{"id":446686,"date":"2025-12-01T17:03:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T17:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/446686\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T17:03:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T17:03:15","slug":"grizzlies-zach-edey-just-put-up-stats-not-done-in-the-nba-since-shaq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/446686\/","title":{"rendered":"Grizzlies’ Zach Edey just put up stats not done in the NBA since Shaq"},"content":{"rendered":"

Grizzlies’ Zach Edey just put up stats not done in the NBA since Shaq<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As a collegiate superstar at Purdue, Zach Edey at times felt unstoppable.<\/p>\n

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It was never quite clear how that would translate into the modern NBA of pace and space and 3-pointers, though. The Memphis Grizzlies<\/a> drafted Edey hoping for an effective big man, but the league as a whole was still at least a bit skeptical.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, at least for a day, Edey was absolutely unstoppable again.<\/p>\n

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In fact, he put up a performance against the Sacramento Kings<\/a> that hasn’t been done by anyone since Shaq.<\/p>\n

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The final stats for Edey were absurd:<\/p>\n

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StatMuse shared that Edey did something no one has done since Shaquille O’Neal.<\/p>\n

The 7-foot-3, 300-pound center is bigger than anyone he matches up with. In the right system and setup, Edey can still be dominant.<\/p>\n

It’s not the way NBA teams play very often these days, but on a night like the one Edey was having, you keep finding ways to give him the ball.<\/p>\n

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Post players have gone out of vogue, but there also aren’t other post players like Edey. He proved that on Sunday for the Grizzlies.<\/p>\n

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