Portland Trail Blazers Coach Chauncey Billups Confirms Talks With Zach Edey.
One of the bright spots in an otherwise dismal season for the Portland Trail Blazers is their bounty of upcoming draft picks. In the 2024 NBA Draft, the Blazers will have their own lottery pick, almost certainly a first-rounder from the Golden State Warriors besides.
They have a couple second-round picks incoming as well, making up for the one they’re shipping out to the Milwaukee Bucks.
Those selections will take center stage as June 26th and 27th approach. Unsurprisingly, Blazers fans are looking for an early start on the proceedings.
That includes one Blazer’s Edge Reader who’s high on center Zach Edey from Purdue. He’s been ultra-impressive the past two seasons. Could he make an impact in Portland.
Zach Edey just had a sensational performance in a win against Gonzaga, posting 27 points and 14 rebounds. I know he’s a plodding center a la old school bigs, but doesn’t he deserve to be higher on draft boards than he is? Could Portland benefit from those sleeping on Edey and nab him with their latter pick? If so, what might he provide the Blazers that they need?
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For those not familiar with the Boilermakers big man, he stands 7’4, weighs a legit 300 lbs, and averaged 25.0 points and 12.2 rebounds per game this season while shooting 62.4% from the field.