{"id":108456,"date":"2025-06-19T00:17:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T00:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/108456\/"},"modified":"2025-06-19T00:17:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T00:17:09","slug":"memphis-grizzlies-center-zach-edey-charged-with-reckless-driving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/108456\/","title":{"rendered":"Memphis Grizzlies center Zach Edey charged with reckless driving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialappeal.com\/sports\/grizzlies\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Memphis Grizzlies;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Memphis Grizzlies<\/a> star rookie forward <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/memphis-grizzlies-injury-zach-edey-190443840.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Zach Edey;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zach Edey<\/a> was charged with reckless driving on May 1 in Indiana, the Lafayette Journal &amp; Courier reported June 18.<\/p>\n<p>Edey&#8217;s northbound Kia Sorento, traveling 101 mph in a 55-mph zone, passed an Indiana State Police trooper&#8217;s southbound vehicle at 7:03 p.m. CT, according to a probable cause affidavit. When the trooper caught up to the car, Edey turned eastbound on Tippecanoe County Road 700 South and stopped.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Edey has an initial hearing at 10:30 a.m. CT June 23 in Indiana on a misdemeanor charge of reckless driving.<\/p>\n<p>Edey, 23, of Memphis, told police he was trying to pass a vehicle as an explanation for speeding.<\/p>\n<p>The Grizzlies took Edey in the 2024 NBA Draft after a successful career at Purdue, including a berth in the 2024 NCAA championship game.<\/p>\n<p>Edey made the NBA All-Rookie team after averaging 9.2 points and 8.3 rebounds a game.<\/p>\n<p>Zach Edey injury update<\/p>\n<p>Edey suffered an ankle injury during an offseason training session, spraining his left ankle. He had surgery and will miss the start of the NBA season, which begins Oct. 21.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">MORE IN EDEY&#8217;S INJURY: <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/ankle-surgery-whats-next-memphis-100310532.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:After ankle surgery, what&#039;s next for Memphis Grizzlies&#039; Zach Edey? Here&#039;s what one doctor says;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">After ankle surgery, what&#8217;s next for Memphis Grizzlies&#8217; Zach Edey? Here&#8217;s what one doctor says<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Zach Edey stats<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Zach Edey averaged 9.2 points, 8.3 rebounds and an assist per game in 66 games with the Grizzlies in the 2024-25 season. He shot 58% from the field, 34.6% from 3-point range and 70.9% from the free-throw line.<\/p>\n<p>Zach Edey height<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Zach Edey is 7-foot-4.<\/p>\n<p>Zach Edey age<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Zach Edey is 23 years old. His birthdate is May 14, 2002.<\/p>\n<p>Zach Edey college<\/p>\n<p>Zach Edey attended Purdue University.<\/p>\n<p>Follow sports writer Austin Chastain on X, formerly known as Twitter, at @ChastainAJ or reach him via email at achastain@gannett.com.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Memphis Commercial Appeal: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialappeal.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/grizzlies\/2025\/06\/18\/zach-edey-reckless-driving-indiana-memphis-grizzlies\/84265785007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Zach Edey: Memphis Grizzlies center charged with reckless driving;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Zach Edey: Memphis Grizzlies center charged with reckless driving<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Memphis Grizzlies star rookie forward Zach Edey was charged with reckless driving on May 1 in Indiana, the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":108457,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3795],"tags":[7,294,113,22760,293,177,4070,6,181,1083],"class_list":{"0":"post-108456","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-memphis-grizzlies","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-grizzlies","10":"tag-indiana","11":"tag-indiana-state-police","12":"tag-memphis","13":"tag-memphis-grizzlies","14":"tag-memphisgrizzlies","15":"tag-nba","16":"tag-the-grizzlies","17":"tag-zach-edey"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114707159612180808","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108456\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}