After a stellar start to his rookie season, former Purdue star and Memphis Grizzlies center Zach Edey is heading to NBA All-Star Week for the Rising Stars Game.

Zach Edey's statistics are trending downward. Here are some reasons why, and how they figure into the Memphis Grizzlies' plans.

Grizzlies big man Zach Edey shared some insights on in-game coaching and breaking down the rookie wall with some 'hockey' intensity.

George was called for a travel, which is a turnover, but still didn't want to give the ball up. As he started walking up the court Scottiy Pippen Jr. tried to take the ball, but George wouldn't let him. Then Ja Morant came in from behind and slapped the ball away.

Zach Edey gets the third going with an easy dunk on the Ja Morant bounce pass. Zach Edey gets the third going with an easy dunk on the Ja Morant bounce pass

1d "I couldn't imagine coaching Donovan for 5 years": Dan Hurley compares 7'1" Ryan Kalkbrenner to Zach Edey and Donovan ... against 4x NBA champion Is Ja Morant playing tonight against Portland ...

A couple looks at Zach Edey's monster dunk off Ja Morant's ally oop. A couple looks at Zach Edey's monster dunk off Ja Morant's ally oop

Despite winning two Naismith Player of the Year awards in his final two seasons with the Purdue Boilermakers, the media was very skeptical as to whether Zach Edey would translate to the next level. Even with averaging 23.

Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 28 points, Zach Edey added 19 points and four blocks and the Memphis Grizzlies won their sixth straight by beating the Utah Jazz 125-103.

GG Jackson on Ja Morant's hops: “I’ll compare it to when you see Mario jump and there’s that little poof of an air cloud under him. Swear to God, sometimes you see a little poof of a cloud under Ja. Every day in practice, like the past two training camps I’ve been part of, it’s something new. Like, every single day.”

The Memphis Grizzlies will have plenty of representation at NBA All-Star weekend next month.