After what was a tumultous regular season for the Memphis Grizzlies, it seems they had their eyes set on the type of player they sought after in Wednesday night's draft. With heavy-hitting injuries to nearly its entire starting core, a 27-55 season saw Memphis go from a second-seeded team in the West the year prior to bottom-three in the conference.in the No. 9 slot of the draft on Wednesday evening, much higher than where the 7-foot-5 center was projected to land.
So when Memphis took him at No. 9, there was some surprise behind it -- but it does make sense for the Grizzlies in a couple aspects despite some impending drawbacks. A whopping 52.2% of Jackson's points come inside the paint, so that will be a point of concern for Edey as a traffic cone to learn how to provide another adept paint-scoring big man adequate spacing. But on the flip side, the congestion that both Edey and Jackson Jr. will create on the interior will be suffocating for teams who thrive at attacking the rim. That pairing as a rim-dettering tandem could be diminishing for any team in the league.
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