and no one agreed with me that B10 officials agreed on how they should officiate ZE. Really almost no other explanation when you look at how consistently his games were called and how he played.
Zach Edey tonight
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His lack of quickness and mobility stood out like a sore thumb. Wasn't featured at all offensively and his team played vastly better with him off the court than with him on. Teammate and two-way player Jay Huff was the superior player in all facets.
There are some PU grads currently pushing this narrative that the NBA refs should spend some time in training with the BIG refs to learn how to properly ref Edey. The BIG refs were able to learn to see how edey virtually never fouled while being beaten on every play.
I give MP credit too, for lobbying the refs for not calling fouls on ZE. We used to have a coach who could work refs also. The idea that Zack Edey "didn't foul much" was one of the more amazing con jobs I've seen. Obviously NBA refs didn't get the memo! But then again charging, hacking, and backing down and knocking (smaller) defenders out of position aren't fouls in college... oh, wait, they are?
He fits the "lob guy" role. The NBA is all about how many 3s your team can shoot per game. That leads to defenses jumping out at shooters creating a rim run, which leads to help D and a lot of dunks for guys who's only job is diving to the basket. TJD does this for GS.
That happened with Caitlin Clark when she hit the pros too. Never got called for a foul in college, then suddenly was hit with them.
It's not guys jumping out at shooters that's creating a lob opportunity, it's the guy beating his defender penetrating into the defense causing a 2 on 1 situation with the post player and putting that player to a choice. Pay better attention ....
She still got away with a lot of push offs and flops. She is important to the WNBA, Edey is not important.
Never got called for a foul in college, then never was fouled in the WNBA.
What top guards would ever want to play in the BIG when this is the status quo? It’s a serious problem the league needs to address.
I'll never be mistaken for a Purdue fan, but the guy came from nowhere (fine ... Canada) and is now one of 150ish starters in the NBA. Not too shabby.
Memphis has just removed the two-way tag from Jay Huff making him a full time roster member. Has significantly outplayed Edey through the first week of the season.
No one? I sure did ..
fwiw - his FTR - free throw rate - jumped 30% points last year from previous, without much change in his game. Sure he was a bit more aggressive but I've never seen anyone else that didn't have a major increase in minutes, role, or skills, come close to that. His FT per 40 also jumped considerably .. for no logical reason other than how the refs managed his games.
It wasn't just B1G he got
when I mentioned I believed they'd agreed on how to call him because of how few fouls he was called for in virtually every game, while being the most physical player on the floor or in the country, I don't think anyone agreed with me on here, so I should have said it that way.
I know everyone is concerned about Edey here because he’s just tall but he’s averaging 9.8 points and 4.3 rebounds in only 17 minutes per game right now with a calf injury. I was gonna start a Purdue wins exhibition thread as a joke but I’m trying to be good!
He is not a problem. He is limited in what he can do and the NBA needs bench players too. Some guys make a career playing off the bench and a lot of money too. Happens all the time. Big guys gotta be able to defend out to the perimeter on switches or they get exposed. There are a few of those bigs still around and not many of them play big minutes. I don't think Edey is all that much better than Bobi but I doubt he will have the career that Bobi created for himself.
The NBA is not about how many 3's one team can take. It's about spacing the floor and creating mismatches of the defense. Defensive players got be able to handle switches. Bigs gotta be able to get to the perimeter. He is probably always going to struggle with that.
Edey might be a lob finisher when there is a 2 on 1 situation but I don't think he will be much in the PNR at the NBA level when giving picks at the top of the key to the 3 pt arc. Most those roll guys are quick, agile and quick off the jump. I watch a guy like Lively and he is half way to the bucket on a roll almost immediately after setting the pick.
Edey might be a lob finisher when there is a 2 on 1 situation but I don't think he will be much in the PNR at the NBA level when giving picks at the top of the key to the 3 pt arc. Most those roll guys are quick, agile and quick off the jump. I watch a guy like Lively and he is half way to the bucket on a roll almost immediately after setting the pick.
Interesting take since Purdue fans didn’t start this thread or the Purdue loses exhibition thread. For someone who always calls out Purdue fans for coming over here to seek validation - why start these threads about Purdue and Edey if no one cares? Of course you do!
These threads may hve been started by an IU fan but they are fully stocked and kept alive by all of you IU-obsessed trolls that live her.
Hope this helps.
Sure, but if you don’t see the irony I can’t help you. To imply either fan base doesn’t care about the other is just silly and not truthful.
And as you know my son is a Freshman at IU this year - I want him to have a good experience and I want IU to do well except for the two games they play Purdue. Seems like he’s already been a good luck charm for football so if you’re lucky it will continue with hoops.
LOL. What's that mean???? I'm sure NBA teams (Memphis right now) and whichever teams may trade for or sign him as a free agent in the future will care.
Context was with respect to the rash of Pukes over here sobbing about everything from IU FB to IU BB to Edey. We don't care. Yes...I am sure his NBA employer, his Mom and the Pukes that are desperately grasping onto the past...care
I hope he does well in the nba. But I really hope IU is challenging for the top of the big ten this year. It's been awhile.
Spot on and the guy is the biggest pretentious windbag. Not only to Purdue fans but his brethren here. What a phony.
Of course we're going to discuss other teams, especially in conference, on our bball board. Especially when there was so much discussion here about the favorable treatment ZE got from college/B10 refs, it's beyond ironic that he has repeated foul trouble at the beginning of his pro career. Surely even a Boiler can grasp that, no? The odd thing isn't that we discuss other happenings in college ball and within our conference on the IU board, it's that so many Boilers run over here to comment.
That's inaccurate and you realize that. Guys roll over here when ignorant statements are made about Edey, Painter etc. and try to educate the moronic posters that deliver these. Do a couple of Purdue people initiate posts? Rarely and agree when they do that's strange. Mostly it's to refute the bleeding heart folk(45K poster, acronym yahoo guy etc.)
Always find fans(in any sport) that continuously complain about officiating laughable. Oh yeah not bad effort from Edey yesterday.
The best responses here are when IU people respond about not going on Purdue's board. What in the hell would they discuss??? Hey we made sweet 16 8 years ago! TJD is top 5 career statistics! He also won a play in game! Some of you aren't that bright but can't be that dumb.
IU will improve but prepare yourself for another year behind the Boilers. Painter will have this group jelling come January, bank on it.
Considering the Pacers lost their backup center for the season due to an achilles, then lost their 3rd string center for the season due to an achilles, I kinda wish they had found a way to draft Edey
Edey was a bad fit for the Pacers and how they play. He probably did as well possible by landing with Memphis.
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