The Memphis Grizzlies just lately exercised its 2026-27 rookie scale contract choice on middle Zach Edey.
Edey (7-3 ¾, 299), who was chosen by the Grizzlies with the ninth general 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 general plus-minus (+164) in 21.5 minutes over 66 video games (55 begins). The 23-year-old grew to become the primary rookie to steer the Grizzlies in rebounding over the course of a season since Marc Gasol through the 2008-09 season.
The Toronto native, who completed fifth within the league’s Rookie of the Yr voting, paced the NBA in April 2025 by corralling 15.7 rebounds per recreation in six contests. His career-high 21 rebounds on April 5 at Detroit eclipsed a 29-year-old single-game franchise rookie document and stood as essentially the most rebounds grabbed by any rookie in a recreation final season.
