David Roddy, Colorado State, was selected by the Memphis Grizzlies in the first round of the 2022 NBA Draft last week with the #23 pick. Roddy's head coach, Niko Medved, will join the Gary Parrish Show on Monday (6/27) at 4:20 p.m. on 92.9 FM ESPN. You can listen to that full interview live here on-demand:
via Associated Press:
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Memphis Grizzlies announced Friday the final pieces of their draft night trade sending guard De’Anthony Melton to the Philadelphia 76ers for the draft rights to forward David Roddy and wing Danny Green.
The 6-foot-6 Green has started 709 of 819 regular season games in 13 NBA seasons with Cleveland, San Antonio, Toronto, the Lakers and the 76ers. The 46th overall pick in 2009 out of North Carolina, Green is a three-time NBA champ with the Spurs (2014), the Raptors (2019) and the Lakers (2020).
Roddy is a 6-6, 255-pound forward taken with the No. 23 overall pick Thursday night. He was the Mountain West Player of the year who averaged 19.2 points, 7.5 rebounds, 2.9 assists this past season. He led the Mountain West shooting 57.1% from the floor and 43.8% from 3-point range at Colorado State.
He led Colorado State to its first NCAA Tournament since 2013.
Grizzlies general manager Zach Kleiman said Thursday night that he spent 10 minutes trying to figure out what he was allowed to talk about and not talk about. He was able to talk about their first pick Jake LaRavia, Kennedy Chandler and Vince Williams.