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Why drafting Zach Edey would be a major mistake for the Milwaukee Bucks
In their latest 2024 NBA Mock Draft, The Ringer has the Milwaukee Bucks selecting Zach Edey with the 25th overall pick. I believe this would be a mistake for the Bucks to use their first round pick on a player with limited upside at an important position.
Article author Kevin O’Connor sites Brook Lopez’s age and the fact that his contract expires after the 2024-25 season as reasons to select a new big man.
While having a big man is useful in today’s NBA, especially for defensive and rebounding purposes, two areas that Zach Edey can help in on the surface, I have strong concerns about what it would look like in practice to see Edey in a Bucks uniform.
While Edey is averaging a career high 2.2 blocks per game this season, it is at the college level where the floor spacing is nowhere near what it is in the NBA. In the Big 10 (14 teams), there are only three teams who shoot above 36 percent from the 3-point line on average, and one of them is Edey’s Purdue Boilermakers. In the NBA, there are 19 teams that shoot 36 percent or higher as a team.
For Edey to be a worthwhile selection, he would have to be at least serviceable at defending away from the basket. While the Milwaukee Bucks do currently operate a drop defense with Brook Lopez, there is a lot to be said for how Lopez defends in this way and the hope would have to be that Edey could learn that from Lopez in the one year before his contract is up.
O’Connor acknowledges himself in his report on Edey that he is a “limited defender when pulled away from the basket. He struggles to recover on pick-and-pops and often gets blown by on closeouts.”
This is a major red flag being in the Eastern Conference that possesses players like Joel Embiid, who would feast on Edey away from the basket or dribbling towards it, or a player like Kristaps Porzingis, who has size and athleticism that Edey could not compete with. Even Bam Adebayo, who isn’t a big 3-point shooter but has a very reliable mid-range jumper, could give him trouble. Not to mention Julius Randle and Myles Turner, who can both stretch the floor as big men.
MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Police Department is investigating a shooting that occurred on early Sunday morning on the 4900 block of W. Capitol Drive that left one person injured.
An 18-year-old sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to a local hospital for treatment.
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The police is currently looking for an unknown suspect at this time.
Those with information regarding the shooting are encouraged to contact the Milwaukee Police at (414) 935-7360 or contact Crime Stoppers at (414) 224-TIPS or P3 Tips to remain anonymous.
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MILWAUKEE – The Milwaukee Police Department requested the public’s help to find 11-year-old Sir’Charles Bason, a critically missing boy who was last seen near Teutonia and Kiley at around 6:20 p.m. on Saturday, April 18.
Police described Bason as 4 feet, 5 inches tall with a slim build, brown eyes and black, low-cut hair. He was last seen wearing a gray jacket with green lines, dark-colored jeans, tan sandals and carrying gray Nike Jordan shoes.
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Anyone with information on Bason’s whereabouts is asked to call Milwaukee Police District 4 at 414-935-7242.
The Source: The Milwaukee Police Department released information.
MILWAUKEE – A Milwaukee man, previously named one of Wisconsin’s Most Wanted, has been sentenced to prison for shooting and killing his cousin in 2020.
In court
What we know:
A Milwaukee County jury found 39-year-old Brandon Gladney guilty of first-degree reckless homicide and possession of a firm by a felon earlier this year.
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Judge Michelle Havas sentenced Gladney to 29 years in prison on Friday, April 17. He was granted credit for more than a year’s time served and further sentenced to 14 years of extended supervision.
Arrested in Arizona after years on the run, court records show Gladney has also been ordered to pay the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office more than $1,800 for extradition costs.
Homicide investigation
The backstory:
The shooting happened in May 2020. Investigators said Gladney was captured on video apparently arguing with the victim, his cousin, outside a Milwaukee convenience store near 21st and Meinecke.
“It’s all on video, and it’s devastating for that family,” the marshal on the case told FOX6 when Gladney was profiled on Wisconsin’s Most Wanted. “You have a family member that shot and killed another family member.”
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Prosecutors said Gladney walked away but then returned with a gun pointed directly at the victim and shot him. The victim died from his gunshot wounds at a nearby hospital. Multiple bullet casings were found at the scene.
Gladney went on the run for years. He was arrested in Arizona in January 2023, years after he was charged.
The Source: FOX6 News referenced information from the U.S. Marshals Service, Wisconsin Circuit Court and prior coverage.
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