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out of the house get yourself downtown and shake it all out tonight here we go it’s noon on grind City media.com it’s Chris welcome welcome welcome welcome welcome it is the Thursday June 27th 2024 edition of the show today on the show we need to talk about the NBA draft after a lot of deliberation and consult ation I made the decision 5 minutes before the show that I was not going to disappear forever despite my previous claims about what would happen if the Grizzlies took Zack ninth overall in the NBA draft we will go through last night we will go through what Zack kimman the general manager of the team had to say about Zack Edy becoming a Memphis Grizzly Devin was in Brooklyn last night me Kelsey and Roser were at Southland Park for the festivities we will go through the draft we’ll get you ready for the second round today let’s do it turn it [Music] up once in your life won’t you do what feels right instead of waiting for the next big thing to say stop running your out get out of the house get yourself and [Applause] Sh yeah yeah yeah yeah hope everybody’s having a good day all right we got a lot to get to on the show today uh the Memphis Grizzlies took Zack Edy in the top 10 last night and so they have their new center uh we will get to everything that took place with the NBA Draft last night also the second round of the NBA draft is going to be going on early this afternoon Memphis has a couple of picks in that and we will talk about who is still left on the board quite the event last night at Southland uh hotel casino uh super excited to meet so many people that came out uh certainly appreciate all the people that did come out and I will tell you that when they drafted Zack Ed it got a a very good response last night from the fan base that was on hand uh we will get to everything that took place last night in Brooklyn on Devon side he’s running around with a camera and then they drafted the only guy that was not there so that turned out great for him uh before I get to anything I welcome John Roser to the show John Roser AK the cologne Ranger the body spray band it’s in your sack Johnny back beat JN asparagus Johnny neck carb John Lance peace Yogi [Music] Roser what up what up have you been able to go back I have given you one Mission did you go back to all of our previous shows and delete everything I mean we can do that those still exist yeah they exist how do they exist at this time they did happen last night what are you doing why do I even have you around well you know um sometime it’s it’s for the good of everything you know sometimes we gota we gotta eat we got to eat it yeah you know eat it yeah yeah it’s why why would we delete it why would we delete it I’m not like totally against Zack Ed I I think you were more profound in your stance against him how is it the only guy that I’ve got clips of me saying this stuff about literally there’s 60 guys in the draft yeah the only one that there are clips of me being [Laughter] like that’s what doing this show is about CU every once in a while happens right I’ve had my celebrations and I have had my comeuppances and this is a comeuppances yeah and look I’ll say this like I say every year uh whether or not no matter what I’m always going to give you my opinion on these things okay and then when something like that night takes place and they take Zack Edy um now In fairness this is much much better than like say many years ago when I have been dead set against picks or I have been convinced that somebody was going to be a bum never once did I tell you that this guy’s going to be a bum I told you I do not know how this is going to translate to the NBA which I totally believe and I don’t know what kind of fit it is with the type of team they have and the type of point guard they have and interestingly enough this is when I went back I I read all manner of people this morning you can find both you will find people that hate the pick you will find people that love the pick it is easily the most polarizing which is for our purposes As Good As It Gets yes something that is this polarizing and it’s going to play out one way or the other or it might play out in the middle right maybe maybe he’s he’s a good player and the people that didn’t like the pick and the people that did like the pick are going to be you know fine with their with their uh with their thoughts maybe he turns out to be awesome maybe he turns out to be terrible but like there are strong opinions about this player unlike almost any other player in the draft yeah you don’t see unanimous strong opinions about players everybody’s like I really like him or I don’t you know what I mean like but to have there’s there’s not a player where a lot of people love him and a lot of people hate him nobody is more polarizing and The Grizzlies ended up with Zack Ed last night after what was a very stressful first eight picks of the draft uh Devin Walker was there in Brooklyn watch it get all play out he’s the microphone Mangler Senor cadilla Mr Matt navoo Joe the reporter the photographer he s yeah I was there by the way I got on the flight early this morning I have a rule Vernon we we have a rule every every uh flight organization from now should make a rule because I just had the most uncomfortable two and a half hour fight of my life oh if you have a big b dein you should have to buy two seats oh boy bro I spent the two hour two my man got smooshed bro I spent two and a half hours in the aisl like this put the camera on me I was like this getting your knees sideway so every time somebody walked by I was like I’m like yeah bro it’s not I’m not doing this so Delta Southwest American Allegiant if you have a you should make a check boox is your back this guy this guy is fattest that’s a new thing that’s a new thing are fattest wow United all y’all Kelsey R Johnson’s here she is brampton’s finest she is the Nordstrom Rack tribe Queen she is Puerto Rico’s favorite reporter she is the ketchup chip [Music] Cur boiler Yeti period how did you get a produce shirt by the show today can I see your closet bro cuz it’s like every time something happens she has a shirt like to go with it and you hated on on Ed leading up to the draft too you hated on okay this actually this is oh I said it this morning too I don’t I still don’t I don’t know how he’s a good fit but now that he’s a Grizzly I will never not support anyone who’s not on the Grizzlies well the Zodiac GM loves it thinks it’s right here comes Roser with the Zodiac GM zodiac GM loves it says the Synergy is A+ you guys want me to talk plus the Zodiac GM that’s right that’s who Roser gets all his news from now he is GM has stopped he has stopped believing in himself and starts believing in astrology yeah I’m an astrology person oh yeah well then the Z zodiac GM is for you too you will not like it the fact that Stefan Castle also is like an AIT with Victor Wim Yama oh wow he’s a Scorpio with like a le moon who got a bad zodiac uh the Minnesota Timberwolves with Dillingham uh I think Dillingham was yeah mixed teren Shannon was only like a C+ oh my goodness I think uh Utah Utah isah cerer because he’s a brother going to Utah that’s not fair that’s not astrology that’s like real life you know what that’s life bro not arity that’s life that’s that’s actually Fair that’s actually Fair the Knicks actually got a C+ oh sorry no no no the Isaiah CER is a good one A+ A+ A+ oh my God I say you’re going to be right at home in you ter Shannon is a C+ teren Shannon is a C+ um where did is happening Roser loving zodiac GM is my favorite song random he the only thing look you have all these people that analyze the draft you have Jonathan gavon and you have Seth Davis and you have J bis and you have uh Kevin oconor and you have all these people that analyze it spend sasini they spend their whole life analyzing the NBA draft and Roser cares about literally one opinion and the only opinion he seeks out in when the Grizzlies took a player the only thing Roser was going to care about was what is zodiac GM think yeah initi that’s what first thing you went to I say zodia GM called it out and said that Damen Lillard said that Damen Lillard was not a good fit with the Bucks God was not a good fit with the Bucks oh wow not a good fit said Doc Rivers also not a good not a good fit Dam a Cancer and they’re very emotional oh is that right he does not like bub Carrington does not like bub Carrington that may be because he’s going to the Wizards not like Bob caring to the Wizards does not like nicoa topic going to the Oklahoma City Thunder by the way can we talk about the most this being the most random like player draft of all time like if you would like Lin those dudes up like the group photo I know got to take us through your night uh so I got to the arena at 3:45 okay the draft started at 8:00 uh your your flight was at at 5:00 a.m. this morning 6 a. 6 a.m. okay oh yeah their time yeah so uh I got I got to theen at 3:45 okay cuz we had a walk through at 4:00 so they tell us like what can what we can and can be for the draft that’s going to happen when we talk when we meet our players we walk through things do all that at 4:00 that takes about 20 minutes it it’s 4:30 and I got four hours to kill buddy so I just walk through Brooklyn oh you left the arena yeah I walked through Brooklyn and then just came back that’s kind of nice I was going to do it I walked through Brooklyn uh did you see jiren I did so I double back like uh probably like an hour afterwards cuz I heard jiren was on the red carpet so I walked by I saw J he was doing his interview thing he saw me he was like who was he doing it for nba.com uh nba.com yeah okay he was interviewing players on the red carpet as they came in the arena so he was doing that thing I saw him as he was finishing up and then we walked I walked with him it’s a good gig to his green room oh yeah he and he enjoys it too bro like that could be he likes interviewing the players he enjoys the interview thing really enjoys the interview thing like he can have a future in yeah he’s very um you know that the kid in uh New Orleans was doing that at the All-Star game oh yeah uh Murphy’s good at too and running around and asking people yeah yeah yeah like these big personalities unafraid to ask questions and mega likable so jiren did a good job with it did a good job then I walk with him afterwards and he was telling me about his trip on Milan and Italy and all that when I was in Milan mil he like like bro I’ve really been off the G for a while bro like he’s like now I’m like all I’m back in it it’s so weird he’s been off the grid he’s been on Instagram every yeah did you ask him what it felt like to button a shirt that he’s back from Milan everything is just nipples out I mean his nipples were out yesterday oh my God sleeves were out he had a no his nipples were not out yesterday okay his arms were out he had a cut off like little blazer going on and he uh fashion forward fashion forward for jar icon yeah did that I’m just an icon living talk Jaden Smith yes bro you like that that’s a good that’s a deep cut you like that that’s crazy all right so miss so talk to J for a little bit do what did you walk around and do in Brooklyn uh just walk bro just walk bedy got your steps in yeah got my steps I stop by uh uh a Jamaican food truck fire I love Jamaican food what’ you get some like jerk chicken yeah gas why not gas why not us why not today why not so so so then you make it back to the arena and what’s what’s the put that photo up what is that how dare you oh my God why why would you do that I’m I don’t talking D CL yeah why would you do that so yeah after that we fast for it blah blah blah I didn’t even like hey find out if John unfollowed clinging on Instagram good one oh dang that’s that would be funny if he by the way I I showed J there’s a big story yesterday drar started following Donovan kingan on Instagram you think he wants to follow a freaking Portland Trailblazer Donovan clinging guess what what he unfollowed him you got to do what you got to do tough I mean Donan cl’s got to be like damn man doesn’t follow him anymore that is 40 as hell 12 man that’s tough let’s see if but remember they didn’t want Donovan Clin they didn’t want Donovan clinin yeah they didn’t want Donovan Clin so after my Jamaican food truck Ron it was great went back to the arena got ready for the draft Runo big ass he still follow his jaw he still follow his jaw yeah of course a superstar we go to this big old room right big room full of people everybody’s getting ready for the draft big room getting excited blah blah blah so we just sit there and we’re like yo the draft’s about to start and we like where nine so we just have we just sit down on sit down on our seat until pck five comes up what do they have they have it on like a big screen yeah like a a like a not a big screen like a medium siiz screen who’s in there just a bunch of picture takers like you oh dang bro I will say I will say this called you a picture speaking of picture takers but that’s what you have to do with that thing tweeters yeah yeah tweeters and picture takers and video people yeah I will say this if you look around this room by the way representation is not very much oh when we talk about representation we probably had the most diverse group it was me shant Mike walls and bevens Y it we had the most group dver group out of all the teams so shout out to us by the way uh so we sit there we we get up at five bro we get up at pick five did people come up and ask you what’s cool no I will say this the the the brothers in the room I will say the brothers in the room did we did all the knowled each other my guy from the Spurs oh my boy uh uh t from Miami was there he W there he won there his his uh video people were there U my people the Charlotte that everyone all the brothers in the room we all gotcha that happen so yeah we got to pick five and we get up and go like to the big stage and we see the the Jake Fisher tweet and we’re like oh yeah oh that tough night for Jake Fisher that is a tough night for Jake fer we’re doing the show live at Southland and Kelsey says I did the same thing Jake Fisher reporting Grizzlies are trading with Charlotte that was me you said it on the show yeah like he it pops up on the timeline that yeah yeah I’m actually unfollowing him I only followed him for yesterday yeah he so he tweeted that so we me and so Bens takes off bro he like grabs it like they give him a vest and he like takes off into the the arena because it’s going to be the six we think the pick’s about to happen right well by the way all right so look one through three played out exactly like everybody thought it was going to take place right so it went it ended up not being shocking when Rees aay went number one when SAR went number two when Shephard went number three four I think you probably saw some different uh guys in the mock but again nobody was surprised by the Stefan Castle thing uh with a guard that was added to the mix with W Bama five threw everybody for the loop look I take L’s I’m taking my W’s too you even asked who is the the guy that is going to go higher than is projected MH what was my answer Ron Holland Holland oh yeah he did yeah people will over I said the GG Jackson thing will help he people will Overlook the One season and then when he went number five to Detroit that really threw the draft for a loop and as we are doing the show at Southland we’re going every pick that is not clinging is good is good right and so now you’re down to six six it’s not a natural fit with Charlotte and so it makes sense y that if you are trying to get up because there were already reports that he’s not dropping past seven so Charlotte was your chance Charlotte was your chance to hop up but Charlotte then moves down to nine with the way things played out after that whole commotion it made me believe that what happened here was let’s just say that that was all true and you were trying to get a deal done with Charlotte to be able to get up to six okay which I mean that that had been rumored for a long time that the G you know it was no state secret that Memphis was uh possibly interested in Donovan kingan our star point guard happened to uh follow him yesterday on Instagram he is unceremonious unfollowed already uh so it gets to six six is a total wild card because they take the French kid and we like this is very very very very very I had PTSD on this so reminiscent of the Year where the Grizzlies traded the they made the Steven Adams valent Tunis trade they got the 10th pick and the word was that they want giddy or fron and this felt exactly like in retrospect the giddy thing where it’s like oh my God nobody has this guy going six nobody and then he ends up going higher and then last night the thing that needed to happen if this was to take place was you needed them to take somebody that the Spurs weren’t targeting because the Spurs are the ones that are sitting there at 8 and they’re the ones that are going to uh be in the way of whoever Charlotte wants it feels like Charlotte took the French guy and then uh they took him because they couldn’t slide back to nine because at 8 he would have gone to San Antonio they would have paired him up with his bud win Bama mhm and so they would have taken eight and the reason I say that is because a the way it played out but B they moved off of eight so once their guy was off the board at six they made the weirdest trade yeah why are they moving out of eight for something in the future when they’ve got a young team they’ve got one of the best young players in the world you would figure like hey man you got two top 10 picks another P you can hit this but their guy got taken at six and so they said all right we’re just moving out of this right yeah and so they end up uh moving that pick to Minnesota anyways we can go back now let’s backtrack six is rumored to possibly be the pick B takes off to the arena and I’m like okay let me go to this so we have a room where like team content is so I take off to that room and get ready because I’m like yo this is about to happen let’s go let’s go and I stop and they’re like basically Capital pulled on the deal like it didn’t happen I’m like no were you sweating yeah I was like oh I was like wait what they’re like yeah it just not going to happen so I’m just like okay I guess we’ll wait till nine then so I’m in this back room while other players are coming in and waiting for nine to come seven happens I saw Maggie I gave her the bird um all right so for for for people that don’t know what we’re talking about Maggie Yang who is a dear friend of all of ours is now the pr director in uh Portland OR one she is part of the pr staff in Portland and we love we love Maggie but we resent her now yeah last night I gave her I said yeah I gave her the bird last night deser it last night so a comes and then the grids are on the clock so I standing there I we we Grizzy on the clock now I’m like yo it’s about what’s about to happen so I’m standing there I send the Tweet we’re in the clock so I’m watching the I’m watching the the arena feed I’m not in the arena I’m in the backside and then the pck happens and then everything just floods in bro and I’m and I’m sitting there like yo wait Zack e is the only one not here yeah so I’m like I have everybody’s following their players around I’m like I’ll just go to sit in this room and just you got to hang out you get to hang out well let’s get down let’s get so so six as I said I think that probably threw the whole thing for a loop if those reports had some Val validity to them okay which all makes sense everybody was saying throughout this thing and look the the Grizzlies can keep quiet what they cannot do is expect everybody else in the Free World to keep quiet and so the worst kept secret in the world was that they were trying to trade up from nine okay so I think that’s what happened more than likely now you have the choice there once it goes six um was Salon is that right was it Salon that went six yes Sal yeah and then seven now kingan is off the board and you’re not going to be able to move for him uh eight then becomes the Spurs have gotten their guy taken so now they’re moving off of it and they take Dillingham and now it gets to nine with the Grizzlies and you have the choice in the matter which is now am I going to use this pick and I told you yesterday and throughout the week the only thing that would shock me is if they stayed at nine and just took a player at nine I don’t think any of us expected that Zack kimman has always traded always yep all five years nothing good so I I figured that’s part for the course and there were all these rumors about them trying to get up in this draft so at 9 you have the opportunity then to either do what the Spurs did and say you know what the guy that we targeted wasn’t there and so now we’re just going to move off of this right we’re not just going to take somebody to take somebody or you have conviction about another player and I will say this look whether or not we will see the way it works out and Lord knows there’s nobody in the Free World that hopes it works out more than me okay I do believe this I do believe they had a conviction about Zack Edy and adding a center we thought that they were going to they were going to this now that with the position that you are in that this draft this free agency this trade season was going to be about improving the team and that they were going to do that by filling needs they we’re not in best available player mode yeah right like where it’s like even if you had somebody ranked higher on your board the other thing is this we know that they have been very analytically driven in the past yes someone texted me last night and said Memphis uh is going to look at the Excel spreadsheet and they’re taking Zack Edy and I was like yeah right and sure enough it came to pass they took they took Zack and so the numbers did like Z Ed I told you about Kevin pelton’s article uh you know that we talked about earlier in the week and if you went back and looked at what Pelton had at that time which was the the the analytics of it all he had Reed Shepard he had Donovan kingan he had Alex SAR Zack Edy was in the top five yeah on his list of prospects and where they will uh how they are going to translate to the NBA and so you knew that there were at least on that you know with that moment you know that there are statistical projection models that favor Zack Edy and I do think that they wanted a center I know that I mean we all know they wanted a center now whether that means that’s going to be your Center going forward or if this is like hey we have the opportunity to whether or not he is your starting center that that is playing 30s something minutes a night that’s probably not going to be the case and they’ll probably add somebody else but it is more tools to be able to play different styles of basketball and again the good side of this is that if it works out it works out and the one thing that we know is that I I I have been worried that it’s not a stylistic fit but but if I’m going to try to be you know Mr positive about this here’s what I tell you what has been the biggest problem for the Grizzlies when they have been very good and they have gotten into where where theyve played outstanding teams or they have gotten into the playoffs half court half court basketball half court and he is an outstanding halfcourt basketball player right I saw the Grizz fi stuff out today that look really like intriguing film guy who breaks down the film oh yeah he put some stuff up today and I was like okay I can bro they say he’s a good screen Setter um right what anybody can evaluate screen setting um well he takes contact well and I think that’s part of the screen setting he loves contact I mean I was reading an article last night and it was talking about how much he loves contact and if you don’t like contact you should go play chess or Golf and I was like all right maybe I like but I like golf the attitude I play golf from uh from from our guy Sean Coleman said uh playoff games shanan in playoff games teams that have played 10 or more playoff games over the past four years the Grizzlies ranked dead last in twoo percentage right you have to do that in Shaw cola’s voice that’s what I told him dead last in two point per there we go sh Sean so when I tell you it is polarizing I’m G to have to take off my Shad so I can read uh my eyes are so bloodshot no they’re not um here we go all right let’s start with this ratfink Kevin o’ Conor ratfink is a is unique name to call we’re going to be recording later today where did you get that from R rat where did you get where do that come from don’t worry about it bradf is one of the several hot rod characters created by an artist Big Daddy one of the origins of custom culture yeah I it’s like a phrase from the 1930 R cartoon character from the 19 here we go all right so he posts this video he goes this was not a circulated clip the guy went out of his way and found me saying this and he even put subtitles on it too and everything oh yeah so that there was no confusing yeah he made sure if he goes nine to M you’ll never see me again was what I said quote some poor soul is going to take him high Verno said if he goes down to Memphis you’ll never see me again Verno of course was talking about Zach Ed who is his Memphis Grizzlies selected with the pick God I love this podcast and by the way Verno will fall in love soon so will all Grizzlies fans Edy is going from Braden smwi Smith to John Morant playing point guard as his point guard Mor will create easier shots for him than he’s ever had before and he’s going to be supported on defense with some Stout perimeter Defenders and a former Defensive Player of the Year in jiren Jackson Jr there wasn’t a better fit for eded in the entire draft than Memphis I wasn’t sure it happened the Grizz want to play fast and they will but it turns out they also want to be able to slow it down and now with Edy they’ll be able to play any way they want to and both dictate matchups and respond to matchups in playoff settings yeah all right so there’s one I’m with it all right I’m with it Seth Davis number one on five picks I didn’t like Zack Edy it pains me to say this cuz I’m an unabashed Edie fan but the only thing more perplexing than him being drafted this high is the fact that the Grizzlies were the ones that took him Ed has limitations on both ends of the floor but his best asset at the next level will be the same one he possessed at College namely it’s someone who can throw the ball to throw the ball to in the post so he can either score or get fouled yet he’s now being paired with one of the fastest point guards in the league in John Morant a variety of Speedy Wings in jiren Jackson Jr Desmond Bane Marcus Smart GG Jackson where exactly does Ed fit stylistically with this group he’s offici numbers show that he’s not a good pick and roll finisher and he will be a big time liability on the defensive end the question coming into this draft was whether Ed could play for any NBA team but I did think he was a a firstr worthy Prospect who could be effective in small stretches the idea that he would be selected this High never once entered my mind well damn all right there you go so there’s that there’s and I told you the is easily the most polarizing player that there is right the one with a girl that what’s her name she said he’s the worst pick in like draft history you see that and then she gave it a c no she they she she changed the grade and then she changed it to a d a d which still would not be one of the worst pi ever said she said it was one of the worst picks in draft history you should give it an F Christen Peak yeah is that right from Yahoo from Yahoo yeah she call one of the worst picks in draft history no we like it now history I like it that be I I love the people that pan it yeah you here go I love the people that paned Vini what up Sam who I love yes you want to know what Sam said I know he loves it he’s a numbers guy I he’s a numbers guy he probably L I would think Sam likes wwss what would Sam say what was Sam Zack ID has continually proved everyone wrong at every level he was stuck behind everyone at if IMG he was outside the top 300 as a recruit is that true yes bro so talked to so outside the top 300 was he 7 foot five yeah he was so so J got Trey posted they posted a photo last night Trey Draper coached him at IMG and I text him last night I was like bro what’s the what’s like how was he at IMG he was like bro he didn’t play at all he’s like bro he was behind like three players at IMG he never played but you have to also remember with these really tall guys because I went through this when I lived with Kelly when those tall guys have their grow Sports they can’t like they have to learn how tool Kelly alen yeah like they have to and wait did he have a big gross SP what he seven yeah I know he but he was not all he was not like one of those kids that was 68 and freshman he was a point guard in his like up until grade 10 is that right yeah so when they have these grow SPS like and I know it sounds so stupid to people who are normal size you have to like learn how to use your body so like I would it wouldn’t surprise me that in high school he wasn’t like the best or most coordinated because like you don’t know how to use your arms when they grow and I I know it sounds like an excuse but it’s truly not no it happened to me he just thought hoop that’s crazy I totally I totally relate I went you 4 you g a five to bro that’s double bird he me dou when I went from when I went from 58 to 48 to 52 a lot of grow a lot of growth happened get off me they said he just started hooping like six years ago like six seven years ago yeah know yeah he’s played basketball for six years yeah so San Vini continues sorry yeah his ability to transition to the NBA has been doubted doubted there are doubters yet here we are two-time National Player of the Year Seasons later and Edy keeps getting better he’s in unbelievable shape for a player of his size in a way that allows him to take full advantage of his gifts he has skills that will work in the NBA he’s going to be a killer rebounder monster screener and will consistently establish position even against of the stronger players in the NBA I’m not saying he’s going to seal off jool embiid every time down the court but most seven foot or shorter will have it deal issues dealing with his height and his strength his Pro success comes down to his continuing to improve his movement ability and is continuing to maximize his ability to get up and down the court on defense he needs to not let ball handlers turn the corner on him and drop coverage and maintain extremely tight angles I’m not doubting Edy I’m done doubting Edy even as an NBA player he’s exceptionally tough and Intel suggests his work ethic is excellent cuz he’s a Taurus he’s an unbelievable competitor who desperately wants to win he plays with an edge that allows him to overcome a lot of perceived deficiencies in his game I can’t quite shake the questions I have on his ability to significantly impact the playoffs but I couldn’t quite get him into the lottery but I think he carves out an NBA role and sticks around for a while John Hollinger former front off his member of the Memphis Grizzlies writes the following Zack kimman didn’t trade up exclamation mark should we have a ceremony to mark this occasion it’s also a bit of a surprise that the Grizzlies reach for Edy with the ninth pick certainly feeling the center position was a need for Memphis but the Grizzlies had holes on the perimeter that could have been filled by the likes of dein Carter or montis pelis it will be interesting to see how Ed’s plotting style fits with a Memphis team that likes to push the pedal to the metal all right there you go there’s what uh H said so look we have had it on both sides we have had uh my brother in-arms Kevin oconor who absolutely loves it and thinks the fit is great we have had Seth Davis who said this pick doesn’t make any sense we have had San Vini who said I do have questions but I also think he is going to be very good at these things and I’m done doubting this guy because I’ve doubted him a long time and he like keeps getting better um and then we have Hollinger who is you know exhibiting some of the same questions which is how is this going to work and I think that’s what that was the Genesis none of us ever said that Jack e is not any good no yeah it has always been about how does he fit with that yeah how does he fit with a team that flies up and down the court and is playing pace and space and wants to get you into those kind of and and that is when they are at their best they have been at their worst in the half court which was documented now maybe this will address that maybe all of a sudden but I mean you we never thought and and one of the reasons that kingan was always somebody that we talked about and so they say at least reports are that they fancied was because he is the more archetype role player he is the kind of guy we you know exactly what he does right he defends he sets screens he finishes at the ram he blocks shots he passes and keeps the ball moving to better players Zack Edy is a 1980 center it’s what he is back to the basket no I mean so and it’s like are you now running plays for the you I don’t think anybody thought that the Grizzlies were going to attain a player that you’re run that you have to run plays for is that fair yeah that’s what I’m talking about right is he GNA be like I mean is he gonna play like Stephen Adams is he going to play like you know we figured that the center position on this team was a role player role because you have John Morant because you have Desmond Bane because you have jiren Jackson because you have all these Wings right that are out there it’s like where do you fall on the pecking order you knew when you looked at shot attempts at the end of the game yeah there would be the follow-ups or whatever but you know the the Brilliance of Stephen Adams was he offensive rebounded the ball and then he threw it back out right and so you always thought that like much like Derek Lively is a role player right like sometimes you might get six shots in a game sometimes you might get 12 shots in a game can Zack Edy be good without taking shots I think so that’s the question I think about a Purdue like the players one no offense Purdue the players one is good so of course like I got to be I’m the dude in the middle I got to be good right so now you playing with J jiren de the other thing is are you just going to be there at s foot5 and he can just finish everything that job he’s a great offensive rebounder you just clean anything there’s two things on this right which is set the screen and rolled to the basket but he did not finish on pick and rolls well in college no he didn’t but he had more defensive eyes on him too like we’ll be spaced out a lot better understood I also look with any of the big plotting centers and this has been my thing with you know with Rudy go when when when the Grizzlies played against it’s like I I watch it sometimes I watch a lot of these teams and I’m like bro get out of the way yeah get out of the way no it’s true an your Defender is next to the rim because he will not leave away from the rim because he has no reason to leave away from the rim yeah that is going to be a thing for Edie hopefully he can develop a well this is the trick and this is why this you know if you’re trying to convince yourself it can work you think about it this way the way to draw said guy away from the rim when he otherwise would not is that that if you are always the guy setting that high screen that Mor the pressure that Morant puts on you that then makes you make a choice in the matter that’s where you can clean up everything and so he there’s no question he theoretically should be able to finish Above the Rim Yeah he doesn’t have to jump uh to finish Above the Rim he cut the cut the he should be able to finish Above the Rim in a way that you that valent Tunis and Stephen Adams could not but he is much more in that type of mold and we were always in favor of bro get the Lively type there are two different types of centers you’ve either got the plotter guy or you’ve got the athlete guy and we’ve always thought we do have Brandon come on he’s not a center Center he plays the five for us got it I got it also we also get smoked on the board I’m just saying we can’t forget that we have him I love but yeah here’s the other thing Brandon is not playable with him no it would be one or those it’s like when we play OKC we have Brandon when we play Minnesota we have Ed so Edie I hope when you land here bro there’s a gym right there get the get that shot going no they can go small and they can go big right and that’s what it gives you it gives you optionality when it comes to that right and here’s hoping here’s hoping it works I I I got faith man give us give us a good 15 17 minutes a game I still think there’s some there’s some some stuff in the chamber we got to do give me one more give me one more big man cuz I think he can play what 15 s he ain’t going to play 30 minutes give me 18 minutes a game maybe 20 22 maybe 25 maybe 30 no I don’t need all that yeah but I just I’ll tell you this it is crazy something that people have such differing op I mean if it works it’s amazing yes is that fair yes if it works it’s amazing it’s a hit for sure and what we have to hope is also and this is one things that i’ I’d be remiss if I did not mention he also has to Buck the trend of all the vet the vet big man yeah vet big man yeah yesterday we said you know when we were talking about going into the draft Hollinger had written drafting a senior big man has you might as well just set your money on fire and you and but look there are always outliers wait why and you’ve got to hope that there’s an outlier go look up and down there NBA yeah you won’t find them like the tler hbos of the world the Shawn Mays the them dudes that played in college for a while they usually the the history thekk OS like big guy big guys that have been in college four years yeah the ones it’s always the ones that have been there for a year maybe two years in the rare exception you might find three years there’s just this is just and and it’s weird because he went back to college yeah got his bre after his junior year no I’m saying he went back to college cuz he wasn’t going to get taken last year yeah and it’s like the young guys the young guys are all the ones you look up and down the NBA and you’re just not going to find it I you can now you could say well that’s cuz none of them stay which is true none of them do stay yeah but he did and he destroyed everyone for two straight years monster he did no I mean look the the the numbers are the numbers the guy Aver 25 and 12 they sent us his like his his like award WS bro oh his Wikipedia Pages it’s it’s like a stack like you got to roll that joint out no one has ever denied he is an amazing college player this is how big there’s no defensive 3 seconds in the n in in college that’s the thing I was wor about too this is just just stand in front of the basket this is how big of a star he is though like he’s he’s a legit star you turn on ESPN this morning the bottom line across the screen there are two things on there about the NBA draft the first one is bronny France four players taken in the first round the second win is two-time Player of the Year Zach Eed goes nine to the glies oh those are the only two things on there I even I even texted all of my buddies from uh the ringer last night cuz I was on a group text with them and I said look I am hosting this thing at uh at like a live event for the draft you guys were there crowd went crazy crowd went crazy for oh you cannot you cannot underestimate College Fame College Fame is real college Fame is real you should have saw mentions last night trust me I know I mean and this guy was in the final four and like you know what I mean like he was Tennessee fans came for our neck show last oh for not taking don’t connect there was so like there’s message boards this morning saying the Grizzlies should not be a team anymore like they’re mad bro bad culture fit for Tennessee fans to have to root for LA Lakers exactly that’s that’s not y”s uh kind of people over there they wanted to be they wanted to be able to [ __ ] about the Grizzlies not playing him I and let me say this if I’m being fair about the uh about the Ed thing it is infinitely being so polarizing and us having no idea how it’s going to work out or how it’s going to play out even if I have severe questions about it that makes it so much more fun yep than taking like a wing that doesn’t really play for you like dude this dude is going to play and it’s either it’s going one way or the other but that makes it so it’s so much more interesting yeah so much more interesting is also so much more because he is 74 I know and he runs faster than Donovan Klinger which is insane they said what it’s 73 and 3/4 without Sho don’t act like we don’t have your video of you imitating his run I’m going do it again he’s the heaviest guy in the NBA now he’s the heaviest what about Bon they said he’s the heaviest guy I don’t know how how big is Bon what bar Mur nope 291 our guys [Music] 300 somebody in the chat just brought up a really good point I thought about this last night he could probably get us a bump for social side no question no Chinese engagement too oh yeah so his mom is like born of Chinese immigrants like he’s like we he’s him and his mom I had a bunch of people reach out from home and his him and his mom are both a really big part of I’d have to look it up but it’s like the the Toronto Chinese like there’s like a big CL at what point did you have an awareness of Zack Edy as a Canadian native when he was in ninth grade yeah I worked the um the bio steel all Canadian game I’ve talked about that before the what bio steel all Canadian it’s like your American oh McDonald’s all americ yeah so I did the bio steel bi that’s a good name I like that it sounds like something from a movie have bio steal here no oh it’s like a sports drink bio Ste oh we have that what’s the name has on jerseys there’s a team that has a patch a bio steel patch I’ve never seen it hold on how how is there an energy drink that Roser doesn’t no like it’s like a a recovery drink like know Sixers have it on their jerseys I knew i’ seen it before oh yeah shout out to G it’s Canadian seems it seems like the name of a company that like a wormy bad guy you know uses in Minion yeah yeah well they don’t know about my bio Ste yeah apparently the Lakers the the Lakers replac Gatorade as their official drink now too oh is that right they’re drinking that bio steel I’m on that bio anyway so we have the regular bio Steel game which I covered for years that’s where I interviewed like lud dor and all those guys right then there’s a futur game which is like the eighth and ninth graders okay so I never covered that one because it didn’t really go on TV y but he was in that game as a ninth grader so like I watch was he a giant yes oh he is a giant from or n long time not he wasn’t like 74 but he was like in the sixes when everyone else is still in like the low sixes you know he was like high sixes he was huge is his dad present yeah what is he a monster I’m not I you know again do we always do Deep D on these guys that we drafted right who is Zack’s dad uh was he a basketballer after he won he he hugged his mom okay let’s see Julian Glenn Eddie he was 63 63 yeah his mom is yeah good grief his mom was 6’3 and she born in Chinese immigrants in Toronto where she and play basketball his father’s white here’s a picture of his mom and his dad is his dad gigantic no no not really what the heck yeah he’s not maybe it’s a grandpa or something or maybe he’s just a like that’s his mom and dad his dad’s tall his dad’s tall 63 mom is I mean yeah seriously how many 63 women do you know that aren’t in the WNBA they just like walk around the world yeah not really do you know any I I don’t know one woman ho I don’t know any 6 his dad probably like 65 like if she’s 6’3 his dad’s probably 6 fiveish you see the video of him skating as like being 61 yeah he’s a tronto play the video y’all that’s why the footwork stuff I’m not cuz if you he’s got moves that no he’s got moves I’m okay he’s a real Canadian boy he’s well he’s also got post moves yeah again nobody post up in the NBA no let’s what say when we talk about S screen but he has post mve they said yeah and they said his Lane agility all his his Lane agility combine stuff was all more athletic than was we going to find out we got someone in the chat said he measured faster than Donovan K he and everything in the lane the lat your lateral quickness his straightforward quickness no but his lateral quickness in the lane he also smoked him in the national championship game he did like that happened it’s all it’s all about how you fit in the NBA I thought I didn’t think we’ll get to the climate St but I didn’t think one of the things he said is that it was pretty simple was you have to pay attention to him like you’ve got to count for him on the court like when you bro we got to see you bro and you watch some of those highlights dude when he dun like dude he is violent how he dunks like he does not just go just drop the he’s not a shrinking violent that’s what we love that’s why that’s why look even me as someone who threatened to end my life on the FedEx forum steps if they took Kim the beat don’t don’t throw don’t throw the beat at me that this guy is not not the beat this guy look look look and this cannot be in that category we knew Tash T was going to suck we knew it from day one I never told you this guy is going to suck I told you he it doesn’t make sense as a Grizzly yeah and I don’t know what he’s going to be in the NBA I don’t know Su he’s not going to suck in the ‘s like wallpaper on his phone is like quotes from like people hating on him like he uses that his motivation there’s an interview after a game on CBS where they’re like how did you guys come back and respond and he said cuz me and my team were effing winners yeah yeah yeah that’s the stuff I mess with and and the big part too which we had the issue with last year which I loved like to be was always a shrinking violet we knew we saw him literally dwan Blair body slammed him on ESPN in a big and all you heard shout out Pittsburgh the thing about him too he plays bro like durability wise yep like he didn’t like he he miss games didn’t miss games and he doesn’t have an injury history he plays heavy minutes you know what’s interesting about the about the injury thing I was thinking about this this morning because uh I don’t know if you guys saw this on the draft last night but Jonathan gavone was on there and uh don’t connect ended up going 17 to uh the Lakers way further than any people thought that he might go from 6 to 10 oh yeah you know what I mean so he was the biggest uh uh dropper last night cavone said that he was had he had multiple GMS texting him during like what what did we miss what is going on like they didn’t know if he was Med flagged or like what why why is this guy falling right what is going on and I was like that’s kind of crazy right yeah kind of crazy that like there was no like did aism get him there was no real reason aism is crazy aism may have gotten him maybe but there was no like 23 obvious reason no there was no like yo as to why like that he was falling in the draft don’t tell Tennessee fans that was very odd yeah he’s 23 years old yeah yeah J said he saw a lot of himself in him kind of thing all right we’re gonna we’re going to play what Zack Lyman said about last night the way last night played out and the Zack Edy pick we’re going to kind of go through it in the way that we do uh listening to the questions and answers and then we’ll make our comments on it uh we’ll get to the climbing stuff on the other side Chris ver shall we talk about our favorite NBA Finals MVPs number three is a little bit of Canadian history cuz it’s the first and only NBA championship that the country as a whole has I’m going to go with Kawhi Leonard’s second Finals MVP I still get my little heartworm even thinking about it and I was there watching it watching every game I IM ho with Lang Whitaker and me Kelsey R Johnson on YouTube at grind City media and the official grind City media app I 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talking at the break about uh what number Zach Ed could possibly wear and now Kelsey Ry Johnson has now brought brought up as possibilities 9 and 33 which happened to be Tony Allen and Mark Gasol which is horrible she said old look funny because he can’t wear 15 because it’s Brandon Clark you know my opinion what he’ll play one-on-one for no you have to wear zero did nobody believed me the Big Man Zero the Big Man Zero is czy Big Man Zero would be amazing and then they like they like 99 which is got the hockey gry Andy drafted ninth but he can’t wear nine or you go 55 you go the Double Nickel for what I don’t know just Len that’s nothing yeah Loren and R Len and War 42 here so you do like Greg ooster tag go double zero or zero yeah I like double zero big double zero in I just want one I just want the single zero yes you me like I want like nobody believed in me you 38 in the Canadian class please my God no or just is outrageous w h please don’t we 38 that is a nasty number bro 38 that’s like my boy Kar 46 yeah I was going to say or ed0 like what if he becomes charge number is the most underrated hilarious thing ever I was going to say should wear a linebacker I was going to say Ed should wear the reverse back running back number bro where 64 wear something ridiculous wecky number we in our in our franchise history we’ve never had a number 38 oh you you could do 74 cuz he’s 7 fo4 yeah you do that there only we’ had two we had two dble zeros in our franchise history D Arthur yeah and javar Kon Ben W Benjamin in 1996 Beno Benjamin Ben my bad he made him fren I made him FR Ben W I saw I saw Chris Ben W’s name yeah no yeah wo you said 38 you saw him wearing 38 in one picture yeah there have been 11 players in the history of the NBA and ABA who have worn the number 38 11 don’t do your stuff like sa Lee is the most recent oh my God you can on the Purdue nil store you can buy the Big Maple zakie hockey jersey the Big Maple the Big Maple we got to find a better nickname than that the the Big Maple hockey jersey oh Dev you have to buy this the Big M do say big maple on the back Big Maple you have to buy this it’s a Purdue jersey with big maple on the back Big Maple you I’m have to do that hey Darnell can we expedite that right now $120 Darnell I need it for tomorrow that’s a giveaway item right there when Z hockey jersey the is tomorrow cuz round two is tonight it’s probably going to be tomorrow yeah so for everybody that usually Tunes in is like hey he always has the draft picks on like they’re not here so because the draft is 2 days long they’re doing everything different yo can I hey expedite that right now please I need that to work tomorrow the Big Maple shout out to the Big Maple that’s crazy all right oh look at this what what else do you have there’s an exclusive release just tall it says just tall in quotes on the back oh that’s good so you know what that means right he fits in perfect cuz he knows that people just say like yo just tall oh yeah that’s great chip on the shoulder chip on the shoulder chip on the shoulder chip on the shoulder all right uh so hey look the second round is uh going to be going on this afternoon Grizzly have 39 they also have 57 okay 57 okay so 39 so look if they are going to draft 39th who knows if they’ll try to trade up from there or what um I’ve got I’ve got to a little help what you got just in case so yesterday I told you that I got the text that said Memphis just drafts off the spreadsheet you have the spreadsheet that’s sicko well here’s the stat guy here’s the St you required the spread sheeet no here’s the St not not theirs okay but the the the you know the statistical analysis so look out for these names Johnny Fury yep I me he’s still in the Green Room ver so cam Christie from Minnesota I think it’s Max Christie’s brother maybe um cam Christie cam might be what if he’s Chris Christie that grandson that fat ass oh my God all right actually I yeah he is thank you thank you Johnny Fury cam Christie Carlton Carrington oh no we good on that name you don’t like Kyle filipowski Jaylen Wells from Washington State give me these CLA kid okay look I told you like if you look down here oh Aden Bona yeah um yeah that’s oh Tyler kic your little TJ McConnell from Marquette little TJ McConnell action Tyler kic did you see that story about him reading doing a 7% on the wonderl test he can’t because he can’t read or something who did you see that Tyler was that fake Chris don’t do that was that no was that real what’s his name Tyler conic kic I could have sworn I saw a thing on Twitter said they don’t take the Wonder L for basketball bro this thing says breaking okay let me see it’s a parity account oh it’s definitely okay how dare she trying to say that the kid can’t read it said expect him to go undrafted cuz he can’t read I’m dead ass I’m dead serious stupid this is De look that’s who’s who reported it but no it’s it’s a fake account why would you go out of your way report that about him cuz it’s funny that’s a very random person to report that cuz he’s the new TJ McConnell look of the of the guys that are on there too my bad you look you you got a couple you’ve got if you want to go awesome college player Kevin mcculler is still around if you want to go just draft a Kentucky guy the Justin Edwards guy who was an amazing high school player so if you want to do the GJ Jackson you know he was great in high school thing um and then the other uh the college ones like the great college players Jamal shed at Houston who is a backup point guard and uh KJ Simpson from Colorado who’s a backup point guard you got three I mean you do have backup point guards that are on this if you are talking about filling needs and you’re going to need a second or third guard Tyler Kik KJ Simpson Jamal shed those guys are all still on the board those are guys that are like still on here um and then obviously the statistical guys I gave to you as possibilities of it’s just you know who’s the next guy on the spreadsheet um crazy last night Zack kimman spoke to the assembled media in FedEx forum about the Zack Ed pick all right let’s hear what he had to say fine fine um look there’s no denying the resume that Ed has this organization has always prior prioritized cultural fits as well I’m assuming that you had the opportunity to visit with him what was it about him over and above his basketball skills that make you feel that he is a strong cultural fit for the Memphis Grizzlies yeah this is um Zach Ed is a particularly special fit I think for this group um in getting to know him we’re talking about someone whose competitiveness is is through the roof care Factor through the roof no ego just wants to win um development focused year-over-year track record of of actual Improv movement um when we talk about you know the DNA of of this team and what we’re trying to build out uh Zack e to to a T is that definition uh we’re we could not be more thrilled to to land him in this draft all right so all right let’s stop with that uh Roser do you think it’s possible that Zack kimman follows the Zodiac GM account I mean he might I mean he might I’m sure kimman has a burner out there he said he is a particularly strong fit will big on personalities we will say this the clip that was going around from Ed Muse last night that had him uh after uh one of their tournament games where he had 40 and 16 and he said they don’t they think they know us but they don’t know us we’re effing winners and he’s yelling that on CBS I mean yeah that is very that’s a cultural fit he also screamed I Got a Boner after they won the uh yeah wait that’s real yeah oh are you sure are you just no that’s this is you living on fake accounts no I found the video Tyler Co it can’t read and Zach e said I I’ve Got a Boner I saw this I saw the video I I saw the video of him seeing it he said I have a bow you want me to play the video for you yes I would also like to see this because I double I triple checked that one cuz I was I saw the graph he said I have a boner he could have said something else okay if I would have known this prior to the draft I would have been much more favorable don’t the guy said I have listen I Got a Boner what is that in a post game they’re like celebra I think they’re celebrating it’s not like a microphone like it’s not like you know it’s not like uh Ali laflor is like yeah it’s not like she’s like he said I’ve Got a Boner all right don’t try to put SM on me again me not having all of available information is it possible I would have traded up for him is is it is it possible that that was a discussion in the Grizzlies War Room draft the guy that said he had a boner yeah right I agree who after you win a basketball game that’s the first thing you say yeah I’ve Got a Boner I’ve Got a Boner I’m withn it he is a particularly great cultural F hey we need to clip that he is a particularly great cultural f don’t clip that don’t clip that bro we do our team does act like kids yeah like they do I mean so that’s perfect right didn’t you saw the photos of him yesterday bro he got the four-letter word Verno the four-letter word swag no no bro this is not 2008 uh Soulja Boy no 2008 dog D AWG no no that’s a good one though Ora bro you got to have the AA can’t even say the word I said or or stop getting stuck on that a bro Tyler Cola look at that AA right there look at that AA ver look at that aura yeah that’s aura that champagne bottle in front of him he doesn’t have a he doesn’t have a bone there he you don’t know that he’s so Dad tall it’s so goofy yeah bro he could have a b right yeah bro by the way my legs would be on that first step this dude is spanning half the staircase I’m for sure taking a picture with him when we get him on I mean it’s going to be weird I don’t know I got to make sure he does have a bon cuz I might get hit with him I want I’ll be doing a limbo how L can you go get my eye poked out bro don’t poke my eye brother tall ass what Miss Carter say it’s over this only the first question all right let’s get to the next question Zach climate just happy as could be about Z drafting Zack e zodiac GM out of all the bring it back up you freaking astrology I love your astrology account out of the top four P you said you know Kevin prospects out of the top four that he had Reed Shepard a B+ with the Rockets kinging a B minus with the Blazers sawar a C+ with the Wizards Zack Edy his fourth overall Prospect A+ wait wait zodiac GM had him ranked fourth overall no oh oh Kevin bel’s statistical players that were drafted out of his top five the spreadsheet Zack he the the highest raded synerg is with the Grizzlies the fifth ranked player on peldon has not been drafted yet Fury oh yeah Johnny Fury I roll Johnny Fury FY yeah he’s still at the draft waiting to get picked yeah um sorry if we pick him then I’ll have to be happy whatever oh yeah look we’re being tested we are being tested God puts you really did God did God did you yeah we’re been Ted go next question next one yeah next one what we got Zack kimman uh Zach there were kind of reports throughout the day of you guys trying to move up uh on the board what was today like specifically I think uh with Charlotte it seemed like you guys were interested in going there um how did all of this play out and until you get toight but let’s just say this is uh this is exactly what we were hoping what happened tonight need [Applause] [Laughter] a hell no where you going to put the hat at huh where you going to put the hat at I’m still crying at the limbo you going to find a yo that’s insane where you going to put the head at in honor on the microphone yeah this exactly how we wanted it to play out okay look you don’t like just you don’t have to go that far that’s all I’m saying you don’t have to go that far right but you want to make just say we yes you want to make everybody feel like they’re you know wanted and that this that you are ha there is a way to say you are happy about the way it played out without saying this is exactly how we wanted it to play out when there’s all manner of reports out there that you were trying to do something different that doesn’t mean right like sometimes you are still thrilled about something different happening than what you may have tried to make happen that doesn’t there’s no demerit in that right everything doesn’t work out you are not in control yeah sometimes and so you could say like look but you never want to make Zach feel like you’re the no but what you say is we had two centers very high on our boards and we were going to be absolutely thrilled whichever if whichever one was going to be available that’s how you do it it’s easy yeah it’s easy you know what I’m say because then you can end up with egg on your face right what does that me egg on your face I don’t know bro I guess you can also ever heard that no and look and you can and you can do the whole we were Stealth In the Night silent about everything and this is exactly how we wanted it to play out and that’s why Matt painer his college coach was on with Gary Paris this morning and said I never talked to anybody from the grizli maybe was but like that’s what that’s what you’re at Mercy to yeah you’re Mercy to that kind of stuff happening it’s okay if that wasn’t option one you just say it’s option one a we were going look we had a goal in mind when we came into this draft and we are absolutely thrilled with being able to get Zach Eed at number nine we thought there was going to be no chance that we would be able to get one of these two guys when everything was said and done no matter what all the mock said and whatever else right like you could still play it up and be thrilled about it but come on bro this played out exactly like then okay then every single report is wrong and John Morant followed Donovan kingan on Instagram for funsies shut up like come on enough I’m fine with again I you know I love Zack and I think Zack is brilliant I just think like you know you don’t have to you don’t have to convince me that this is exact like we wanted to draft to having drafting number nine yeah is Goofy we never wanted to do that nobody wanted to do that we wanted seven we want to it’s fine but it’s fine and yeah right and if you would have had seven it would have played out exactly right this is you know the lottery balls didn’t go your way this year not this time didn’t go your way this year and sometimes things but you could still be thrilled about the outcome and say that you know we we had him very high on our board we wanted to address some holes on our team and when you have the opportunity to get one of the greatest college players of all time and a guy that is a particularly good fit with this team yeah and and and fits a need that we have we’re thrilled with the way this you think there’s any chance there could have been a smoke screen at all I just think you’re he’s trying to combat and I get it I get it I get it he’s trying to combat everybody saying they want to cling it yeah because they maybe it could have been a smoke screen that they put though you know you know all that stuff but yeah next question yeah next one uh Zach in the back Zach’s track record offensively seems like it should fit pretty well in the NBA to those who have concerns about his ability to guard in space on the defensive end what would you say to that I I think um yes I think I think to some Zach Ed uh is viewed as a somewhat polarizing player um for us when we think about let’s start with Zach you know and and the develop the progress that he’s made um what what he did over the course of his four-year career you know at Purdue making that national championship game um working on his body you know every year I think his his Mobility uh clearly improved you know year over-ear I think um I think there’s some misconceptions about Zach Edy and his defense you know we’re we’re talking about a a player here who was told not to not to foul out of games you know he he was a you know s such a significant part of that Purdue team that you know he his foul rate you know for for a big and and his dur you know durability for for someone who’s 75 with a 7-Eleven wingspan you know not missing games um not fouling out of games I I think two fouls per game you know or something to that effect I think there’s something to be said about you know allowing him to you know be a little bit more aggressive which he obviously you know will be able to you know at this level I think there’s a lot to be you know said about the situation with us you know with jiren Jackson Jr um I think jiren you know kind of roaming you know off of Zach his his weak side Rim protection um you know e Edy you know as the anchor you know in drop coverage I think that’s uh you know that that’s a look that we’re we’re very comfortable with and I think Zach you know has the potential to be a very positive you know impactful Defender you know over time in the NBA um again care factors through the roof incredible rebounder you know that’s certainly something that we wanted to have as a look you know we we have we have options you know now when we think about the push that we’re making you know to take this team all the way to a championship mean you see it it’s it’s really difficult to get through four rounds of the playoffs and in our front court now there’s a lot of different ways we can play you know there’s we have um year-over-year you know evidence that jiren and Brandon Clark whoever’s the four whoever’s the five you know in that pairing is is a great pairing Dynamic athletically you know we we’re optimistic you know about what the the Zach Ed you know jiren pairing is going to be jiren and Santi you know we can spread the floor a little bit more pasturable shoot you know type of look uh but it’s it’s not easy you know to to build a team that really um can not just deal with different type of matchups but we we tried you know what what really appealed to us about um about Zach you know you spend a lot of time thinking about how do we how do we match up against this team how do we match up against that team Zach is incredibly unique and that you got to deal with him you know like we we now have uh you know from a from a size standpoint from a physicality standpoint you know that that’s something that other teams are going to have to Grapple with you know we we want to have um you know looks that we can throw out there that give us the advantage let them you know figure out how to deal with us and we have different looks we can throw out over the course of a game or the over the course of a series um that optionality I think is something that really intrigued us and uh we think could make you know could make an actual difference all right so there’s a lot of stuff I really liked out of that and there’s some stuff I didn’t right I I am I am one that rolls my eyes at the he was told not to foul out of games and that’s why he doesn’t get Steals and blocks at the rate that you would think a guy does like I he is not a plus Defender if you want to convince me that he could stand in front of the rim and that defensive Reb again there you can can make a case to me the guy rebounds and that is the last line of defense yes right the last line of defense is being able to get the ball after they miss but he is not a he’s nowhere near a plus Defender and that has been one of the things like where does he fit defensively in in the NBA now if you want to tell me I think that he can be a lot better I don’t buy that him averaging two fouls a game is a good thing and his steel rate is like historically low yeah historically low there’s only three prospects in the database that Hollander has that had a lower steel rate he never steals the ball hands wise and so and block shots I mean he averaged about I think he had the same number of blocks as kingan and played way way way more minutes and he is only in front of the rim so I like again if you want to tell me like that his his defense isn’t as bad as what people have said it is okay I I can I can buy it also you can say how this is the way it works in the NBA and we think of it like the same way Brook Lopez has become a a very viable Defender next to yanis Sant TMO we think that that’s how he can become a a very valuable Defender because we have a defensive player of the year next to him Ro I can buy that right like I mean it’s nice to have that guy and then have the guy that can roam around and block shots and do all the dirt you know what I mean and be the helps side guy um and that he is going to like people are going to look up and see 7 foot4 and not come to the rim in the same way that they would I I got that I I believe that but like don’t don’t tell me it’s because he wasn’t trying to foul out of games just tell me he’s going to be better than he was yeah if so if Fe so at feba last summer he was on Team Canada and we played team they play they played Team USA which has a lot of NBA players on it and he played in the game and they literally what you me like they saw him on the court and there’s footage on YouTube of them trying to go at him every single time and he moved his feet decently well like because he’s playing against the Austin Reeves of the world the Tyrese halber people you gonna see every night and you see him in the pick and roll you you see like the the the the turning the corner yeah turn the corner but you can see him do the get the hands up and guys blocking or they trying to pass it out or put the hands up block the shot so you can see the potential where you can see like in the pick and roll he can be better than he was exactly he can be better than he was but don’t tell me the reason he wasn’t good on defense is because his coach didn’t want him to be good on defense like okay all right the other thing is and I know this probably got under your skin too bro nobody loves Santi Alama more than Zack Kleinman why was he even in this convers why Rose’s favorite player he entered into that conversation as as another like GG Jackson’s better than him God oh you’re shaking your head you say yes yes he is and more upside and more potential and it’s like he loves San Alama he does that was a hit for him we don’t know why you know what I mean we don’t know why I mean s was fine for where he was drafted he fine for where he was drafted yeah like he got with the last pick in the first round like he’s fine um but yeah there was a lot of stuff in there that I and and and the thing that is Major out of that that I totally believe in is that he he dictates decisions and I do like that and I do think that that is a valid yes point that is not that’s not bogus at all he does dictate decisions whether or not like you look if you want to say like Hey we’re we’re now we’re going to attack him on defense okay well that is still dictating a decision or we’re going to try to go small because they’ve got Zack Edy out there or we’re going to do things but he does dictate decisions there’s no way around that when you have somebody of that size for better or worse he is going to dictate your decisions and so it is nice to be on the offensive on that and the opportunity like he said which I totally believe in as well it gives you the it gives you the the option of doing things different ways right yeah that’s why I still think you need one more to put next to him what’s next another big another big I need another my life Zach talked at the combine and said that you had been in touch with him quite a bit and that he liked Memphis how early in this process do you would you say you identified him as a player that you liked and what particularly stood out yeah Z Zach let the cat out of the bag we we knew him from the year before we got to know him during the process uh of last year’s draft when Zach tested the waters but ultimately withdrew at the time when I believe you interviewed him at the combine Drew we had yet to speak with him obviously what what does that even mean yeah wait what I’m so confused yeah what what he said Zack Edie said that he talked to you and he said last year and he said it last year and he said and at that time when you interviewed him we actually hadn’t even talked to him at that point yet Zach e said that they talked yeah it’s just all so odd that’s weird everything about that was awkward the silence was very loud yeah like the the awkward awkward middle thing was weird I I don’t I don’t get it though so he’s saying that they didn’t talk to him at the combine I don’t know I don’t know his coach said they didn’t talk to him which you can look if you’re if you’re trying to convince me that that’s just because we didn’t want anybody to know that we had interest in him like probably you talk to the guy’s coach yeah what you do you talk to the head coach that’s just due diligence yeah yeah everybody talks to their coach why would you not give me one reason that you would not want to talk to Matt painer if you were targeting Zack Edy you weren’t targeting that Zach I mean there’s just no reason not to have talked to him none yeah you would want to know everything about the kid it’s a big choice you know what I mean especially especially at this time of the of the franchise yeah all right go ahead next this is this the wild question obviously we saw the call where it was made to Ed that he was coming to the Grizzlies and it was a very emotional and and really happy time with his family and friends just walk me through kind of that call and what he said to you on the phone when that moment happened yeah it it helped that you know we we um have had you know opportunities to get to know Zack in the past um you never know how these how these drafts can go but um I think he he understood um both the the cultural fit and the ENC Court fit um there there was you know a lot of mutual excitement about him uh joining the Grizzlies yeah Zach oh here you talked about you being thrilled with the way this ended up but didn’t you try to trade up in the draft to try to take Donovan cling I haven’t seen that reported anywhere I’m asking I’m saying this is how we wanted the the draft to play out tonight bro dude Clay Bailey is wild that was Clay wild Kay did not give a f bro didn’t you clay you can go watch the rest of that on YouTube if you want that was the best part that was by far the best part which is freaking hilarious uh Kay Bailey has been an elder Statesman and look he’s a real OG like me because back in the day when we when Mike fella was on the uh TNT broadcast with uh Marv Albert the every year during the playoffs when Memphis was in it and they would call the game they have this they’ have this picture of Mike forell in a press conference after a game and there are two people in this big press conference room and it is me and it is Clay Bailey and it’s from like 2003 or four or something like that and every time Marv alare would be like zor another another perfect representation of how popular you were in Memphis you know and it was and it’s me and I look asleep in the in the press conference are you serious yeah but Clay Bailey I mean he’s he’s been there he’s been there 20 years you know what I mean so he’s got his bonafides he can ask whatever the hell he wants to ask and that was funer than hell are you saying you didn’t dude how uncomfortable was clim he’s like I didn’t see I didn’t see that anywhere what and he goes I’m asking you didn’t you try to trade up to get Donovan qu been sitting there like am I in New York am I in like a New York Market la Market getting asked the kind of question you get asked in you can say yes or no clay baile got to get his media ass taken away though we going to see him disappear like yo what happened to Clay damn man he asked that question about last question he ever didn’t you try to trade up to get Donovan cling it no how to see the report I’m asking you didn’t you it’s that it’s that wording didn’t you try yeah he was it’s a perfect wording because it’s so hard to answer yeah like uh we had convers and again he just wasn’t ready for it yeah Clay we have conversations with many teams about many different outcomes but I will tell you the same thing I told you at the beginning we are thrilled to have Zack Ed and he was very high on our board yeah that’s it that’s it he just wasn’t ready for that yeah he wasn’t ready for that there is you got to know that like that clinging stuff is out there and so you tried to nip it in the butt at the beginning and it didn’t happen you tried to nib it in the bud by just saying this is exactly the way we wanted the draft and you don’t get that question unless you make the first mistake which is saying exactly this is exactly how I want no it’s not it’s fine though it’s fine we’re all fans no matter what Zach is a Zach is a Zach’s a great guy Zach’s like a really nice guy you just you got to get better at bsing and lying that’s just what it is like the business that you’re in you got to learn how to BS and lie better right because you can’t you can’t him said I haven’t seen that reported is legit I’ve done I’ve done that before I haven’t seen that reported I’m asking did you like the photo on Instagram I don’t know where you saw that at yeah what you talking about did you no he does got to like look at him like come on bro come on dog didn’t you did you or did you not try to trade up to get down to a clinging I I’m asking you like what did you order the Cod red said this is exactly what he said I’m asking you and then he said this is exactly how he wanted it to play out yeah and I mean all you have to say is look man we had two big guys in this draft super highly rated that we thought could fit a need and be great for our franchise and we were gonna be thrilled right and like again I think you’re just so you’re so protective of not thinking not wanting the guy to think that you wanted somebody else I get that I get that yeah right I get it but it’s a hard deal in today’s day and age that’s a hard deal yeah to to do that right I mean if it’s reported everywhere right that like you just you’re never you’re never going to convince everybody no right but you could still be thrilled with what took place yeah you’re just so protective of not having right cuz I and I get it it’s a hard spot because you don’t want the headline to be Grizzlies wanted cling and settled on Edy you know I mean like got keep you keep yeah keep the poker phases there’s very hard to do it so I understand it’s just a terrible spot to be in I did it look I’ve covered a thousand of these Jerry West didn’t know where Hakeem War went to college because he was fuming because jald green got took the pick before yeah so he didn’t like it was basically rest in peace Jerry West but once Gerald Green went out story goes He slammed down and like basically was like I don’t give a k we p take yeah cuz he thought he had it locked up and so then the scouts are like oh take take Keem Mor was it on National Championship team yes also made the biggest Block in the game yeah yeah he was on Carmelo’s team yeah Carmelo yeah shout out to Keem War man had some good dunks back in the day yeah yeah also really good dude really yeah we had good those good young guys like that first year I mean they they they all ended up hating their coach but I like that group with Rudy Gay Kyle Lowry and a Mori I did like they were all the Big East kids and they were all here together and you know Kyle Lowry’s got a good personality oh Rudy was cool hack was fun but I mean once ioni started playing Casey Jacobson over hakee they all hated they all hated him yeah they’re like this white bum and he was he was out of the NBA the next year yeah literally tough scene for him bro I mean sometimes coaches can make errors and judgment Casey Jacobson got that contract because he played with Steve Nash yeah Steve Nash made a lot of guys money yeah Casey Jacobson I a heard that name in a long all right what do you hope happens today well first of all we’ve had some trades already had we’ve had some Trad had some trades the Minnesota Timberwolves traded Wendell Moore Jr and the 3 seventh pick to the Pistons for the 53rd pick uh oh boy you know what well that’s probably to create money for the Dillingham deal at number eight you know who’s working overtime that’s my guy that’s Mike Miller he’s got more and he can’t get on the floor oh one more so the agents are always you’re always trying to find a place right like the the biggest thing and you saw Rich Paul talk about this when he was talking in reference to bronnie the biggest thing that you can do is try to find opportunity and fit and if you’re buried you know through your first contract it’s really really hard and that wend Del Moore kid is he is a so he’s in the same stable as uh as Morant and them but uh they were able to find him a place huh he was just he was just backed up I mean there was just L Jam he wasn’t going to get to play there so he had to find a place for him and so I guess able to find a place for him Oklahoma City has traded Lindy Waters the thir Golden State for the 52nd pick and the Atlanta Hawks are trading AJ Griffin to the rockets for the 44th pick AJ Griffin was a first round pick in 20122 wow you know Lindy you know the one that got you know the you know the trade that or the the pick that got smoked last night almost unanimously so I told you the Ed one is Mega polarizing yeah right the one that got smoked was the Milwaukee pick AJ Johnson yeah yeah yeah oh how athletic he was that’s whole I heard about oh no no no no no no that’s all I they like oh he’s so athletic where is uh where is my boy he’s so athletic huh that’s all I heard he’s so athletic he’s a freak athlete okay here you go look at my boy OK Conor on this one aren’t the Bucks supposed to be contending isn’t the pressure supposed to be on the team taking full advantage of Yantis an Kumo’s Prime didn’t Doc Rivers join to win now uh so why the hell did they select Aj Johnson a 19-year-old 167lb guard who averaged 3 points a game playing in Australia yeah I was like yeah bro you’re not going to lie bro it was a lot of late yesterday actually not just with him just like when you look at these like French players average like 6.8 points a game in the French league like Kevin also made a very very good point about the you know cuz some people thought that the Holland thing is too high you know Hollander had him as the number one player in the draft ronand Ron Holland yes they hired uh Fred Vincent away from uh uh New Orleans who is well known him and Chip England are the two best shooting coaches in the world okay and so they’re like oh now this makes all the sense in the world right they got Fred there and now they’ve got they they drafted this guy that the only thing yeah separates him from Stardom is this jumper yeah so what if we have the best guy at coaching shooting ever fix the shot right fix the broken shot yeah yeah but like these names bro like I some of these dudes like I ain’t never seen before in my life give me the uh give me the UCLA kid today you want him just says he play he plays crazy hard plays crazy hard I don’t know who I I like the backup point guard guys I like kic I like shed I like KJ Simpson I like those you know what I mean we be seeing them in South Haven these are this this is a hustle pick oh this is a hustle pick this a hustle Pi here’s the other thing this a summer leue pick is Ed playing summer league cuz you know he’s playing Team Canada we don’t know yet kimman addressed it last night and said he has not had the conversation with him oh crap because he doesn’t know if he’s going to the Olympics correct it’s the difference between or if he’ll be in Canadian training camp at the same time cuz that’s the difference between us being big gym Little Gym yep if he’s if he’s playing we big gym if he’s playing we are big gym and we’re like getting Prime Time on ESP if he’s not playing we are little back gy as hell you guys don’t like I like The Little Gym at Summer League it feels more intimate does it yeah I want at least one one big gym game we had one last year yeah it didn’t matter I will say this I like the little uh the backup point guard things look I don’t want to get in a situation where we’re playing I guess I guess Scotty Pippen’s a two-way right so I mean I guess okay I’d be okay with it like I mean but I mean we can’t get into a Gillard situation again come on bro like we got to we got to have a third guard yeah a guy that can play point guard for us right I don’t want to just like oh jaw’s hurt you know for five games who’s going to play point guard Marcus like and maybe we can get a vet that’s possible too but I mean I’m saying I’m looking at this board and the ones that you know the ones that are kind of there and again this is you’re talking about guys that can be stashed and developed as well but I mean if you’re looking for somebody that can play for us the the backup veteran point guards are the ones that could play for you and those guys were all those three that I just named were all awesome in college yeah and they’re asked to be backup point guards they’re not asked to be right I’m talking about kic I’m talking about shed I’m talking about KJ Simpson right right yeah those guys are all and I think Simpson’s probably Simpson and kic are more you know I don’t know shed is he’s a dog too but he’s just little yeah need more little guard and then again you’ve got the ones that are like the you know the shoot for the you know this can go either way you can get like somebody that can help your team and play for your team or you can even you could take projects like you did GG Jackson and Vince Williams they have been better at drafting in the second round than they have the first they have and so you could shoot for the stars on that and you can try for the you know the that Johnny Fury who’s obviously you you do wonder if he’s like man I should have just gone back to Kansas I know right right um or the Justin Edwards from Kentucky or that kind Tyler Smith the kid that was in OT whatever or if you just take like the solid College second you know second round point guard and look there’s a lot of those second round point guards that have ended up being very good in the NBA like in being like you know when you’re talking about the Malcolm brogens of the world when you’re talking about the Jaylen Brunson of the world when you’re talking about like the agest thing catches some of these guys and what you’ve I I’d have to go look at it I’m not saying it’s across the board but I mean there have been there have been several that have been second round picks that were like veteran good college point guards I got you find some what backup point guard in the N trying to find some like second rounders that have been a bunch PG that have been good yeah there have been a bunch we brog was really good Jaylen Brunson me something I’m trying still looking I mean those two are those two are hundred million doll players 200 million doll players Andrew NIMH hard yeah there’s a bunch of there’s a bunch yeah herb was a herb was a second rounder he’s a wing though but you know but that’s what I’m saying I’ve given you three yeah miles McBride who a Nick who played in the play the playoffs this year for them there’s a couple yeah you can find some they us like you said they usually find stuff in the second round anyway every year we find we find something in the second round yep so and I think Point guard’s a need yeah I just want another one I want another one you don’t want another Center huh you don’t want another Center sure but I mean I don’t know if I want it to be young no no I want to that’s what I’m saying like I want to feel their void as a vet I’m talking about what’s going on today at 3:00 the draft yeah okay yeah give me a little PG we’re all idiots now we are all idiots so apparently I we tried to get that Jersey they said don’t take too long so I can’t have it a I wanted to we tomorrow what do you mean it’ll take too long three to five days he’ll still be here in five days no but I wanted for his press conference tomorrow is the press conference tomorrow it should be It’s usually the day after the draft right well what if it’s on Monday and then you could have it by then Darnell you hear that hear that Dar now what if it’s on Monday SL to Monday that would be so iconic if I show up in the Purdue Ed Jersey or the Too Tall Jersey that’d be great I just tall whatever for today’s show thanks to John Roser across the glass thanks to Devon Walker thanks to Kelsey R Johnson thanks to Jacob back in the studio we will be back tomorrow until then we gone [Music]
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We have to go back to the old Roser intro music. It just doesn't hit the same way.
Incase nobody has clarified, the news was never that Ja followed Clingan, that never happened. Clingan followed Ja and then he immediately tweeted 🐻 so Ja didn’t unfollow Clingan after he was taken by Portland lol he never followed him back in the first place.
Good to see you Verno, was afraid you would be gone forever 😆
He did say I have a boner! Lol
I can't stop hitting the replay button
If we assume BC and Edey play 20 mins per game, that leaves about 25 additional minutes for…GG. Get a vet, and it's all good.
Was one of the saddest moments for me when SteveO got traded, The grizzlies could not of drafted a better replacement for Stevo then Edey IMO. He plays the most Stevo but he’s taller and younger. who is better than the grizzlies now good luck
Crazy we took Wells at #39
About to enjoy this one after yesterdays episode. Vernon so confident all the time on his hot takes He's right and everyone else is stupid. His go to move is hey everyone, lets make fun of Roser, laugh with me everyone. Glad the draft is over because GCM been slipping
classic episode. maybe in my top 5 episodes of the Chris Vernon show
White Plains near the train has some pretty awesome Jamaican food 20:00
48:53 It might be because of how slick the NBA balls are compared to the NCAA balls. I imagine the Pick and Roll/finishing is much tougher with an NBA ball.
So, I imagine Zach Edey stayed in the league, because he didn't want to go in the 2nd round, and it worked out for him. I think is more of an atypical situation, since he could have went in the 2nd round last year, and Memphis probably did want to draft him when he was considering the 2nd round of last year, but saw the 6 million, he could potentially make, and decided to wait a year. So, I think Edey probably played his cards right. It is a shame would couldn't have him last year, but you gotta respect him for making the best decision for his family.
7'5 on some lists, but look at him next to Clingan, he might be bigger than 7'5. I think he is bigger than Boban.
Oh shit, we got a hockey player for the NBA players that could play in the NHL arguement
The foul thing is 100% true…. His coach Matt Painter specifically told him to not foul. They needed him on the floor. In the second half his defense went way up. Watched every Purdue game his whole career. He also got in foul trouble his first two years because refs didn't know how to officiate him. His defense will surprise. He's going to be more aggressive with less minutes. He's 7'5" with shoes now.
Kevin O got his revenge for the Killian Hayes ribbing by Chris.
This woman said he was a point guard lol we just letting anybody talk. He played hockey and baseball what is she talking about
So hard to watch this. Zach began playing bb as a sophomore in high school at IMG. He was ranked in the 430s. That team has received such a gift and thousands of new fans. Let me know when you eat crow.
the games he missed was due to concussion protocol and not a lower body injury. He is still growing.