By james art 
Tim Reynolds Associated Press
At this point, there is no Victor Wembanyama this season of NBA Rookie Class. There is no Paolo Banchero. And there is no Luka Doncic, Jojoran, the cities of Carl-Antoni, Damian Lillard, Kiri Irving, Blake Griffin, Brandon Roy, Derrick Rose or Chris Paul.
They were all unanimous or only unanimous, rookie the year. They all knew long before the ballots were thrown, which would win the award this season. There was no mystery.
If a vote is being held today this season, I will be lucky to find out what will happen.
No rookie has become the leader of this year’s class. There is not a single player at the first year at an average of 15 points and to appear in enough games to qualify for the league ranking; The last time it happened was 2016-17. And now, according to Betmgm Sportsbook, the favorite of winning a rookie of the year is someone who has started four matches throughout the season, all of them in the last week or so – Miami’s Kel’el Ware.
“It means I’m doing something right on the court,” Were said.
He is not mistaken, but also talks about how none of this rookie group has proceeded to the front of the class-especially, considering the news on Tuesday that Were was not chosen by the NBA for the Rising Stars event in All- Star Weekend.
HERE WERE the Current Leaders in Terms of Rookie of the Year Odds, Accredit to Betmgm, AS of Monday Night: Ware (+200) Tops the List, San Antonio’s Stephon Castle (+275) IS Alexander Sar (both +350) are tied to a third.
The Center of Grizlies Zach Edey (+1400) is fifth. Then at this point everyone is at least 40-1.
If Castle won, the spurs would do something that was governed only once in the last half-century-and-having a turning back to the year. It happened in 2015 and 2016, when Andrew Wiggins and the cities won for Minnesota.
“He really has a chance to be special,” said Paul for Castle, his teammate at Spurs.
The warehouses are obviously evolving as the season progresses. The center outside Indiana did not have his first double figure for The Heat until January 1st. He had three consecutive matches of 20 points for the Miami-Press, which turned it into a favorite place of the Betmgm Board, but was not yet on the original All-Star Weekend list in San Francisco for Rising Stars Games (and potentially potentially The All-Star Game itself, which will be the Rising Stars team).
Everything happened very quickly for WARE. A few weeks ago, he didn’t even look like a legitimate candidate for a rookie of the year – even less.
“Believe it or not, he has been ready since he came here,” said Heat teammate Tyler Hero. “When he wasn’t in the rotation, he was just too communicative about how he wanted to be in the rotation and how he felt as if he could help. I always felt as if it could help. And now, he just gets his opportunity, I think everyone starts to see what he is capable of. “
The NBA Picked 10 Rookies for the Rising Stars Games: Wells, Sarr, Castle, Edey, Washington’s Bub Carrington, Orlando’s Tristan Da Silva, The Los Angeles Lakers’ Dalton Knecht Tlanta’s Zaccharie Risacher – The choice # 1 in last year’s project. McCain is injured and has come out for the rest of the season, which can open a place for Were or another rookie to be chosen in his place.
If nothing else, there may be a real race of the year when it’s time to vote in April. There have been very few of those in the last few decades-as most of the winners during this period received 90% or more of the votes in the first place.
It was rare for an exception in 2022, when Scottie Barnes won Toronto, receiving 48 votes for the first place for the 43 years of Evan Mobli. Each other winner has received at least 60% of the vote in the last 20 years; The last real “close” competition was for the 2002 award, when Amar’e Stoudemire received 59 votes in first place-one 50%. Yao Ming received 45 this year, and Karen Butler received 13.
No one is still dominant in this class. This can make the prize season very interesting.