remembering that I’m a different person. Like what works for them might not work for me. What works for me might not work for them.”
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