Memphis Grizzlies All-Rookie middle Zach Edey re-sprained his left ankle in an offseason exercise earlier this week and can bear surgical procedure to re-stabilize the ankle and can probably miss the start of the 2025-26 season, sources inform ESPN’s Shams Charania.
“After consulting with the Grizzlies and a number of specialists, we determined that is the very best strategy for Zach long-term because it will get him again to 100% with no limitations,” Edey’s agent Mark Bartelstein of Precedence Sports activities instructed ESPN on Saturday.
Edey averaged 9.2 factors, 8.3 rebounds and an help a sport whereas taking pictures 58% from the ground this season. The Memphis large man additionally averaged 1.3 blocks per sport in 66 appearances on the season.
Edey (73 first-team votes, 27 second-team votes) joined San Antonio’s Stephon Fort and Atlanta’s Zaccharie Risacher as the one gamers to seem on all 100 ballots for the NBA’s All-Rookie Workforce. Grizzlies teammate Jaylen Wells and Washington’s Alex Sarr rounded out the All-Rookie squad.
Edey completed fifth within the NBA’s Rookie of the Yr voting, which Fort gained.
