The Memphis Grizzlies lately exercised its 2026-27 rookie scale contract possibility on heart Zach Edey.
Edey (7-3 ¾, 299), who was chosen by the Grizzlies with the ninth total choose within the 2024 NBA Draft, led rookies in subject aim proportion (58.0), rebounds (8.3) and offensive rebounds (3.5) final season whereas putting fourth in blocks (1.3), ninth in factors (9.2) and second in total plus-minus (+164) in 21.5 minutes over 66 video games (55 begins). The 23-year-old turned the primary rookie to guide the Grizzlies in rebounding over the course of a season since Marc Gasol in the course of the 2008-09 season.
The Toronto native, who completed fifth within the league’s Rookie of the 12 months voting, paced the NBA in April 2025 by corralling 15.7 rebounds per sport in six contests. His career-high 21 rebounds on April 5 at Detroit eclipsed a 29-year-old single-game franchise rookie file and stood as essentially the most rebounds grabbed by any rookie in a sport final season.
