NBA Draft

Heat-Grizzlies Game Saw 2024 NBA Draft Class on Display

The Memphis Grizzlies and Miami Heat saw the 2024 NBA Draft Class come to play in its National TV game.

Rylan Stiles

Apr 3, 2025; Miami, Florida, USA; Miami Heat center Kel'el Ware (7) dunks against Memphis Grizzlies center Zach Edey (14) during the third quarter at Kaseya Center. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images
Apr 3, 2025; Miami, Florida, USA; Miami Heat center Kel'el Ware (7) dunks against Memphis Grizzlies center Zach Edey (14) during the third quarter at Kaseya Center. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images / Sam Navarro-Imagn Images
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The 2024 NBA Draft was laminated as a group of prospects that was overlooked and casted as a crop of prospects that did not have star potential and some even went as far as to plead with teams to jump out of the draft entirely.

The Memphis Grizzlies and Miami Heat got together on Thursday night in a nail-biting game on National TV. In this contest, the 2024 NBA Draft class was on display as rookies played big minutes highlighted in the post as Kel'el Ware logged 36 minutes against Grizzlies Rookie big man Zach Edey's 28.

The starting lineups featured four first year players as Pelle Larrson and Jaylen Wells joined the fun as well.

Ware had his night spoiled by the Heat's 110-108 loss. It was a game in which the Indiana product posted 13 points, 15 rebounds and three rebounds while shooting 2-for-4 from 3 and 5-for-13 from the floor.

His counterpart Edey hauled in 13 rebounds en route to eight points on a perfect 3-for-3 shooting from the floor and 2-for-2 from the charity stripe.

Wells and Larrson had stat sheet stuffing games with Wells chipping in 13 points, seven rebounds, three assists and went 2-or-4 from 3 while Larrson added three points, three assists, two rebounds, a block and four steals

The 2024 NBA Draft class has worked out well for both sides as each will enter post season play needing to rely on rookies to help them pull off wins. Memphis in particular is battling for postseason positioning down the stretch of the season.

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Rylan Stiles
RYLAN STILES

Rylan Stiles is a credentialed media member covering the Oklahoma City Thunder. He hosts the Locked On Thunder Podcast, and is lead beat writer for Inside the Thunder. Rylan is also an award-winning play-by-play broadcaster for the Oklahoma Sports Network. 

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